Book evaluation: Eating the landscapes

Jasmine Garcia

Professor Santos

English 102-042

16 March 2018

Book evaluation

        We have finished reading the outstanding book called, Eating the Landscapes, which is non-fiction by Enrique Salmon who brings the audience at the edge of their seat by sharing personal narratives of native people and farmers that are very dedicated into keeping their farming skills in a place that we live in that is based on off technology. Salmon takes you on a journey through northern Mexico and the southwestern United States and describes to us readers how a majority of different cultures stay true and stick to what they know best and that is growing their own crops and preparing/cooking their own meals with families and friends. Throughout the book Salmon has taken his historical and profound knowledge of culture and has had the opportunity to meet with many different people who are native and American Indian farmers and has shared with him their Indigenous food ways and the making of the food and cropping. These people were raised to become like this, they were taught to respect the food, the land and this earth because we need to take care of this planet and we need to remember what we have around us. As I look back onto the first chapter, “In my Grandmother’s kitchen,” that was my favorite because I was simply amazed because it really shows you that you must respect the preparation food and how much work it takes to make it for people. I 100% recommend this book, I liked reading it because it teaches you a lot about food and where it comes from and how it grows and that we should take care of it and be grateful for what we have in the world we are living in.