Book review - Eating the Landscape + Praying mantis on a green roof

There are lots of books which combine personal musings and food. Enrique Salmon's book, Eating the Landscape, is unique in that he's not just some foodie writer, he's an Indigenous ethnobotanist with a gift for storytelling. With warm, colloquial and riveting writing, he manages to combines timeless myths from the southwest US/northern Mexico and more recent personal history to produce an enjoyable book.

And I just had to post this picture. While doing maintenance on a green roof a few days ago I spotted this praying mantis egg sack.

If you've never seen one hatch, check this out!