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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. 

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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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Posts tagged winter
Secret Recipe: Dragon's Blood Punch

When I sculpted these dragon's head rhyta (inspired by both ancient ceramics and tales of magnificent beasts), I knew I needed something special to serve in them. I brewed up this warm wine and brandy-based punch filled with winter spices and flavors such as rose hips, spicebush berries, and fresh ginger... warming, revitalizing, and the perfect drink to accompany a new quest! Whether you are slaying metaphorical dragons or just heading out for a brisk walk, this Dragon's Blood Punch quaffed (in moderation, of course) will set you on your way.

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Cake Dreams, Connection, And Curly Dock Magic

This hearty winter cake is baked with toasted curly dock seed flour, mulled wine poached pears, mascarpone cream, and candied walnuts. It’s also a reminder of why connection is so important this time of year!

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Secret Recipe: CandyCap Ganache Cake (Gather The Fuel)

This stunning cake is a delight of flavors and textures. It has a rich, strong maple flavor with a slight kick of alcohol swirled through a silky ganache, layered between tender gluten-free crepe-like cakes. It’s all the woodsy, earthy, warmth you’d want from a log cake, without tasting even a little bit like firewood.

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Wild Seeds and Crunchy Roots Salad: We Are All Mosaics

A bright seasonal salad of citrus and crunchy roots, tossed with a wild mustard strawberry vinaigrette, brings the reminder that we are all made up of every interaction we’ve ever had, even the little ones.

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Persephone's Mirror Glaze Cake

Fudgy burdock and pomegranate chocolate cake is balanced beautifully by an airy wild rose and pomegranate mousse, then the whole thing is finished with a naturally-colored glossy mirror glaze. A sweet reminder for Persephone to celebrate her last night with Hades before returning to bring spring to the landscape above.

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Wild Mint Malachite Cheesecake (Emerald Plant Magic)

This plant-based dessert is as beautiful as it is delicious! Creamy vanilla swirls with bright wild mint, all wrapped up in a chocolate cookie crust. Let this be the doorway to a deeper exploration of emerald magic.

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