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 Cunningham Magic from the Kitchen Apr 03, 2003
By Boudica
The original title of this re-release is "The Magic of Food" from 1990. Llewellyn has put this book back into print.
I love the opening lines "Food is essential to our lives. For many of us, the art of cooking and eating is a chore. For others, it is a great delight. And for some, the culinary arts and their products are indulgences. Food is substituted for love. Food is an excuse. Food is a god."
Scott explores all these aspects of food, as well as its magical properties and how this magic affects us and can be worked into our lives. The first part of the book is a small introduction to the magic of cooking, associations, tools, histories, practicing food magic and even some discussion on vegetarianism.
The meat and potatoes, if you will, of the book are the sections on specific types of foods. The foods are broken down into groups, like bread and grains, fruit, spices and herbs, etc. Common names, specific names, ruling planets, ruling elements, energies, lore and magical uses are explored, explained and looked at in its uses in magic and healthy living.
Mini-discussion on uses of salt in foods, substitutes for additives that do not promote overall good health, the healing qualities of foods, little known facts on food usages and food preparation make each of the topics covered interesting as well as useful.
"Nuts & Alleged Nuts . It is curious that one contemporary slang term for insanity is "nuts," as in, "That politician's gone nuts." In the past, these crunchy foods were thought to bestow wisdom, not mental derangement.*"
Footnote "*Then again, wisdom and insanity are often subjectively determined."
Scott's wit and humor are prevalent throughout the book as well as generous helpings of his wisdom and vast knowledge base.
And we are also treated to "Scott's Favorite Recipes". Appetizers, such as magic herb toast, beverages, desserts, main dishes. all here for you to consider and concoct in your own kitchen. Even magical soups and romantic salads are here for you to consider.
The book has a good table of contents, indexed, and contains a good glossary, tables of correspondences and bibliography. There is a mail order resource list which appears to be current, where you can get those hard to find ingredients.
Overall, a good book for your library, a better book for your kitchen and an essential book to have in your Cunningham library. boudica
24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
A must for the Wicca with cooking aspirations Feb 15, 2004
By wiccawitch
Scott Cunningham does it again, this time with a wonderful tome that's part cookbook, part philosophy of food. Cunningham divides the book up based on food groups, and there's so much information on each that you'll probably never look at your spice rack in much the same way again. Cunningham goes into detail about the associations of each type of food, but his book is structured in such a way that you can easily see how to assemble the ingredients for whatever magickal effect you desire. The book's highlight is its recipes. The desserts are amazing, and the magickal soups are the kinds of things you wish you could order on a menu. Whenever they put up a Wiccan restaurant in my hometown, I hope they'll use this book as a guide.
24 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Food Magic Dec 14, 2003
By Pieter
"Toypom"
Wicca In The Kitchen is the result of more than 17 years of investigation by one of Wicca's most important authors. Cunningham shows how one can effect change in any area of life by selecting food for its magical properties and consuming it with a specific goal in mind. Wicca In The Kitchen includes lists of magical correspondences for every kind of food and supplies magical diets for certain universal goals, including love, health, protection, abundance and psychic awareness. Organized by category, it also provides 27 of the author's favourite recipes and their magical applications. It is a delightful book that ought to appeal to all those interested in bringing a little magic into their lives and especially to Wiccans or to anyone whose hobby is cooking and who is looking for something that is a bit different. The book concludes with a glossary of terms, a bibliography and an index.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Cunning Enc. Wicca Kitchen Sep 29, 2005
By Georgie M. Trammell
"Aurora Zoe"
I was replacing, my first copy decided to go live with someone else. I find this an excellent for someone with little experience with herbs and their uses and some one who is a novice in the kitchen.
I like having it to use as a resource so I can double check what I'm doing, as I sometimes cannot remember as well as I use to.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
another winner Jul 27, 2003
This is one book that I will never lend out. I fell in love with it after just reading the first few pages. Scott Cunningham writes with such warmth and sincerity. This book is chock full of information on almost everything you can find in the kitchen, and it even offers you suggestions on the magical uses of each food. As soon as I got it, I copied a bunch of the ideas down into my Book of Shadows. This is one book that you must have.
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