A Child's Calendar of Feasts Poem by Christine De Luca

September
Peel some hazelnuts while they're still green. Our grapes can hang another day.

October
Take these walnuts next door. Tell them we will kill the black pig tomorrow. Prosciutto
and sausages will hang above the stove. (All those acorns you gathered to fill its belly!)

November
A slice of polenta will warm you. It is rich with beans and sugo. The sun is dropping like a stone.

December
Wait till the chestnuts are roasted and the crostole are cool enough to sugar. What a feast we will have!