We are all the result of actions environment and events that took place before us.
My story begins over 10,000 years ago as a descendant of Americas “First People “who still share the legend of Turtle Island our creation story.
The recipes tell the story of America from the beginning, when the author’s ancestors, the People of the First Light, who walked the land now known as Cape Cod and its islands over 10,000 years ago, encountered the English settlers.
The author presents stories of her ancestors of the Portuguese Diaspora and Seychelle Islands, driven by the whaling industry to the shores of New Bedford and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The recipes are a map of historical events that formulated the beginning of this nation from the Native American perspective. The recipes are used as a metaphor to examine the author’s own cultural and ethnic identity and personal journey.
The author tells the story of Mashpee, one of the last and largest declared Indian districts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, later incorporated into a town in 1870.
Angela shares stories of her legacy as a member of the Peters family, including her grandfather, who represented the Indian town for over thirty-seven years, and their ties to the Kennedy family and the family’s deep commitment to the survival of this unique community.
Beginners
A New England Christmas in Honolulu
Oyster Stew
Ockway Bay
Quahog Chowder
Wampum
Stuffed Quahogs
From the Earth
Green Tint Summer Squash
Sunchokes a Wampanoag Staple
Roasted Sunchokes and Root vegetables
Beans and Mashpee
Baked Beans
Naragasetts and Cousins
Succatash
Brava Carbo Verdie
Nana Marcellino
Jagacida
Vinegar Pork chops
Kale soup
From our Waters
The Men of Mashpee Rod and Gun
Fish Fried with yellow and white corn meal
The Journey of the Atlantic Eel
Baked Mashpee Eel
Honoring the Herring: Ties to an Ancient Past:
Angie’s corned Herring
Pau-Wau
Peters’ family
Traditional Mashpee Clambake:
Sustainable and Managed Fishing
Cape Cod Blue Fish
Europeans and Shellfish, a complex relationship
Quahog Pie
Hawaii and Cultural Awareness
Angie’s Asian Lobster
“Say Nothing to You”
Cod Fish Cakes
Fowl, Venison, Rabbit
Deer Runs
Venison Stew
Anne had the Touch
Christmas Duck
Cranberry Orange and Apple Chutney
Indicators of the Land and the New England Cottontail
Martha’s Vineyard Rabbit
Mashpee Chicken Pot Pie
Puddings and Such
Berries Wampanoag Super Food
Blue Berry Slump
Pudding and the English
Indian Pudding
Pudding not Bread
Brown Bread
History of Maze
Grandma Clara Want Not Waste Not
Angie’s Almond Raisin Pudding
Mashpee’s Ancient Pathways
Johnny Cakes
Three Siters
Squash Pie
