The Wicca Cookbook:
Recipes, Ritual & Lore
The Wicca Cookbook is a seasonal cookbook, a potluck book for the Great Wheel of the Year. There are main dishes, side dishes, breads, drinks and desserts for each Sabbat, along with historical information, nutritional value and rituals.
More than 100 dishes, many historically authentic, all meticulously researched, emphasize the use of organic ingredients at their seasonal peak and celebrate all the major pagan holidays: enjoy Stuffed Nasturtiums, Goddess Athena Pitas, and Deva Saffron Bread for the Spring Equinox; serve Elder Flower Chicken, Lilith’s Lily Fair Soup, and Wild Woman White Sage Jelly during the Summer Solstice; and Cupid’s Cold Slaw, Imbolc Moon Cookies, and Snowflake Cakes make delightful Candlemas treats. Nature-honoring dishes, eco-friendly living tips, and an inclusive message of spirituality make The Wicca Cookbook a unique contribution to the culinary world and a magickal tribute to the pagan spirit.
The Wicca Cookbook 24 years in print
The Wicca Cookbook teaches the seasonality aspect of our spirituality through the food and drinks that we consumed each Sabbat. The recipes are simple, thoughtful and deeply connected to our pagan holidays. This book gives you an intimate access point and a “learn while doing” opportunity to the power of living attuned to nature.
In 1999, I wrote The Wicca Cookbook while pregnant with my second son and so imbued this book with the nuturing tenderness of a fierce Mother. After completing this book, my publisher went bankrupt, which meant that I had to fight to get the rights to my own book and then find a new publisher. This was not an easy time to be Wiccan. But I believed intensely in the beauty and peace found in Witchcraft, and so, another nine months later, The Wicca Cookbook found its long time home with Ten Speed Press. I went on tour, teaching at Whole Food Markets, Barnes & Noble, and festivals with my first book baby and the Wiccan books that followed. This picture is from the KVMR Celtic Rennaisance Fair in Nevada City.
The Cauldron
In the summer of 2001, a producer from the SyFy Channel called me directly and asked if I would like to be the host of a Wiccan cooking show. I don’t watch a lot of television and thought this was a joke. But I soon discovered that this pilot, called The Cauldron, was the real deal. I told the producer that I would not put up with anything that perpetuated the Hollywood Witch: I didn’t want any bats or spiders dropped on my head. I walked by William Shatner in the hallway. We filmed in Malibu. I was so nervous and excited. Two weeks after filming 9/11 happened and the show was cancelled, but I recently uploaded it to YouTube as a testiment to the courage of a Witch.