Product Description

Conjure up edible pleasures for every turn of the goddess's guise - from fresh-picked herb salad and ginger-frosted pineapple cake under a sultry summer crescent, to the soul-satisfying comfort of turkey meatloaf and pumpkin soup during the cold winter moons. Trust your body to gravitate toward the nourishment it needs most. Cooking By Moonlight promotes cooking with intention, in harmony with the seasons and moon phases.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1111356 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

From the Author
Eating seasonally used to be automatic. Our ancestors did not have the convenience of all-night mini-marts and microwaves; our grandmothers did not have access to imported strawberries in February. Food choices were defined by the seasons, dependent upon a good local harvest, a backyard garden and home canning skills. For those who walk a goddess path, and those who cherish the earth and her bounty, the kitchen truly is the soul and center of the home. It is the hub of our alchemy! Tuning in to the thirteen moons, I became aware of her influence and subtle changes. I began writing recipes for each moon and her spiritual lesson. Cooking by Moonlight is about honoring our ancestors’ wisdom; it encourages us to make conscious food choices in harmony with the seasons and moon phases. It’s about trusting our body, developing our intuition - and having fun in the kitchen! With thirteen lunar meditations, menus, practical magic and tips for using herbs and spices with intention, Cooking By Moonlight features 113 sensual and scrumptious recipes. Also included are Kitchen Blessings for each moon phase and a lovely foreword by astrologer Dana Gerhardt of mooncircles.com. The changing moons and seasons guide us; the waxing and waning moon inspires us. Mother Earth teaches us patience and the art of centering, the art of being and knowing. The moon urges us to honor our intuition, to feed ourselves soul food that nourishes us, body and sprit. Cooking By Moonlight is wonderful way to begin, writes Dana Gerhardt. It is my hope that Cooking By Moonlight will be an inspiring resource for all those creating goddess-centered culinary magic.

About the Author
Karri Ann Allrich is an artist, creative cook and moon lover who incorporates the goddess into all aspects of her life. She is the author of A Witch's Book of Dreams, and Cooking By the Seasons (formerly Recipes From a Vegetarian Goddess).

Customer Reviews

A feast for both spirit and senses
From it's gently inspiring introduction, through intuitive and wise guidance for the foods to be eaten at certain moon phases and times of year, Cooking by Moonlight is a feast for body and spirit. The recipes are crafted with love and a wholesome attention to our physical requirements as well as our need for nourishment that tempts the appetite. Karri Ann Allrich?s approach is holistic: it is clear how well she understands the link between feeding the body and keeping the other aspects of our natures (mental, emotional and spiritual) functioning at their optimum. The explanations of the energies of the moon?s phases and the moon at different seasons are fascinating, as are the lists of food qualities in the chapter on love foods and practical magic. This book manages to combine nurturing and the indulgence of the senses without sacrificing well-being. The main body of the work contains page after page of gorgeous recipes, with something for everyone, whether they are vegetarian or ?omnivarian?. As I live in Europe, I especially appreciate the appendices giving US to UK conversions for ingredients, measurements and oven temperatures. Harmonious, generous, giving, this is a recipe book to treasure.
Elen Hawke: Praise to the Moon; In The Circle; The Sacred Round

Tempting Moonlight Tidbits
Ms. Allrich presents us with a cookbook to compliment Her "Cooking by the Seasons" with recipes that are inspired by the cycles of the moon.
From kitchen blessings to pantry essentials to herbal necessities, Ms. Allrich lays the foundation to begin working your own personal magic at each of the moons of the year. Recipes like Crab Cakes with Cranberry-Orange Salsa for the Long Night's Moon (December moon) to Sherry-Walnut Goat Cheese Spread for the Flower Moon (May Moon), there are recipes that are seasonal, well balanced menus and mouth watering temptations.
The idea of this book is to eat foods that are in time with the seasons and to prepare meals that are healthy and well balanced. To many of us this might seem almost impossible, but the introduction of the book says it all; "By consciously setting aside time to mark this Wheel with celebration and tuning into the wisdom of seasonal foods, we deepen our connection to nature's lessons; we create meals that are not only healthful, but sacred as well - food that nourishes both body and soul."
I have to admit I am "kitchen challenged" and some of the dishes seemed at first glance to be beyond my limited capabilities of ordering out. But you just can't get dishes like "Summer Tomato Salad with Fresh Basil" from the take out center, and it does not require anything more than a knife and a few minutes. Also she offers some helpful hints, like do not refrigerate tomatoes or they will lose their sweet texture. Gee, I didn't know that.
Ms. Allrich offers some wonderful recipes, some good advise and a way for us to get into the cycles of the land a bit more than just following the seasons or the cycles of the moons. Taking what the earth has to offer in the way of foods and bringing them to the table is one more bond we can make in our connection to the land.
This is a wonderful book, some great ideas and some recipes I am sure will delight the tongue and the heart. It is a "must have" for any pagan who cooks even if it is only occasionally.