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This blog is an exploration of daily magic, featuring wild plants, creative recipes, meaningful ceremonies, and writings about our shared humanity. 

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Welcome to the Wondersmith's Writings! Here you can find magical recipes featuring foraged ingredients, musings on food and ceremony, and meaningful rituals to explore your own everyday magic. Though I have been focused on other writing pursuits, I am keeping all of my blog content up as a resource for you. You can use the search bar below to find what you are looking for. (Please note that sometimes you need to refresh the page to see the search results.) Happy reading! If you'd like to support my goal to spread magic far and wide, consider contributing to my patreon program!

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Posts tagged wildcrafted
Wild Fennel and Saffron Savory Solstice Galette

Happy Winter Solstice! This plant-based delight is the perfect way to celebrate the longest night of the year, and the return of the sun as we begin to move towards longer days. It’s spiced with fennel and saffron and packed full of delicious flavors and textures of apples, onions, and potatoes.

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Woodland Acorn Pasta with Fir and Miso Pesto

This hearty pasta is full of forest flavors, from the gluten-free acorn flour noodles to the fir and miso pesto they are tossed in. It tastes like an instant transport to a woodland daydream…

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Gourmet Carrot Dogs with Wildcrafted Condiments (Bountiful Urban Foraging) 

Want to add some flavor to summertime BBQs using plants that others disregard, discard, or discourage? Come with me on an urban foraging adventure that ends in some tasty condiments, plus a recipe for plant-based carrot dogs full of umami tastiness!

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Autumn’s Softening: Avocado Toast with Sauteed Wild Greens, Miso Eggs, and Poppyseeds

This hearty take on the classic involves seedy artisan gluten-free bread, sautéed wild greens, fresh avocado, and the tastiest miso eggs you’ve ever eaten!

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Earth Day Connection Ritual And Wild Bounty Deviled Eggs

This simple three-part ritual will allow you to give thanks for the wonderful wild spaces that support you, no matter where you live. Make these beautifully colored and decorated deviled eggs to celebrate the day as well!

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Pantry Pearls: Wild Violet Surprise Cake

This beautiful and delicious cake with huckleberry jam and wild violet fillings has a couple of secrets folded into that batter… have a read to find out the secret ingredient in your pantry that will bring it to life!

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Persephone's Mirror Glaze Cake

Fudgy burdock and pomegranate chocolate cake is balanced beautifully by an airy wild rose and pomegranate mousse, then the whole thing is finished with a naturally-colored glossy mirror glaze. A sweet reminder for Persephone to celebrate her last night with Hades before returning to bring spring to the landscape above.

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The Pleasures of Wildcrafted Winter Spice Blends (Plus Forest Spice Cookies)

Explore the depth of flavors that proliferate your own landscape to create four distinct and customizable spice blends, good for everything from spiced honey cookies to winter stews. You may just be surprised at what your winter landscape or larder have to offer up!

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Reflections on October and a Seasonal Mandala

Wild fruits and native foods are just a fraction of what this month was about. Get a sneak peek into a new project and get caught up on the misadventures I’ve been going through lately. October was more of a trick than a treat this year, but there is gold to be gleaned from this experience. I hope I can share that with you, too.

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Huckleberry Ripples: A Calming Cordial

A delightful evening sip, this cordial combines the juicy flavor of mountain huckleberries with the calming properties of passionflower. This recipe was inspired by the many wonderful influences in my life, a virtual toast to their generosity.

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