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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 in Food and Ceremony
Wild Spring Savoy Cake As A Doorway

This 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!

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Finding Resiliency in Pink Oyster Mushrooms: A Delicious Burger

Soft pink buns, bright and crunchy pickled red onions, flavorful oyster mushroom filling, fresh veggies, creamy cilantro tahini sauce… what’s not to love?! Nourish your body with this recipe and nourish your soul with the accompanying writing.

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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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Full Happiness Treasure Pudding

This beautiful dessert is full of refreshing flavors: lots of fresh and dried fruit, creamy rice pudding infused with a special ingredient, and a strawberry and pineapple filling to bring some brightness and cheer to late winter days!

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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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The Apple In Your Eye: Exploring Further With Ritual

Get to know this common fruit’s extraordinary history and see apples like you’ve never seen them before…then serve them filled with a delicious red wine and spice-braised cabbage with plenty of fennel.

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The Pleasures of Wildcrafted Winter Spice Blends (Plus Forest Spice Cookies)

Explore the depth of flavors that proliferate your own landscape to create four distinct and customizable spice blends, good for everything from spiced honey cookies to winter stews. You may just be surprised at what your winter landscape or larder have to offer up!

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Wila Witch Bread and the Archetype of Trickster

This beautiful and delicious gluten-free bread owes its delicious flavor and soft texture to an unusual ingredient: lichen! Read on to learn just why I’ve added lichen to this bread recipe and what kind of trickster energy it embodies .

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Huckleberry Ripples: A Calming Cordial

A delightful evening sip, this cordial combines the juicy flavor of mountain huckleberries with the calming properties of passionflower. This recipe was inspired by the many wonderful influences in my life, a virtual toast to their generosity.

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