How one chef is serving her community with Indigenous cuisine

By Samantha Wright

Published July 24, 2023 at 12:25 PM MDT

Andrea Murdoch talks about the ingredients in her Ute Mountain Ute Blue Cornmeal Swirl cake that she made for the Denver EATSS event.

For years, it was extremely difficult to find meals like bison pot roast or an elk taco at a restaurant, yet Indigenous cuisine has been in the Americas for centuries.

Now, some Indigenous chefs are winning awards and using their talents to serve their community. The Mountain West News Bureau's Emma VandenEinde joined a chef in a Denver community kitchen to see what she's cooking.

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Samantha Wright

As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life!). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.

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