Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2019
This is a picture book, but the theme seems more geared towards adults rather than children. It presents the cultural significance of fry bread; as food, as shape, as sound, as color, as flavor, as time, as art, as history, as place, as nation, as everything, as us and as you.
After telling the stories in a storybook fashion, the author goes back and explains in a more adult fashion his reasons for the story. He includes all Native American Nations in the inside cover of the book.
His recipe for fry bread is different than mine or any I am familiar with. My wife makes scones on which he construct Navajo tacos. They are delicious. However I am familiar with the very large and thing fry bread. His fry bread is closer to scones that that. I guess recipes come in all different types, just like people.
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