Burning Cedar Indigenous Foods provides a wide variety of catering for events both large and small: a la carte orders, buffets, family style meals, coursed and plated menus. This catering menu serves as a starting point, but we love doing custom menu creations based on YOUR needs and preferences!
Our dishes can feature exclusively pre-contact foods or a blend of both indigenous and post-contact foods, ranging from ancestral recipes passed down through generations, to original contemporary recipes inspired by traditional techniques and ingredients. It is our priority to use local, seasonal, tribally sourced and sustainable ingredients in every way possible. Through sharing food and fellowship, we seek to increase the visibility and understanding of Native foods.
Food is our medicine; hope, healing, and connection are our mission.
APPETIZERS
THREE SISTERS DIP roasted squash, white beans, hominy, corn chips, vegetables
BISON MEATBALLS smoky roasted red chile sauce
FRIED YUCA CROQUETTES queso oaxaca center, red chile dipping sauce*
SWEET CORN TAMALES masa, green chile, choice of braised venison, turkey, or bison
WILD RICE AND MUSHROOM LETTUCE WRAPS vegetarian, turkey, or bison options
SMOKED SALMON CAKES spicy ginger wojapi
SEASONAL SALSA corn chips
PAWNEE WHITE CORN PONE whipped butterbeans, charred onion pesto
WILD RICE FRITTERS smoked trout, cranberry black walnut relish
RED CEDAR GRAZING BOARD fresh and dried fruits, nuts, cheeses, local honey, preserves
(serves a minimum of 20 people)
LAND | SEA | SKY
SAGE & ROSE HIP BRINED ROASTED TURKEY juniper-infused pan gravy
SEED CRUSTED VENISON CHOPS charred spring onion sauce
BISON MEATLOAF sage brown gravy
SUMAC CRUSTED FISH seasonal fruit salsa
VENISON, HOMINY & ROOT VEGETABLE STEW
TRADITIONAL CORN SOUP dried sweet corn & beef, pork, or venison option
ROAST GREEN CHILE PORK OR CHICKEN POZOLE served with fresh garnishes
SOIL
SOUTHEAST STYLE SUCCOTASH butter beans, sweet corn, peppers, tomato
SMOKY CEDAR BRAISED BROWN BEANS vegetarian option
HOMINY SPOON BREAD*
PAWNEE BLUE CORN MUSH
CHILE MAPLE GLAZED SQUASH
SAUTEED GREENS wild mushrooms
FOUR SISTERS SALAD mixed greens, runner beans, corn crouton, pumpkin vinaigrette, seeds
SWEET CORN + SQUASH CHOWDER
SWEETS
PAWNEE BLUE CORN CUPCAKES sunflower frosting*
SEASONAL FRUIT THUMBPRINT COOKIES*
CHILE CHOCOLATE TORTE
KANVCHI maple sweetened pecan and black walnut porridge, fresh berries
GRAPE DUMPLING ICE CREAM SUNDAE*
WOJAPI CORNBREAD SHORTCAKES*
SPECIALTY BEVERAGES
SUMAC TEA
CHICHA MORADA peruvian purple corn punch
CHAMOMILE & FRESH GINGER TEA
SWEET MINT & STRAWBERRY TEA
SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET TEA