Wednesday, September 30, 2026 — The Menu: Blue corn children’s book and a new Native pastry shop

Past Shows Archives » Native America Calling · Sep 30, 2026 · 56m

"The Blue Corn Kitchen" by Alana Yazzie (Diné) gives young reader’s a glimpse of the traditional corn-based Navajo foods many Navajo grandmothers have stocked in their kitchens. It's the latest project from the self-made, Navajo lifestyle and food blogger who also goes by The Fancy Navajo. Howdy Cakes is a new pastry and cake business by Diné culinarian, Liz McKenzie. It's in partnership with a start-up mini food hall in Albuquerque. And, on the National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools, we’ll take a look at the negative effects the institutions had on Native foodways.