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10A • February 24, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Recipes: It’s ‘all in the knowing’ It’s more than how to make a good meal By Katherine Lacaze For Cannon Beach Gazette Recipes are powerful piec- es of knowledge, not simply because they provide a process for developing one new cre- ation from different materials but also as artifacts that can make connections between people across time, distance and culture. After all, the word “recipe” has its roots in the Latin word “recipere,” which translated means to receive back, to take or to exchange, Jennifer Rob- erts, a facilitator from Grants Pass, explained during her pro- gram “Stone Soup: How Rec- ipes Can Preserve History and Nourish a Community” at the Cannon Beach Museum and History Center on Feb. 9. The program was part of the Oregon Humanities’ statewide Conversation Project, which is designed to bring Oregonians from all walks of life together in small groups to discuss im- portant issues and ideas. Vari- ous local nonprofits or groups host a Conversation Project program on a topic relevant to their community. An Oregon Humanities facilitator leads the conversation, allowing their personality and those of differ- ent audience members to shape each discussion. Roberts, for example, has a fascination with the history of science and medicine, and her study of alchemy and ear- ly pharmacology sparked her interest in recipes of all kinds. She is currently working on a novel set in the 17th century that involves witchcraft, alche- my and recipes. To start the conversa- tion, she shared how a single County praised by speaker for opting out of lawsuit Lecture from Page 1A “Let the county commis- sion know you agree and sup- port a balanced approach (in harvesting state forests) and that they should go to Salem to lobby for a balanced approach. You should have direct contact with your elected officials,” he added. During his presentation, entitled, “How to Protect 50,000 Acres in Clatsop County,” Van Dyk discussed the history behind the creation of Oregon’s state forests and the current lawsuit filed by Linn County. The class action lawsuit is seeking $1.4 billion in damag- es for 15 counties. Linn Coun- ty claims that the state has not maximized the logging that could be done in the state for- ests and that this has resulted in less income for counties to pay for public services. Although Clatsop County was included as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, the county com- mission voted 3-2 last month to opt out of it. Earlier in January, the Can- non Beach City Council voted 4-1 to send a resolution to the county commission urging the county to withdraw from the lawsuit. Van Dyk took his audience back to 1920, when private companies owned the forests in Oregon. But following the Great Depression, the coun- ties gained ownership of the properties when much of the land had been logged and timber companies couldn’t pay their taxes. The counties then turned the forests over to the state to manage in the “greatest permanent value” for all Oregonians. Following several fires that devastated the forests from 1933 to 1951, the state Legislature authorized bonds to replant the forests. The state Department of Forestry oversees more than 800,000 acres. Revenue from harvesting those forests — including portions of over a half-million acres in Clatsop and Tillamook counties — is given to the counties annually to finance schools and other public services. Clatsop Coun- ty is the largest state forestry timber producer, Van Dyk said. Harvest targets are set by management plans adopted by the state; the latest North- west Oregon plan was adopted in 2010. In addition to harvest- ing timber, the plan includes strategies for maintaining a diverse forest of tree species and growth levels, watersheds, recreational uses, wildlife hab- itat and carbon storage. 17th-century cookbook often contained all sorts of recipes — for pies; eye washes made with pigeon dung; snail water to treat consumption; perfume; and much more. “The common thread is that you’re taking a list of things and you’re creating something out of raw materials,” Roberts said. “So it’s materials and pro- cess.” What now would be de- scribed as recipes originally were called receipts — also from the term “recipere.” Doctors wrote receipts for pa- tients, who then took them to an apothecary for the listed materials. That history also lies behind the symbol for medical prescriptions, Rx. The etymology of “recipe” exposes a confluence between a scientific or medical concept and the idea of community and history. It supports the idea of recipes as “amazing historical artifacts that can kind of trans- Community growth During the program, partic- ipants collectively read Mar- cia Brown’s 1975 version of “Stone Soup, an Old Tale Re- told,” a Portuguese fable that has been retold through multi- ple adaptations. In Brown’s version, three soldiers happened upon a town. “The peasants of that place feared strangers,” the sto- ry goes, so when the soldiers asked for food and shelter for the night, the peasants pretend- ed they had neither to offer. The soldiers began mak- ing a soup using nothing but a stone, and explaining to the peasants what they were doing to create the dish. In the pro- cess, individuals from the town began contributing to the meal, starting with vegetables, milk, barley and meat for the soup, and then expanding their offer- ings to roast, cider, bread and, KATHERINE LACAZE/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Jennifer Roberts facilitates the discussion for the Oregon Humanities’ Conversation Project “Stone Soup: How Rec- ipes Can Preserve History and Nourish A Community,” hosted at the Cannon Beach Museum and History Center. eventually, “the best beds in the village” for the soldiers to rest for the night. Before the soldiers left, the peasants expressed gratitude for what the soldiers taught them. “It’s all in the knowing how,” one of the soldiers re- plied. Through a group discus- sion, participants agreed on several main ideas or morals to be drawn from the story and applied them to contemporary views of community. In the sto- ry, each person from the town provided their own unique contribution when making the stone soup. “There’s an element of trust when you’re doing something as a community, and every- body’s doing their part,” said Bonnie Neugebauer, of Can- non Beach. Poet laureate reflects on human condition Poet from Page 1A second book “Luminaries of the Humble” is a compilation of her reflections as she ob- serves everyday life. Before each reading, she preceded the selection with anecdotes that prompted her writings. Her collection of po- ems in “Wind Movement” de- scribes important elements that were important to her father. Comparing his beloved Navajo language to the wind, Woody explained, “It’s like the wind, you can’t name it; it is just there — like energy.” “Rosette,” for example, is the desire to learn the art of beading from her grandmother who, when asked, informed Woody that she already was an expert beader. Disappoint- ed with this answer, Woody threw away the medallions she had beaded. Her grandmother fetched them from the trash, sewed pins to the backs and wore them to an event; proud- ly telling everyone her grand- daughter had made them. Another reading evoked the memory of her grandparents telling stories every morning during breakfast. Reflecting, Woody imparted on how much in love her grandparents were and how often they giggled. She told of the time her grand- father visualized her grand- mother as “a beautiful little girl on a beautiful horse with beau- tiful long glistening braids.” Cannon Beach’s Best Selection of Oregon and Washington Wine! UPCOMING TASTINGS Shack Hours Daily 11am to 5:30pm Tasting Room Hours Saturdays • 1 to 5pm port you,” Roberts said. 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As a child, Woody remem- bers limited availability of reading material: the Bible, an encyclopedia and the dic- tionary. Fascinated, she read the entire dictionary because she “wanted to know what the words meant.” Falling in love with words, she sought out books to read. One of the first was Dr. Seuss and one of the earliest poems that moved her was “A Cat Named Sloopy” by Rod McK- uen. Buffy Sainte-Marie, a song- writer and activist for indig- enous people also proved an inspiration. “Sainte-Marie’s unwavering voice could not be suppressed,” she said. During the 1970s, Sainte-Marie was blacklisted from having her music aired on American radio stations. “Simplicity is profound,” said Woody, “it takes a lot from within to overcome people try- ing to stop your livelihood. You can’t let it suppress the human spirit.” When asked about writing poetry, Woody says she doesn’t really know how the poems come about, “but it’s about what I think … sometimes it connects and sometimes it doesn’t.” She likes to write her thoughts down before retiring at night and rising in the morn- ing. “Over time, it becomes easier and if you go back and read what you’ve written, you’ll notice a pattern. Poet- ry makes words good again,” Woody said. She was named as Oregon’s eighth poet laureate by Gover- nor Kate Brown in 2016 and will serve a two-year appoint- ment. Woody is the first Native American to hold the title. Woody received the 1990 American Book Award for “Hand Into Stone.” She re- ceived the William Stafford Memorial Award for Poetry in 1995 and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards that same year. Woody also writes short fiction, essays and is a visual artist. She is currently working on her next book. 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