A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook

I feel like I read a completely different book from all the other reviews. I was expecting a cookbook with either food correspondences or maybe chicken soup for healing things like. This is more a compilation of recipes from around the world and throughout many times periods. If you are looking for history and culture this is the book for you but if you are looking for a magic correspondence cookbook this probably won't be quite what you are looking for. The best and most useful chapter is probably the bread.

This book was so intriguing! I tend to naturally try to throw my love and intentions into every dish I make but was hoping this book would be helpful with trying more powerful ingredients in my everyday cooking. Instead it’s just kind of an ok recipe book with some racist titles splashed here and there. I don’t think I’d recommend this book to anyone especially someone new to kitchen witchery. I think this would leave them with a bad impression of the craft.

We've found a few favorites out of this cookbook immediately! I bought it and learned the basic bread recipe in it right around when the pandemic started, and it was such a life saver! There's a wide variety of foods and beverages in this book that make it so you're never going to be asking yourself what you should make. Also gives great magick correspondences and tips. Perfect book to add to your collection or give to your kitchen witch friends!

The book itself is awesome, each recipe has notations of history and magical correspondence. Variations are given to accommodate diets and those needing non-alcoholic versions. I’m really enjoying it. It’s not a theory book, it’s literally a cookbook. My only disappointment (and reason I took off a star) was that the cover is not as pretty as the one pictured. It’s a little cheesy with the “kitchen witch” aesthetic.

Most kitchen witch books focus more on the witchdry and Magick and spellcrafting part, but this one is a straight up cookbook with so many great recipes that are not difficult to make. This one is a kitchen witch must have. More important than the ones who spend more time telling you just the lore of certain foods and their correspondences etc.. Which I love as much as the next person, but still require a book like for much more...utilitarian purposes. I don't always need to summon something, sometimes I just want a perfectly corresponding dinner to the season! This book does the trick!

So impressed!! I love that it isn’t just strictly “pagan” recipes. It’s got stuff from all over the world!

It doesn't come with the cover shown which I find odd. It seems silly to display a separate cover. However, the inside material is exactly what I wanted. There's a lot of variety when it comes to the recipes and most of them can be easily made. Sometimes the instructions are wonky but I tend to wing it when I cook anyway. Very pleased.

This book is seriously so cool! The recipes have very specific ingredient requirements. But every recipe shows what they’re magical benefits would be. There are recipes from all over the world. A very unique and amazing cookbook!

She loves it and used the wedding cake recipe for her son's wedding.

classic, good and natural recipes. this book is a must have!

I feel like I read a completely different book from all the other reviews. I was expecting a cookbook with either food correspondences or maybe chicken soup for healing things like. This is more a compilation of recipes from around the world and throughout many times periods. If you are looking for history and culture this is the book for you but if you are looking for a magic correspondence cookbook this probably won't be quite what you are looking for. The best and most useful chapter is probably the bread.

This book was so intriguing! I tend to naturally try to throw my love and intentions into every dish I make but was hoping this book would be helpful with trying more powerful ingredients in my everyday cooking. Instead it’s just kind of an ok recipe book with some racist titles splashed here and there. I don’t think I’d recommend this book to anyone especially someone new to kitchen witchery. I think this would leave them with a bad impression of the craft.

We've found a few favorites out of this cookbook immediately! I bought it and learned the basic bread recipe in it right around when the pandemic started, and it was such a life saver! There's a wide variety of foods and beverages in this book that make it so you're never going to be asking yourself what you should make. Also gives great magick correspondences and tips. Perfect book to add to your collection or give to your kitchen witch friends!

The book itself is awesome, each recipe has notations of history and magical correspondence. Variations are given to accommodate diets and those needing non-alcoholic versions. I’m really enjoying it. It’s not a theory book, it’s literally a cookbook. My only disappointment (and reason I took off a star) was that the cover is not as pretty as the one pictured. It’s a little cheesy with the “kitchen witch” aesthetic.

Most kitchen witch books focus more on the witchdry and Magick and spellcrafting part, but this one is a straight up cookbook with so many great recipes that are not difficult to make. This one is a kitchen witch must have. More important than the ones who spend more time telling you just the lore of certain foods and their correspondences etc.. Which I love as much as the next person, but still require a book like for much more...utilitarian purposes. I don't always need to summon something, sometimes I just want a perfectly corresponding dinner to the season! This book does the trick!

So impressed!! I love that it isn’t just strictly “pagan” recipes. It’s got stuff from all over the world!

It doesn't come with the cover shown which I find odd. It seems silly to display a separate cover. However, the inside material is exactly what I wanted. There's a lot of variety when it comes to the recipes and most of them can be easily made. Sometimes the instructions are wonky but I tend to wing it when I cook anyway. Very pleased.

This book is seriously so cool! The recipes have very specific ingredient requirements. But every recipe shows what they’re magical benefits would be. There are recipes from all over the world. A very unique and amazing cookbook!

She loves it and used the wedding cake recipe for her son's wedding.

classic, good and natural recipes. this book is a must have!

All time great recipe book. If you want a book mainly for the art of cooking its great. For the practice of the craft I would buy additional books

Lots of real recipes and I love the correspondences and everything the book provides!

Great variety of recipes!

I have not made anything yet but the recipes look delicious and the book is in okay condition. I am pleased.

Nice book!!!!

My mom loves it

Love the recipes

Bought this for my sister because I love my copy so much!

It had a lot of information I thought the recipes were good. I liked the way the book was written. There was a lot of information for beginners I thought simple enough to understand with every day ingredients

Love all the recipes!!! Easy to learn and great for planning arounf the Sabbats!!! Amazing!!

Love this book. Fantastic and fun recipes.

Love it

This is an amazing book for a kitchen witch! The recipes are from all over and i can't wait to fix all of them :D

I love my book. So informative.

This book is full of great recipes and information! Ive tried a few things I never heard of before and was pleased. This book gives you ideas for what to cook for any purpose and tells you a few magickal purposes for each dish as well as its origin. I feel this is a must have for any Kitchen Witch!! Happy Cooking!!!

Amazing for those who need information and recipes for being a kitchen witch!!!!

Love this book and can’t wait to try the recipes

I love this book. It tells me what season the recipes are best in. And what they do magikally.

Cooking maybe pretty easy. And it covers so many things. I really enjoyed it. And my husband loves the new things I am making. :)

Just received it last night and began reading , the recipes look good and the history is a bonus

Good book to read and get ideas from! Super helpful for rituals and common every day recipes to honor the gods.

Love it

I've actually owned this book for many years and enjoy it a lot. I would have given it 5 five stars if they had maintained the original cover that mine has. This cover isn't bad but my older version is much nicer. I bought this one as gifts for my two daughters. It would have been nice to have all 3 books have the same cover. I have made many of the recipes and they are easy to follow and all have turned out great.

An invaluable aid in the craft

A simply must have for all those Kitchen witches out there, even those who are just starting out in the kitchen

I got this boat for them lemon pepper pasta and Page 304 good stuff. I recommend it. Many other great recipes too.

My first experience in bringing the properties of various foods and herbs into meals with intention to provide specific supports for myself and others. The book was clear and I especially liked the listing of foods with their helping qualities.

wonderful book

I am finding this a bonus in my cookbook collection. It came to me in great shape and I am learning a lot with each page.

I Love this Cookbook! I am considered a Kitchen Witch myself in that i am a caregiver to my family and friends! I cannot wait to try out the receipts! They are so simple and have great meaning! Besides what could be better than to bring family & friends together than thse beautiful easy recipes!!! Enjoy!!!!

Really haven't gotten into reading it in depth but it has alot of recipes ill never use but it does have good info on how to can and perserve seasonal food. My boyfriend suggested it for me since I'm learning the craft as well ass trying to figure out what pay our the craft is for me.

A good book that's easy to follow and adds a touch of life, a connection to the nature from every recipe listed.

There are so many recipes here, all of which sound delicious. The author has even included suggestions for how to adjust the recipe to fit your intent. The book is divided nicely in chapters covering different parts of a meal: appetizers, desserts, poultry, lamb, soups & salads, and drinks.

It was in a little but bent condition but I don't mind. I think it's got character and the pages are clean. I can't wait to start making the recipes! Beautiful book.

Like it!

I love A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook! It is so nice to finally have my own copy to keep in my kitchen, to concoct my own kitchen magick every day.

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First of all, I have to say that this is the first Wiccan cookbook I have ever bought. I hated it. I hated everything about it. The recipies were unusual, but nothing, not even one, that sounded good enough to try cooking. The "magic" included here is suspect at best. I will try another cook book for Wiccan's but not one of hers. The whole tone of the book was actually kinda snotty, not at all like most kitchens witchs are.

Book is interesting enough but not what I was looking for

good thanks

This book will be a permanent addition to my kitchen altar. This book is loaded with recipes. The author has such a creative way of putting all the information together to make the perfect kitchen grimoire. She includes health benefits and metaphysical correspondence to the recipes found in the book. She includes very beautiful illustrations throughout. You will find inspirational quotes scattered within the pages. This book goes beyond just a witches cookbook. It's a valuable addition to the witchy life!!

I LOVE this cookbook! I'm not a witch but received this as a gift and I could sit and read this book all day long! If you love thematic cooking, history, or even international cooking, you will enjoy this cookbook. It's obvious a lot of effort was put into the historical research for each dish, and the author matches each dish with appropriate observances, events, and intentions. It's fascinating. A few of the recipes use obscure ingredients but most of the recipes are simple and use accessible ingredients. Many of the dishes are historical and/or international dishes that most Americans are not familiar with anymore, and it's so cool to try them! Honestly everything I've made from the cookbook, with the exception of one dish, has been a big hit! My only complaint is that the index is not as comprehensive as I'd like, but it's still an amazing cookbook, so I can't bear to knock off a star for this. Also my edition doesn't have photos of the dishes, so you need to read through the recipe to get an understanding of what the final dish will look like. Overall I highly recommend this cookbook even if you're not a witch! Buy it!

Overall, the lines between "kitchen witchery" and "folk magic" can be quite blurry, as I understand it, but that's not my specialty of interest in paganism, so I can't say how well she presents that in the introduction and errata info. What I do know is this is a great cookbook, and probably the one I use most often. A lot of the recipes are great for a budget, and there's an excellent variety. My only reasons that I'm not giving this a 5-star review as a cookbook alone is because very few recipes give ideas for substitutions, even the several I've found that could use that info --if you're a decent and experienced cook, this should be easy enough to work out with a minimum of references (I suggest the books by Alton Brown). My other complaint is that she has a bad habit of conflating Greek and Roman deities, subscribing to the common misconception that these are all the same deities, just with different names; she also makes some rather bizarre suggestions for symbolism and energies here and there --nothing I can recall off the top of my head, but a well-seasoned pagan will be able to spot what I mean. I also found her knowledge of Greco-Roman religious festivals somewhat lacking, at least as portrayed in the pages --for all I know, she did a lot of self-editing for reasons including space, or simply not wanting to give relative "n00bz" an info overload (or seem condescending or such to seasoned readers). As a cookbook, it's great, and it gives a good idea of what kinds of dishes can symbolise which energies, deities, and festivals. If she doesn't say so in the introduction (it's been ages since I've read it), I completely recommend getting a feel for which recipes best symbolise and associate with the deities and festivals of your particular religious traditions. This book is a handy reference for pagans (not just witches!) who want to get a feel, and chock full of great recipe ideas. Her hot dog potato fry has become a staple in this house during rent weeks, and her Roman style duck made for a great dinner party. I'm still waiting to try her rosemary sorbet for the next festival of the Muses, and her Wassail recipe isn't the one I grew up with, but every English family has their own, and hers is still good. As a pagan book, it's not a 101 tome, and seems to assume that people know some basics before reading it. This sort of thing really isn't suited to "101" material, anyway, because it's clearly far more a starter cookbook for pagans, especially those who practise Kitchen Witchery / Folk Magic, or at least who have a path with a big importance on festival meals (like Greco-Roman polytheism). More like a "102" book --get a grasp of the basics, then move on to this and others, where you'll have a better idea of how to make the book best work for you.

The Kitchen Witch's Cookbook / 1-56718-707-2 This is a very eclectic source and, true to Telesco's usual style, aims to be a "lowest common denominator" book that will appeal to as many people as possible. As such, the recipes presented here are not "new" wiccan-themed dishes but rather regional dishes from around the world, with their "magical significance" penciled in. Nor is the "magical significance" limited to wiccan and pagan traditions - Telesco frequently notes dishes as being sacred to Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or Buddhist cuisine. I suppose publishing is a business and we can't blame anyone for trying to make a buck, but it is a bit irritating to read about olives being sacred to the Judeo-Christian Noah... as opposed to the more obvious "witchy" choice of Athena, especially when this is a book ostensibly being marketed towards wiccans, not Christians. As a further attempt to be all things to all people, this book is neither vegan nor vegetarian, as there are quite a few recipes involving meat, creams, and cheeses. However, there is a whole section on tofu and another for rice, so there's an awful lot of choices available throughout the recipes. I think this is a nice compromise for everyone involved and no one gets left out or has to go hungry. For the recipes themselves, each recipe is lavishly laid out with an explanation of the history of the dish, the country of origin, the associated holidays, sacred symbols, and religion or god/dess(es), as well as suggested variations which could promote different intents. In the face of all this wonderful detail, I do find that I am again faced with the absolute hardest part of being a wiccan in the USA: lack of European ingredients! With one recipe calling for "1 whole pig (about 14 pounds)" and dozens more calling for the addition of flower petals I've never even heard of, this cookbook may be very daunting to people who don't have access to a local butcher or gardener. I'm not certain I'd try the flower recipes anyway, as Telesco offhandedly points out that "some" of the flowers of certain varieties of plants are quite poisonous, while others are not... but with no indication of how to tell which are safe and which are not. I guess as a bottom line, I got some enjoyment out of this cookbook. We're all pretty picky eaters in my family and we tend to stick to the tried-and-true, so a lot of the more exotic recipes were fun to read about but I probably wouldn't actually make. I did glean at least 10-20 new recipes that I enjoy and, really, that's about the best I hope for with a cookbook. As a spiritual guide, I don't know how practical it is - admonitions to make "every meal magical" and to avoid cooking when tired or irritable because negative magic will slip in fail to consider my own busy lifestyle and the fact that if food doesn't get on the table because I couldn't slip into a serene-enough state of mind, then family will either go hungry or order delivery. And while the total immersion into a magic lifestyle is tempting, I expect that the modern witch will end up being disappointed and frustrated at the inevitable failure to serve every meal by candlelight with the TV turned off and the radio silenced. I would suggest buying this book for the recipes, taking some of the philosophy as a nice goal (but not a realistic destination), and enjoying the results and not worrying about the failures. ~ Ana Mardoll

Telesco's wonderful writing style is informative and informal. She has applied it to this book beautifully. The Kitchen Witch's Cookbook is a fabulous reference when you want to make something extra special that has a bit more meaning than just food. The recipe sections are a bit too cutely titled for me ("Visionary Vegetables"), but my preference does not change the fact that the recipes are both exotic and homey, and full of magic. Each recipe lists its magical attributes, so you can be sure that you're choosing the perfect menu. She also suggests celebrations for each one, so if you're feeling frazzled at Yule, she has done the work for you - just flip to the index, and pick your dishes with no fuss at all. Her appendices are terrific, and the bibliography and index are thorough. Whether you're making scones, broom wine, Turkish eggplant or rosemary sherbet, you're sure to find just the right recipe for your next special meal.

This book was my introduction to the whole idea of kitchen witchery, and of using food for magickal purposes. As such, it will always occupy a special place in my heart. Additionally, some of the recipes are quite good, and have found a permanent place in my repertoire. I am particularly fond of the Americana Pasta (I think that's what she called it - I always refer to it as "Patriotic Macaroni and Cheese") and the Blue Moon salad dressing. In fact, unable to find a source of borage with which to garnish the aforementioned mac and cheese, I was inspired to grow my own, and thus discovered a delightful new addition to my garden. All that said, however, there are several things I found less than perfect about the book. I agree with the person who complained that she'd borrowed too many holidays from too many traditions. I will go further and say that I wish the recipes had been better organized. If I wanted to look up recipes for, say, prosperity, I had to check the index and then flip to recipes scattered throughout the book. Also, as I experimented with various recipes, I noticed that in many of them, the author seems to have been more concerned with making the numerology of the ingredients work out than with the actual result. Unfortunately, cooking just doesn't work that way. A dish needs what it needs, and you can't use more or less just because you'd like the numbers to work out to the appropriate numerological meaning for your purpose. Since first purchasing this book many years ago, I have become a fairly competent kitchen witch in my own right. I rarely refer to this book anymore, as there are better books if one simply needs to look up the magickal correspondences of various foodstuffs (

To be honest, I have a problem with Llewellyn Publications, yet I still buy them from time to time because with all the chaft you're bound to find some wheat sooner or later, right? This is one of the few that I bought without a feeling of dread. Simply put, it's a collection of suggested recipes together with an assortment of common magical associations for food and general ingredients. I've found that it is a useful book for planning a meal for a ritual or Sabbath, but perhaps more for the themes from the suggested recipes rather than from the recipes themselves. Over all, it's at least a fairly good cookbook with useful suggestions. One warning: The recipes do tend to be on the Yuppie-fied side, so if you absolutely have to follow the book, be sure to bring your checkbook.

I loved this book. I liked the different recipes in here and how they are corralled to the different holidays during the year, and the places or origin. You get a little history lesson on the recipes and witch craft too. I think it's great. I can even modified most with my food allergies, and my 5 year old will eat them!

Geez, what a mess. Ms. Telesco is capable of writing a passable recipe, provided that the cook is capable of making judgement calls about cooking time, spicing, and other details she occasionally omits. There's a nice variety of flavors in this cookbook. As a book of recipes it is serviceable, if not stellar. However, if you're hoping for a reference to aid you in actual magical cooking LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. I'm quite sure the author meant well but the magic in this book is a train wreck. Rather than provide a handy list of ingredients and their magical affinities, Ms. Telesco provides the recipe and blithely decides what the combination is supposed to do. In the paragraph of banter accompanying each recipe, if one is lucky she'll mention one or two of the ingredients and divulge what she's using them for in that recipe, but have a care--the sympathies of a single ingredient seem to vary widely from recipe to recipe. And again, one is basically left to rely on her interpretation. She also tosses in some ill-explained numerology (five is apparently the number for vision, but according to who? And what are the other numbers supposed to mean?). Related holidays and god/desses are also listed with the recipes. This was a nice touch, but it seems like Ms. Telesco has made the mistake of seeing 'witch' as a synonym for anything non-Christian. A dizzying index of holidays is in the back, including Buddhist, Shinto, African, and a few Mexican Catholic that apparently made the cut because they were fun. Witching has enough of its own holidays--cribbing them willy-nilly from other faiths seemed just a little cheap and tacky to me. In short, I suspect Ms. Telesco of making up the magic bits as she went along. But some of the food she makes is tasty. Buy this one used.