" Blue cornmeal, (Hopi Maize), is ground from dried rare whole blue Indian corn, which was originated by the Hopi Native Americans in Mexico, and the Southwest U
The Hopi prized tceqa – a variety they selected over time for a striking blue-black hull color. My niece, who gets married this week, chose the sunflower as her wedding flower
We also traveled to ethnic neighborhoods to learn about the food and to find recipes around Los Angeles, starting in the 1960s -- we made sushi from the Japanese neighborhoods, Indian food from the Indian ones, we made blue cornmeal tortillas from our travels to the Southwest (I lived with the Hopi Indians in Arizona for one summer, to apprentice with a well-known Hopi silversmith, Laurence Saufkie
Preheat the oven to 375°F Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Assemble your ingredients. In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk together the flour, sugar, blue and yellow cornmeal, baking powder, and salt