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Summary: Inspiring and Truly Useful
Review: With the first chapter of Witch in the Kitchen, I found myself looking at my kitchen in a whole new light. Cait Johnson discusses ways to add some enchantment to your kitchen, and while I really didn't use her exact recommendations, I was inspired to use my own ideas to change my kitchen into the magickal center of my home. That alone made this a great purchase for me. However, there's more to the book than the first small chapter of kitchen ideas....Autumn begins a short "Setting the Stage for Autumn" followed by "The Autumn Kitchen". She really gets you in the mood of the season. Then a short bit on an Autumn spell before diving into the recipes, divided up into recipes making up a menu each for early-Autumn, mid-Autumn and late-Autumn. Sections on the solstice celebrations (recommended kitchen rituals, spells, meditations, poetry) are inserted in the appropriate recipe area. Chapters on Winter, Spring and Summer follow in a similar manner. I do love to cook but I like someone else to plan out the menu (main dish, side dish, dessert, etc.), and Cait Johnson has done that for me in this book. The ingredients tend to be practical, common items easily found at the grocery, and the recipes are not too unusual for my wary family. I haven't made the infamous Aprodite's Love Cakes mentioned in an earlier review (that recipe does call for a few less common ingredients) but other recipes have turned out great for me. A bonus for our family, the recipes are vegetarian and often recommend alternatives for the vegan cook as well. Overall, I found this to be an enchanting resource that I use every season, and I plan to look at other titles by the author.
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