The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes and Rituals for the Wheel of the Year

In The Spirited Kitchen, practicing witchcraft means nurturing a relationship with the seasons and drawing on ancestral roots to find magic in small details. Readers can cook feast dinners to celebrate nature's cycles and ritual crafts like Salt Spells, hand-woven Offering Baskets, and a Maypole Chandelier to add extra symbolism.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 28 October 2022
Publisher: WW Norton & Co

In The Spirited Kitchen, embracing witchcraft entails fostering a profound connection with the seasons and tapping into ancestral wisdom to uncover hidden enchantment in the most mundane of details. Here, ordinary ingredients such as apples, hazelnuts, and wheat transform into mystical components of culinary creations and ritualistic practices. The outcome is an enchanting culinary odyssey traversing the pagan Wheel of the Year, from the spirited Halloween celebrations of Samhain to the joyous return of autumn at Harvest Home.

Throughout the book, readers are invited to embark on a culinary adventure, preparing feast dinners that commemorate the cyclical nature of the seasons. In the winter, Cranberry Custard Tarts serve as a nourishing tonic, promoting vitality and well-being. In spring, Deep Dish Nettle Quiche emerges as a symbol of resilience, offering comfort after the chilly months, while Calendula Chicken embodies the bountiful abundance of summer. Along the way, ritual crafts such as Salt Spells, intricately woven Offering Baskets, and a majestic Maypole Chandelier infuse the proceedings with additional symbolism.

Accompanied by breathtaking photographs and a comprehensive glossary of spirited symbols and ingredients, The Spirited Kitchen emerges as a bewitching guide to the realm of seasonal magic. It serves as a testament to the power of nature, tradition, and personal empowerment, inviting readers to embrace the magic that lies within the realms of the kitchen, the seasons, and their own hearts.

Weight: 1054g
Dimension: 210 x 261 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781682686676