num_pages: 276
description: Welcome to a place of great magic  the kitchen! Magic superstition cooking and food rituals have been intertwined since the beginning of humankind. Kitchen Food Folklore &amp; Fairy Tale is an exploration of the history and culture of food folklore and magic and those skilled in healing and nourishing  herbalists wise women cooks cunning folk and the name many of them would come to witch. Kitchen Witch is an invitation to see the magic in every corner of your kitchen. With the Kitchen Witch as our guide well explore food nature magic and transformation. Well discover what the name of Kitchen Witch could mean to us in modern interpretations of ancient practices. May this book of stories and ideas show that theres magic in the mundane witchcraft within your walls and the Goddess really is in the details. Within this book youll find no recipes but something cooked up just for you; youll find stories  stories of magic healing and hearth of feasts and fasts and fairy tales. Of poisoned apples bewitching gingerbread and seeing the future in a teacup Discover the fantastic folklore and healing properties of everyday fruits vegetables honey bread and nuts. Delight in food customs and rituals from ancient Babylon Egypt Greece and Rome. Meet cunning folk herbalists ale-wives beer goddesses and the many faces of the Kitchen Witch through the ages. Journey through food for every seasonal festival on the Wheel of the Year. Enjoy fairy and folk tales of witches and saints in Scandinavia floating apples and snapdragon in England potato-wolves in Germany tatty bogles and angels who drink whisky in Scotland and a rather surprising prevalence of pancakes In Sarahs signature style of weaving together the magical this exciting new book will touch on a myriad of modalities in a journey lined with folklore fairytale and much much food!
language: English
title: Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore & Fairy Tale
publisher: Womancraft Publishing