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This blog is an exploration of daily magic, featuring wild plants, creative recipes, meaningful ceremonies, and writings about our shared humanity. 

Welcome to the Blog!

Welcome to the Wondersmith's Writings! Here you can find magical recipes featuring foraged ingredients, musings on food and ceremony, and meaningful rituals to explore your own everyday magic. Though I have been focused on other writing pursuits, I am keeping all of my blog content up as a resource for you. You can use the search bar below to find what you are looking for. (Please note that sometimes you need to refresh the page to see the search results.) Happy reading! If you'd like to support my goal to spread magic far and wide, consider contributing to my patreon program!

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Posts tagged bake some magic
Secret Recipe: Velvety Darkness, Precious Roots, and a Sunday Supper

Lean in to the longer evenings by cooking a hearty and delicious meal by candlelight. It’s as much of a ritual as a recipe, and it will leave you feeling nourished in more ways than one.

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Secret Recipe: Acorn Pot Pies: Mast Years and Golden Brambles

You’ll be the most popular squirrel on the block with these golden pastries filled with a rich chicken pot pie filling full of fruit and spices (and a cap-full of turmeric thyme mashed potatoes!) This is a Wondercrew Wednesday Post!

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Secret Recipe: Nettle Star Bread and a Love Letter to you!

For this week’s Wondercrew Wednesday, I’m sharing a really special Secret Recipe for a gorgeous green star bread packed full of foraged autumnal flavors! It’s accompanied by a love letter to you (yes, you!) that I really hope you’ll read <3

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WW Secret Recipe: Black Walnut Cinnamon Challah

Happy Wondercrew Wednesday AND Rosh Hashanah! It’s my pleasure to share this unique take on Challah with you today - full of the warm flavors of cinnamon and black walnuts, coated in poppyseeds, and purple inside (just because) This Secret Recipe is a special gift to my Patrons. You can learn more at patreon.com/thewondersmith

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Secret Recipe: Mariposa Dosas (Emerging from Liminality)

Wild flavors and hearty textures of the local landscape are paired with bright traditional spices, all wrapped up in a soft butterfly wing pancake: the perfect way to start a new day.

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Secret Recipe: Strawberry Spruce Cake Festooned with Glacier Lilies (Vegan and Gluten-Free!)

This beautiful springtime cake is a dedication to learning to dance with the flavors of the forest! Full of both the flavors and colors of springtime, it is as delicious as it is beautiful.

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Secret Recipe: Chocolate Chaga Ammolite Crepe Cake!

This cake contains many wonders, from chaga-infused chocolate crepes and ganache, to a nutty coconut frosting, to a big beautiful tempered chocolate decoration inspired by ammolite fossils!

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