A Place Is a Gift

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Composing an end-of-season amaro
Making a bitter liqueur that paints a portrait of time and space
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Jonathan Kauffman
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October 2023
Gathering 70 pounds of abandoned apples
Finally attempting to press neighborhood cider
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Jonathan Kauffman
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September 2023
When autumn comes for the herb garden
And you hate dried herbs, what do you do?
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Jonathan Kauffman
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August 2023
Capturing high summer in the fennel forest
Tasting what the bees taste in my favorite weed-covered park
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Jonathan Kauffman
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July 2023
We cannot stop buying rare berries
The ever-growing collection of lesser-known species
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The walnuts have returned in full force
Want to make nocino? Act now--they're everywhere.
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Jonathan Kauffman
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June 2023
Rushing to harvest grape leaves
Why wait for the fruit?
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Jonathan Kauffman
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Growing mushrooms on our lawn
But harvesting dinner may not be the point
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Jonathan Kauffman
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April 2023
The tenderness of spring weeds
Pacific waterleaf is delicate and prolific right now
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Jonathan Kauffman
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March 2023
Could honey capture a sense of place?
Looking for the bees that visit my own garden
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15. What do you do with a medlar?
The mystery of an unphotogenic, labor-intensive fruit
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Jonathan Kauffman
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February 2023
Issue 14. Gathering seeds for 2023
Scenes from a year of half-botched foraging and uncontrolled buying
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Jonathan Kauffman
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