More than seventy delectable recipes that bring Californias Indigenous cuisines into kitchens today.Finalist for the 2023 Glenn Goldman Award for Cooking Chosen by the California Booksellers AllianceIn this sumptuous cookbook Sara Calvosa Olson Karuk reimagines some of the oldest foods in California for home cooks today. Meaning Letampamp8217s eat in the Karuk language Champamp237iacutemi Nuampamp8217am shares the authorampamp8217s delicious and inventive takes on Native food styles from across California. Over seventy seasonal recipes centered on a rich array of Indigenous ingredients follow the year from Fall elk chili beans acorn crepes to Winter wild boar pozole huckleberry hand pies to Spring wildflower spring rolls peppernut mole chicken to Summer blackberry braised smoked salmon acorn milk freezer pops.