A Literary Feast

Posts by Sarah Kanabay

The Portlandbury Tales: The Frontman’s Tale (lines 1-135)

Posted on April 30th, 2011

The madness continues, with the first part of the Knight’s Tale, here retold as the Frontman’s Tale–wherein saving noble maidens from injustice is transformed into the equally heroic act of saving a fellow band from ales of dubious quality. (Ed: The sticker offer, for those interested, is still good–send your mailing address to ‘[email protected]’ upon completion of any of these sections, and receive a limited edition sticker, from our hot little hands to yours!)

Save The World, Feed A Farmer: The Farmer General Talks Dollars And Sense With Nick Zigelbaum

Posted on April 26th, 2011

When I mentioned to my friend Amanda that I was collecting interviews with first-time farmers and foragers for our New Agrarians series, she immediately knew that I had to talk to her cousin, Nick. Nick Zigelbaum, founder of the Bull Moose Hunting Society, is also a first-time farmer–and, as it turned out, a passionate champion of farming being a means of healing economic potholes, teaching you to be comfortable with failure, and, most importantly, giving you the chance to eat some really, really good eggs. This is the record of our conversation, which ranged from open-source farm machinery to the benefits of grass-fed animals and back again. Chickens may be farming’s gateway drug, but, Nick does an excellent job of making you believe that everyone should be taking hits off of the self-reliance pipe, and doing what they can to put the power of growing your own food back into the hands of as many people as possible.

The Portlandbury Tales: General Prologue

Posted on April 13th, 2011

(ed: To celebrate National Poetry Month, I embark on my most ambitious, artistically questionable endeavor to date in the Add-Verse series: man-handling Chaucer. I dedicate these efforts to my most beloved medievalist, my mom: little did you know what reading Piers Plowman to me as a bedtime story would one day engender. Fair Audience: should you read to the very end of this offering, email your mailing address to ‘[email protected]’. I will send you a limited edition sticker, you glutton for punishment, you.)

Firefly Dusks And Chick Days: The Farmer General Chats With Jenna Woginrich

Posted on April 9th, 2011

Farmer, shepherd, author, blogger, banjo frailer, fiddler-player, and graphic designer–Jenna Woginrich is one busy lady. Which makes us all the more excited that she took time away from her farm to answer a few of our questions. I’ve been eagerly reading her words since the publication of Made From Scratch, and following the growth of her flock at Cold Antler Farm during her first lambing season. Jenna’s wry honesty and passion for her land are the perfect antidote to a long winter of inactivity–as well as inspiration to get out and to get busy with the business of growing your own food.

Ask Rennie Vol. 4: Embrace Us, Asparagus

Posted on April 8th, 2011

Dear Rennie,

Even knowing, as I do now, that the smell of one’s urine has nothing to do with a potential sexually transmitted disease, and everything to do with having consumed asparagus recently, those slender stalks still strike terror into my very heart whenever I espy them on a menu. How would you recommend that I conquer this fear? I don’t want to forever look like a culinary rube when Spring farm-to-table time rolls around. Nor do I want the continual night terrors.

yours truly,

Fearful Of Pee in Poughkeepsie