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Hello gentlemen. I have a couple of questions regarding Elizabeth Warren's recipe contributions to the Native American cookbook "Pow Wow Chow: A Collection of Recipes from Families of the Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek & Seminole".
I had thought that Elizabeth Warren's version of the story is that her family told her from a young age that she had Native American heritage and passed special Native American recipes down to her.
Question 1: Are "Cold omelets with crab meat" and "Crab with Tomato Mayonnaise Dressing" really Cherokee recipes? I wasn't aware that Cherokee people ate mayonnaise or even crabs. I ask as I don't know much at all about Native American cuisine.
Question two: Given that the Elizabeth Warren's recipes are exact copies of those of a French chef named Pierre Franey which the New York Times published in 1979 (see image below), and given that Elizabeth Warren did not credit Franey for them even though they are word-to-word identical to Franey's, would it be fair to say that Elizabeth Warren plagiarized her recipes?
Based on cursory research, it seems that Elizabeth Warren copied three different recipes from the New York Times and contributed them to the "Pow Wow Chow" cookbook.
Thank you for your help.
Source for the above information.

I had thought that Elizabeth Warren's version of the story is that her family told her from a young age that she had Native American heritage and passed special Native American recipes down to her.
Question 1: Are "Cold omelets with crab meat" and "Crab with Tomato Mayonnaise Dressing" really Cherokee recipes? I wasn't aware that Cherokee people ate mayonnaise or even crabs. I ask as I don't know much at all about Native American cuisine.


Question two: Given that the Elizabeth Warren's recipes are exact copies of those of a French chef named Pierre Franey which the New York Times published in 1979 (see image below), and given that Elizabeth Warren did not credit Franey for them even though they are word-to-word identical to Franey's, would it be fair to say that Elizabeth Warren plagiarized her recipes?

Based on cursory research, it seems that Elizabeth Warren copied three different recipes from the New York Times and contributed them to the "Pow Wow Chow" cookbook.
Thank you for your help.
Source for the above information.
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