Grace Ann Kalama (Warm Springs) makes and sells homemade Indian fry bread at the family’s Kalama Family Fry Bread stand. Using flour, baking powder, milk, sugar, and water, she creates the dough, then fries it in hot oil. The Kalama stand is a fixture of the Warm Springs community with many regular customers.
Bio
Grace Ann Kalama is a traditional cook whose family runs an Indian fry bread stand in Warm Springs. Kalama first learned to make fry bread from her older brother when she was nine years old. For the past five years, the family’s Kalama Family Fry Bread stand has been a warm weather favorite at the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs administrative hub. Making the bread involves the whole family. The evening before an event, or sometimes in the early morning, family members mix four batches of dough, then let it rest for several hours. Ingredients include flour, baking powder, warm milk, sugar, and water. Once an event is underway, the family makes the fry bread, practically to order. Kalama takes a ball of the prepared dough and stretches it by pulling and turning it with both hands until it is about the size of a dinner plate. She drops the stretched dough into hot oil and fries it on both sides until golden brown. Homemade hot chili and honey are available for those who want to add something to the bread. The Kalama stand is a fixture of the community with lots of regular customers who eagerly await the nice weather and homemade treat.
