If you're a witch who is stumped for celebratory recipes, look no further than Karri Allrich's "Recipes from a Vegetarian Goddess." Celebrating Spring Equinox? Try serving cream of carrot soup and curried stuffed eggs. Looking for the proper libation to serve on Beltane (May Day)? Mix up a pitcher of May wine. For Summer Solstice, try chilled potato leek soup and curried slaw; on Imbloc (Candlemas), bake Irish soda bread and a pear crisp.
Allrich does more than reel off recipes. She urges readers to make preparing meals a spiritual experience--call on Hestia, as you "patently stir a soul-satisfying soup" and Aphrodite as you pull chilled wine glasses out of the freezer or place a vase of fresh-cut flowers on your table. And recognize that taking time for a good meal honors the Goddess, and connects bread-breakers to her and to each other.
Bon Appetit!
