Category Archives: Beverage

For several years I was a bit of a support person for an Afghan Sewing Cooperative. To be clear the members were from Afghanistan. This was not a quilt making group. One of the unplanned benefits to me was the trying of many new, tasty dishes and on very hot days, Doogh was a cooling […]

This past week in My Kitchen Witch Alphabet, I wrote about protecting Gaia’s bounty and part of that is making sure that things are used before they go bad. Composting is another way of keeping the community earth healthy; a place for food past its best but once something has been picked or purchased, it […]

One of the wonderful things about celebrating Summer Solstice in years past was the abundance of fresh things to use as ingredients for preparing meals; tasty herbs, late spring berries, baby salad leaves. Summer would bring excitement for warmth and light but also for having more choices and no longer needing to draw only from […]

Beltane welcomes in the light side of the wheel and so foods and beverages tend to also become lighter in taste. Hot red wine grogs and toddies give way to Dandelion wine, punches, white grape juice and May Wine. May wine is an infused white wine, traditionally made with Sweet Woodruff. It was just starting […]