In this episode of Lightplay, host Jasper Nighthawk reads his essay, "Taco Story," which addresses the question, What drives us to cook the same foods over and over and over? Then, the writer Lisa Locascio Nighthawk gives a book recommendation. Motes include "Hope in the Forest," "Miyazaki in Los Angeles," "Miyazaki Swag," and "Sex-Positive Sex Ed?"

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The post is available online, with pictures and a written recipe, in the Lightplay archive.

You can read my “Lost Travelogue” and my thoughts about returning the National Parks and much more to the tribes in that archive as well.

Get involved in protecting Jackson Demonstration State Forest at savejackson.org.

Buy New Animal,  the Miyazaki show catalog, and Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art on Jasper's affiliate page at Bookshop.org.

Listen to my Seed Field Podcast interview with Dr. Theodore Burns.