A Place Is a Gift | Jonathan Kauffman | Substack

This is the weekend to gather linden blossoms

And preserve their scent in vodka.

Jul 3 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Gathering peas, both wild and tame

Just enough to snack on. Just for a few weeks a year.

Jun 14 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Planting an ever-bearing salad in the yard

Dreaming of spring salads made with home-foraged greens

May 10 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Fighting the fear and loathing of weeds

Considering the necessity of spring's first greens

Mar 27 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Bring out your dead

Eating from the garden after the ice storms

Mar 6 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Gathering solstice greens

Harvesting winter's last (and first) crops from my yard

Dec 22, 2023 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Composing an end-of-season amaro

Making a bitter liqueur that paints a portrait of time and space

Nov 28, 2023 •

Jonathan Kauffman

Gathering 70 pounds of abandoned apples

Finally attempting to press neighborhood cider

Oct 30, 2023 •

Jonathan Kauffman

A Place Is a Gift

A Place Is a Gift

Stories about eating the neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Call it gleanercore.

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