Gold-flecked eggshells can be peeled back to reveal beautiful indigo-colored cakes full of the flavors of blueberries and wild violets!
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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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These decorative cookies are delicately flavored with homemade wild fennel extract and are a fun modern version of a forgotten classic.
Read MoreThis gorgeous, gold-flecked jelly has the delicate flavor of some of spring’s earliest bloomers: forsythia blossoms!
Read MoreThese soothing botanical bath bombs are as beautiful as they are effective! Packed full of plant-based goodness and natural colors, they make a wonderful gift or moment of self-care.
Read MoreThis stunning appetizer is the perfect ode to late winter’s magic: a complex mole sauce is topped by flaky pastry bulbs filled with sweet chestnuts and roasted garlic.
Read MoreCelebrate the beginning of spring with a delightful picnic: bright green ramps soda bread (from sustainably grown ramps), plus a plant-based marinaded delight similar to feta cheese and flavored with lots of wild herbs!
Read MoreThis beautiful bread is gluten-free, delicious, and much easier to make than it looks. Pair it with a colorful and flavorful wild ramps aioli for a particularly impressive picnic spread!
Read MoreLearn the secret these pretty little cakes hold. I hope you’ll be delighted and surprised!
Read MoreThe most beautiful salad presentation you’ve ever seen, filled with refreshing oceanic flavors and a light dressing!
Read MoreThese beautiful deep blue crab buns are truly special. Clover blossoms and clover honey give them a pleasant aromatic sweetness, perfect for dipping in a wild berry curd!
Read MoreDelicate and delicious layered pastry treats filled with the flavors of pistachio, banana, and forsythia!
Read MoreThis beautiful plant-based centerpiece dish is filled with wild asparagus, saffron, and lemon risotto, plus a layer of creamed dandelion greens. Heart, wholesome, and delicious it is a great way to welcome the first wild greens of the year!
Read MoreThe inspiration behind my ‘Easter Egg’ Biscuits and Gravy Recipe (featuring edible nests and gilded quail eggs)
Read MoreThese dynamic and beautiful salad rolls are as healthy as they are beautiful. Try this vegan recipe for a spring party snack!
Read MoreTwo of spring’s most enchanting plants come together in this complex sugar blend full of an extra dose of mystique.
Read MoreNot only is this violet cocktail or lemonade absolutely delicious, it’s also a color-changing magic trick to share with your guests!
Read MoreSpend a day exploring and foraging in your local wilderness and you, too, could end up with a delicious pizza full of wild flavors!
Read MoreThis ethereal syrup is a complex balance of ethereal early spring blooms. It’s wonderful in mixed drinks or sipped alone with some soda water.
Read MoreA sumptuous springtime lotion inspired by a recipe in my great friend’s new book - see my book review and find the recipe for my adaptation filled with springtime sensuality.
Read MoreA beautiful way to showcase an inspiring food: the intrepid salmon travelers, cloaked in a salt crust and infused with the flavors of the river canyons and forests they swim through to return to their spawning grounds, bearing with them the gifts of nutrition from their ocean days.
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Join me for a little winter night magic as we bake this cake full of rich seasonal flavors and black cocoa!