Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #333463 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Anne Newkirk Niven, SageWoman, Winter '00 - '01
Organized by season, her year (like the Witches' Year) starts in Autumn. Each season contains meditations, ideas for ritual, decorations, as well as the luscious recipes. First-rate, through and through, with the gentle touch of a truly gifted priestess-and a talented cook. Recommended.

PJ Birosik, Nexus, July/August 2002
A magical tome that explores cooking as a nourishing spiritual practice.

Synopsis
The beliefs of Wicca are rooted firmly in the earth - in the gradual circling of her seasons and the bounty and blessings she provides. In WITCH IN THE KITCHEN, practicing witch, Cait Johnson, celebrates the sacred in each season with more than 80 soul-satisfying and appetizing recipes. In engaging and inviting prose, the author provides rituals, spells and meditations for the eight pagan holidays, inspirations for creating a kitchen altar and ways to prepare for each season. She offers ideas for decorating your kitchen with objects of power and magic - eggs symbolizing fertility in spring, dried orange slices as reminders of the sun in mid-winter - to align our bodies, spirits and senses to the pace and mood of the Earth's changes. Above all are the recipes for delicious, sensuous salads, soups, main dishes and desserts made from ingredients in tune with the Earth's seasonal gifts. WITCH IN THE KITCHEN invites you to honour yourself and the Earth and delight in the magic that comes from sharing good food with good company. * Redesigned to focus on all eight pagan holidays * Includes new spells, rituals and meditations, as well as 80 vegetarian recipes

Customer Reviews

A Magickal Journey into the Joys of the Kitchen
This book is a joy. It is everything that a witch could possibly want out of a natural cookbook, how to prepare one's kitchen, the history into the Sabbats and what to cook for them, traditional poetry and a list of suppliers if you can't get everything you need locally.

There are spells, charms and rituals for every Sabbat as well as seasonal dishes to go with them.

The author has written the book in a friendly and easy-to-read manner which really welcomes you and makes you feel like you're actually in her kitchen. I felt embraced by her presence whilst I was totally enchanted by the book.

A must for one who enjoys cooking.

Witch in the Kitchen
I have been searching all over to find a cookery book of traditional festival and ritual foods for quite some time with little success. This book however is fantastic and combines cooking for rituals, festivals and also natural healthy foods however, some recipies involve plants found in the US not over in the UK hence my 4 star rather then 5.

A truly enjoyable read
This book makes you want to get there and start cooking. The recepits are simple but never boring, and taste delicious. The introduction, the links between food and spirituality, the suggestions for decoration and for presentation make this book a wonderful addition to any kitchen.