"Kitchen Witchery" is an amazing magical compendium for all foods. Here you will find delicious recipes and corresponding information of plenty of cooking ingredients. The book is divided into sections such as wheat and flours, gluten-free flours, beans, peas and lentils, nuts and seeds, oils and vinegar, vegetables, fungi, fruit, drinks, spices and herbs, dairy, and eggs, and seasonal recipes.

You can use this book in two ways – following ready recipes or making your own magical foods by researching the ingredients. The book also brings additional value by bringing up topics such as intention, meditation, working with the Moon, days of the week, or guide on how to cleanse, consecrate and charge magical tools. It serves as a great base for enhancing the daily practice of cooking and creating magical foods.

Who is this book for:

✦ Kitchen Witches and people who would love to learn more about the magic of food.
✦ Green Witches that are interested in widening their practice.
✦ Everyone who loves to cook and would like a comprehensive compendium of magical associations to the foods they eat.

What could be improved:

Information wise this book is very well written and gives a great introduction to the importance of healthy foods and our daily choices. Personally, I would love to see some photographs or illustrations to make the book more aesthetically pleasing, but it's my own preference and it doesn't give this book any less value because of that.

* Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Kitchen Witchery by Laurel Woodward is an insightful read that provides a list of herbs you can use in the kitchen to work your magic. Kitchen Witchery takes it far beyond herbs. There are even recipes, spells, and gluten-free options included for you as well.

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I think it's a good introduction to kitchen witchery and the recipes are easy to follow.
A bit too preachy when it talks about organic, I must eat organic due to health problem and it's a good for your health and the environment but also a privilege as it's expensive.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

This was a very enjoyable book with a lot of good information. I'm not sure I'll use any of the recipes, but the writeups on individual ingredients were really cool. Some of the language bothered me (smudging=/=smoke cleansing), but overall a good read.

This book is very educational. It can be a bit preachy at times but overall it’s a good book to add to your library.

Thank you to the Publisher and Netgalley for the advanced e-reader copy. All opinions expressed are my own.

I love the idea of setting intentions while cooking and while I appreciate the discussion around organic/gluten-free/healthy options, I felt like the author was very judgmental towards those that don't adhere to her practices. Organic is great, but a lot of times quite a bit more expensive than the alternatives. The tone in general rubbed me the wrong way.
For beginners I think this would be a good starting place, but it just wasn’t for me.

Goes through different foods in own chapters. Get recipes in those chapters/items (flours/lentils/etc) Get a variety of information and history, connection to food. Overall good.

I will get more use out of it when i can buy a hard copy because my ebooks are on my phone and the print is really small. So that is my first thought: buy a hard copy, it will be worth it! The content of the book is really well done and easy to read. As someone who is finally beginning the journey of my witch soul I enjoyed Kitchen Witchery and see it becoming part of my everyday kitchen tasks. For those that are not inclined to be a witch, it is a useful tool for anyone.

I loved this! First book like it that I’ve read. I have no prior background with witchcraft and this felt extremely accessible without being patronizing.

Kitchen Witchery by Laurel Woodward is a fantastic book that discusses the different facets of kitchen witchcraft from the magical lore of herbs , fruits and vegetables to seasonal magic and the wheel of the year. I enjoyed the variety of information that is attributed to each ingredient listed in this book. I enjoyed the lore and believe this will be a great addition to any kitchen witches book shelf as it includes information I don’t often see in other kitchen witchcraft books.

This book is pure magic. I am someone that suffers from a lot of dietary issues (I have a lot of allergies/food intolerances) and I found this book to be so educational. It's like the author broke down ideas that I have heard from my doctor but in a way that just made sense in my brain. The amount of research that was clearly put into this book was in my opinion so impressive. I also loved learning about how food can serve purposes beyond nutritional value, and the recipes and spells. This is a book that I think I am going to have to get a hardcopy of so that I can refer back to it when I am in the kitchen. I found this book to be so inspiring, and just motivational as now I want to be even more intentional when it comes to the food I put into my body and the source of the food. I truly have not read anything like this. I am so thankful I was given the opportunity to read this, and I cant wait to further research and refer back to this book when I need a bit of inspiration in the kitchen or for my practices.

A useful little witchy cookbook, if a bit preachy at times. I will suggest it be added to my library system.

While I can appreciate having a handy reference book for correspondences, I personally didn't find many recipes that I wanted to try in here. A lot of them were similar to recipes that my mother has in her cook books already, it's just more handy for those looking to have those magical correspondences on hand or even some ideas of what intentions to set while preparing their food. And while I appreciate the discussion around organic/gluten-free/healthy options, I felt like the author was very judgemental towards those that don't adhere to her practices. Organic is great, but a lot of times quite a bit more expensive than the alternatives. The tone in general rubbed me the wrong way.

Overall, I think this is going to be more useful for beginning kitchen witches, who can stomach the authors tone. I just felt berated while reading it. It's well organized, with a lot of good information (with a few questionable resources), and some pretty standard recipes.

Thank you to Netgalley and Llwellyn Publications for providing me with an eARC of this book, however, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

If you’re interested in spell work and want to expand your knowledge about it from a cooking standpoint, this is the book for you. While it does talk a lot about organic ingredients, which is not exactly affordable for many people, I do think that a lot of the information not pertaining to organic foods is very informative. It talks a lot about setting your intentions and learning about the properties of foods, which expands reader’s knowledge. I love that there’s also information on how to create your own tools with what you have on hand.

I think it’s great because it’s spell work meets a cookbook since there’s a combination of recipes included. Spell work can be a cup of tea, combining herbs, or even a meal, and I think there’s a lot of information here for anyone who is drawn kitchen magic. The possibilities are endless. I think this is a great starting point for anyone interested in either getting started with magic or just looking to expand their general knowledge.

I especially enjoyed how Kitchen Witchery was formatted. Though I love to see what ingredients can be used for manifesting, I can’t manage to remember any of it. But this book was half cookbook, introducing recipes that included the ingredients and their properties.
It’s a beginner friendly book, focuses on working with intent and will be a good asset for aspiring kitchen witches.

A fantastic compendium of traditional kitchen witchcraft resources, with a modern twist. I loved the artwork throughout, and how incredibly thorough this book is. It's honestly the best and most complete reference book I have seen for kitchen witchcraft (or even just for those who like to use correspondences in their craft).

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Every kitchen should have this book. I am not much of a kitchen witch but I'm always looking for new and interesting ideas for things to make. This book was very well organized and laid out.

This book was pleasant, I can see myself purchasing a copy when it is published and reaching for it in my kitchen. I liked the descriptions of the meanings for each ingredient per section, and took pleasure in finding out new interpretations. I also appreciate that the recipes were largely ‘clean’ and plant based. I don’t operate on such restrictions but it’s useful for those who do or want to incorporate.
Two critiques I must say, that truly bothered me more than I realised at the time:
- ‘Quora’ is not an acceptable source. That is lazy research and reporting.
- not everyone is in a hetero relationship or subservient to men. “Your husband has an important day at work so you want to prepare him an intention-filled breakfast” how about MYSELF AND I, being the independent creature I am, have an important day at work and want to start setting my intentions with my meal. For the record I’m in a het relationship, the example given just ground my gears. No problem doing things selflessly, but when you have one slot for an example, try not to fill it with misogyny

Being a witch that works with plant spirits, it seems only natural to dabble in Kitchen Witchery as well as a different way of engaging these spirits. I hadn't really looked into this before and this was a wonderful book for beginners. It guides you through the basics of the bath, addressing the logic of why kitchen witches do the things they do, and then explores numerous ingredients and how they can be used. It provides a wonderful launching pad for people who are interested in or just starting on the Kitchen Witch path.

Take your next meal to a magickal level with Laurel Woodward’s, Kitchen Witchery. This is fabulous tome not only about food but includes instruction on how to consecrate your kitchen utensils, how to set intention before you start cooking and the importance of good quality organic ingredients. I did not make any the recipes due to them containing animal products but the magickal correspondences are so thorough and extensive you will be creating your own dishes in no time. This is one of the best books on the subject I have read.

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