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    David Jenkins

    Remembering Food …

    By David Jenkins Last Update July 21, 2020 18 Comments

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    David Jenkins is no longer with us, but his spirit is in this website through the stories he told us over the years. I was cleaning out old posts today and thought I would repost this one from April 2013.I grew up in a family that was not sophisticated about food. We were not sophisticated about many things ... the red Nash Rambler with Bible verses painted on both sides, … [Read more...] about Remembering Food …

    Food Writing: Smoke Follows Beauty

    By David Jenkins Last Update July 16, 2020 4 Comments

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    My father would have made a better Old Testament prophet than a barber. He often wandered the mountains of eastern Oregon with a gnarled walking stick, erecting crosses and altars to mark sites to which he would like to return. He had no heart for traditional camping. We eschewed sanctioned camping spots for those discovered by my father during his wanderings. If he were … [Read more...] about Food Writing: Smoke Follows Beauty

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