Food, Sex and Strangers is rooted in the fertile soil cultivated by others, including scholarly colleagues and interested religionists. Most particularly, the vitalizing compost dug into my early efforts to think differently about religion blended Te Pakaka Tawhai's chapter “Maori Religion” ([1988] 2002) with the articles in a special issue of the journal Religion devoted to “Native American Religions” (i.e. K. M. Morrison 1992a, 1992b; Fulbright 1992; Detwiler 1992; Pflug 1992; Irwin 1992). While my previous work has referred to and sometimes celebrated these publications (and I recommend them to you again), in writing this book I have seen new things in them. Reading them alongside some more recent works (e.g. Plumwood 1993, 2002; Primiano 1995, 2012; Abram 2010; Latour 2010; Ingold 2011; Dueck 2013; and especially Vásquez 2011) has enabled some additional understandings seeded by them to germinate, blossom and cross-fertilize other understandings. The strong influence on my work of Irving Hallowell and what he learnt among Anishinaabeg is regularly reinforced by finding that many of the colleagues who impress me also celebrate or engage with Hallowell's publications (especially Hallowell 1955, 1960). In addition to the content of such studies, I have been inspired by their provocation into seeking to learn among indigenous hosts: especially Anishinaabeg, Mi'kmaq, Maori, Native Hawai'ians and Yoruba. My considerable gratitude for generous hospitality (especially when my hosts have been tested by my veganism) blends with hope that I have not missed too many of the lessons I ought to have learnt.