The difficulty of some foods is that they can be both loved and a symbol of a tragic past, and few things encapsulate that dichotomy more than Native American fry bread. Like many old traditions, fry ...

In Navajo culture, says Hope Peshlakai, “a woman needs to learn how to make frybread.” Her grandmother made it by feel: warm, crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside. “Growing up on the ...

Often sweet but sometimes savory, it seems as if every culture has its version of fried bread. Italy has zeppole, Greece has loukoumathes, the Netherlands has oliebollen and Spain has churros. America ...

It depends on whether you like it sweet and fluffy or round and flat. Most fry bread cooks I know aim for fluff. It's good for dipping in a bowl of corn soup and soaking up juice. But I've met plenty ...

IOWA CITY — A new food truck has brought a new niche to Iowa City: Navajo fry bread. Owner Daniel Velasquez uses a few fryers and a few square feet inside South Side Street Foods to pen a love letter ...

If you’ve never had a fry bread taco, you’re missing out! Fry bread tacos are made with fry bread, a food that has complicated origins with the Navajo tribe during colonization more than 150 years ago ...

A true labor of love, Hope's Frybread brick-and-mortar has been a long time coming. Hope Peshlakai and her husband, Aaron, started their business to help raise funds for a neighbor in trouble in 2011 ...

When I lived in Oregon, I often drove from Bend to Portland. About an hour into the drive, I’d pass through the Warm Springs Reservation along the Deschutes River. It was almost impossible to drive ...

"We've got things to do... Are you coming or not?" Array Releasing has unveiled the official trailer for an indie film titled Frybread Face and Me, the first narrative feature made by acclaimed Native ...

Executive produced by Taika Waititi and distributed by Ava DuVernay's Array Releasing, the film from Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo writer-director Billy Luther releases on Netflix Nov. 24. By Abbey ...