It’s mid-Winter and I find myself perpetually daydreaming of trips to much warmer, cheerier places than where I am right now. Talk about a metaphor for life, right? The inability (or unwillingness) to be in the present moment; the always looking back or looking forward; the discomfort or anxiety we feel when we’re not doing, […]
It’s 7 in the morning on a Sunday as I write this. The radiators are steaming like a kettle and I can hear crows ca-cawing, cawing, cawing outside. The crows always remind me of the cold months in Massachusetts, where I grew up and where they would circle the sky and hop through the brown […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This hot, sweet baked pumpkin was part of the last meal I cooked for myself in the old apartment. At the farmers market, I’d found a large banana squash the color of orange sherbet, and it sat on the top of a bookshelf in my bedroom for over three weeks before I finally carved it […]
As I sit writing this post early on Sunday morning, I’m preparing to can cherries, pickled beets, and purple raspberry jam. And if you follow me on Instagram-a-land, you’ll know that my canning obsession doesn’t stop there. Subsequently, most of my posts of late have been solely focused on canning and putting up, undoubtedly leaving […]
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; […]
