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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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Finding Awe in Pink Oyster Mushrooms: A Living Centerpiece

Are you looking for a centerpiece that is beautiful, living, AND edible? I think you will enjoy this post about how to grow culinary mushrooms in beautiful mini greenhouse to beat those late-winter blues and bring some awe into your days!

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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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Reflections on October and a Seasonal Mandala

Wild fruits and native foods are just a fraction of what this month was about. Get a sneak peek into a new project and get caught up on the misadventures I’ve been going through lately. October was more of a trick than a treat this year, but there is gold to be gleaned from this experience. I hope I can share that with you, too.

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