In this episode, we talk with Chef Sean Sherman, winner of the James Beard Award for best cookbook and best new restaurant. Chef Sean has been at the forefront of a movement to creatively rediscover the traditional ingredients and food traditions indigenous to North America. Using only ingredients native to this continent, he has created a successful restaurant in Minneapolis called Owamni and founded the nonprofit NATIFS (North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems) which works to educate on traditional indigenous foodways and to promote food access in Native American communities.

In this episode, we discuss Sean's food philosophy and what he's discovered working with these ingredients, and why it matters for our food to be close to the land, the woods, and the waters where we live.

https://natifs.org/

https://sioux-chef.com/about/

Special thanks to Ethan Beacom for composing our theme music and editing this episode.