Witch in the Kitchen: Magical Cooking for All Seasons

A book of recipes, spells, and rituals for celebrating our connection to the Earth and her seasons.

•Redesigned to focus on all eight pagan holidays.

•Includes new spells, rituals, and meditations, as well as 80 vegetarian recipes.

•Written by practicing witch Cait Johnson, coauthor of Celebrating the Great Mother(12,000 copies sold).

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: Magical Cooking for All Seasons, 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. Serve Stuffed Acorn Squash and Fig-Apple Crumble at a Samhain gathering; celebrate Winter Solstice with Pomander Salad and Savory Yuletide Pie; welcome Imbolc with Sprouted Spring Salad and Magic Isle Pasties; or share the harvest at Lughnasad with Spicy Stir-Fried Greens and Sunny Peach Pie. With its recipes, rituals, and reminders of our ancient connections to the seasons, Witch in the Kitcheninvites you to honor yourself and the Earth and delight in the magic that comes from sharing good food with good company.

Creative suggestions and more than 80 delightful vegetarian recipes help you attune your cooking to the rhythms of the seasons and bring a sense of the sacred to your hearth and kitchen.

Cait Johnson, an artist and writer who leads workshops on tarot, dreaming, and ritual-making, is coauthor of Celebrating the Great Mother. She lives with her family in New York's Hudson Valley.

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part1: Kitchen Magic Making Your Kitchen a Sacred Space Putting Down Roots The Kitchen Altar Making a Kitchen Witch Apron Kitchen Rituals Kitchen of the Goddess Part 2: Autumn Setting the Stage for Autumn The Autumn Kitchen Early-Autumn Recipes Mabon Magic Mid-Autumn Recipes Samhain Magic Late-Autumn Recipes Part 3: Winter Setting the Stage for Winter The Winter Kitchen Early-Winter Recipes Yule Magic Midwinter Recipes Late-Winter Recipes Part 4: Spring Setting the Stage for Spring The Spring Kitchen Imbolc Magic Early-Spring Recipes Ostara Magic Mid-Spring Recipes Ostara Magic Mid-Spring Recipes Beltane Magic Late-Spring Recipes Part 5: Summer Setting the Stage for Summer The Summer Kitchen Early-Summer Recipes Litha Magic Midsummer Recipes Lughnasad Magic Late-Summer Recipes Witchy Tips for Acting Out in the Kitchen Supplies Suggested Reading Index