Eating the Landscape Book Review

Zachary Branco

Professor Santos

English 102-042

16 March 2018

Eating the Landscape Evaluation

In this very informative, non-fiction book, Eating the Landscape, author Enrique Salmon, is on a mission to inform and educate his readers the importance of maintaining the indigenous ways such as ceremonial rituals, stories or legends that have been told and passed down, cultivating and respecting the land, and the preparation of food. Throughout the book, Salmon makes it his goal and mission to include as many details as possible, background information, and any other aids or guides to help us understand the importance and true meaning of keeping the indigenous culture while also incorporating it into your lifestyle while also passing it down from one generation to the next. As he does all this, he also incorporates the importance of family culture and the culture of the language.

Throughout the book, I noticed there were strengths but not many weaknesses that Salmon poses. Overall, I believe it is a very well written and a well thought out piece of literature. One thing I really liked that Salmon used is that he interacted with native farmers and they taught him their indigenous ways of planting, crops, conditioning them, and harvesting them as well. Having actual farmers tell their perspectives and stories gives the book a sense of validity as well as the truth in what actually happens with the food we consume everyday. It may not seem like a strength to most people, but having the farmer is the ultimate primary source that Salmon could have used.

I would definitely recommend this great non-fiction book to practically everyone. Even if you’re not into or interested in where your food comes from, it is still good for you to know, this way at least you can be aware of the truth and avoid the manipulation that CEO and other food processing companies feed their consumers.