All posts filed under: winter

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 […]

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 […]

bûche de Noël à la crème de marrons

OR. Christmas Yule log with chestnut cream. My friend and neighbor Nancy has baked many a delicious Yule log cake in her day, and generously offered to share her recipe and techniques on this here blog in honor of the Winter Solstice tomorrow. When I dropped by her home last weekend to help decorate the […]

limoncello

limoncello

When I began brewing limoncello, the trees were still barren and we were thirsting for the first glimmer of spring. I’d gathered an armful of the last meyer lemons of the winter in a large bowl in my living room, without any definitive ideas for how to use them. But I’d also picked up a […]

moon cakes

bacon-wrapped moon cakes

When I first landed upon Nourished Kitchen‘s recipe for black-eyed pea cakes, I immediately thought of dark little moons on a plate. But that was just my own association – Jenny has crafted these little cakes to be rich in meaning and celebration. The black-eyed peas are tokens of luck; the collard greens resemble dollar bills; […]

pear sage jam

pear sage jam

Remember that blizzard that closed the government, the schools, the shops, the everything? Yes, that blizzard, the blizzard that wasn’t. Well, like every gainfully employed person in Washington that day, I got to work from home – which meant that I got up at 6 am to make jam in my pajamas before hopping on my computer […]

full moon soup

full moon soup

My cooking and eating habits have taken a noticeable shift in the new year. Ever since I began learning to cook, food has always been a source of meditation and experimentation for me. But this year, I’ve begun approaching food as medicine. I’ve long struggled with recurrent health ailments, and this winter alone I’ve battled […]

Apple Pie | Witchin' in the Kitchen

classic spiced apple pie

When friends ask me if homemade pie crust is really essential to a good pie, this is what I tell them. Look – a pie is made of just two things: filling and crust. You can have the most amazing, handcrafted pie filling in the world, but if your crust is lousy, your pie will be […]