Author: Jess

Got A Girl Crush magazine

artist interview with Meg Wachter of Got a Girl Crush

Meg Wachter, a Brooklyn-based photographer, cycling activist, and all-around Renaissance woman is the kind of person who gets stuff done. In my experience, this kind of person is a rare breed. It’s all too common for someone to have good ideas and to pass them around or sit on them, never letting them come fully to […]

music for autumn 2014

Of all the seasonal playlists I put together every year, my autumn mix is always my favorite. The days are short as the earth is retreating back into herself. The mind, heart and body are inhaling, reserving their strength for the long winter ahead. October invites the comfortable and the strange, a contrast and tension […]

Noodles in Shiitake Ginger Broth | Witchin' in the Kitchen

noodles in a shiitake ginger miso broth

More than most, I’m prone to infections, colds, and the flu. When the seasons really begin to shift, I start supplementing my diet with herbal teas and syrups to boost my immune system. My go-to medicines include elderberry syrup and fire cider as a preventative, and a tea of mullein, linden leaf, chamomile and peppermint for strengthening the throat and lungs […]

Ketchup Pie | Witchin' in the Kitchen

ketchup pie

If you’re the kind of person who eats french fries with her ketchup; if you like your pies as adventurous as your women; if okra slime really gets you going; then this pie is for you. With tart green tomatoes, sliced stars of okra, and an ample dose of brown sugar and golden raisins, this pie […]

peach habanero hot sauce

peach habanero hot sauce

Welcome to the new Witchin’ in the Kitchen! This blog just celebrated its fourth anniversary this summer, and it felt time for a change. Aside from a new look and feel, I hope that the new design makes it easier for you to discover seasonal recipes, preservation tips, herbal medicine techniques, and inspiration from some of my […]

guest blog post on Oaxaca at Fringe Association

I am so honored and thrilled to share that I’ve written a guest post on my recent weaving adventures in Oaxaca over at Fringe Association, one of my all-time favorite blogs run by the illustrious Karen Templer. Many thanks to Oaxaca Cultural Navigator for the opportunity and Karen for the honor of sharing my experience with her community. You […]

music for summer 2014

Happy Summer Solstice! I put together a mix for you, perfect for a long drive to the ocean or hot kitchen mornings baking a summer fruit cobbler (see the last track). Lots of love and sunshine to you on the longest day of the year. More soon. xo Listen to the full Summer 2014 playlist on Spotify or 8tracks. Explore past […]

spring goddess soup

spring goddess soup

I wasn’t planning on writing another post before I leave for Mexico, but this soup came out so well, and its ingredients are so fleeting, that it would be shameful not to share it. It was inspired by a cup of spinach, parsley, lemon soup with sour cream that I tasted at Soup’s On, my […]

coconut red lentil soup

spiced coconut red lentil soup, and a trip

In less than a week, I’m headed to Oaxaca (wuh-HA-kah). I have wanted to visit Oaxaca since I was about 17 years old, a city and region of southern Mexico famed for its crafts – pottery, weaving, and textiles, primarily – and its food. (Oaxaca is known affectionately as the Land of the Seven Moles for a […]

rhubarb cordial

rhubarb vanilla cordial

Happy weekend! Here is a recipe for the springiest of springtime recipes, rhubarb vanilla cordial. I shared this illustration last year on The Great Kosmic Kitchen blog, but thought it worth revisiting with the warming sun and coming new moon upon us. Enjoy!