Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

Lois Ellen Frank is a Growing Native advisory committee member & the owner of Red Mesa Cuisine

Job Title:

Growing Native advisory committee member

Tribal Affiliation:

Kiowa/Sephardic

Link to other Blog:

Lois Ellen Frank on NPR

Tesuque Pueblo Farm Tour

Author:

Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

It's harvest time here in New Mexico and the abundance of traditionally grown foods are everywhere. I recently brought out a visiting scholar and artist Ron Bull from the Maori Tribe in New Zealand to visit the Tesuque Pueblo Farm. We were given a... Read More... about Tesuque Pueblo Farm Tour

Growing Native: Corn Chicos, an ancestral food

Author:

Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

The corn is almost ready to harvest now and Northern New Mexican families are busy making the corn into chicos. Chicos are a traditional dried corn. They are made from field corn that is harvested, tied into ristras (strings), and hung to dry. Some... Read More... about Growing Native: Corn Chicos, an ancestral food