This cookbook was not at all what I was expecting. Very commercial Halloween with very basic recipes. If you’re looking for a pretty coffee table cookbook, but this otherwise I don’t recommend. Also the witch aspect just wasn’t there enough through the book.

I’m a sucker for interesting cookbooks and this one definitely sparked my interest. THE WITCH’S COOKBOOK, 50 Wickedly Delicious Witchcraft-Inspired Recipes by Fortuna Noir.

This cookbook is full of gorgeous, mouth watering photos for nearly every recipe. Each recipe is titled with a witchy element that is then explained why that element is featured and how the food compliments it.

I found many recipes I plan to make and I especially like that there are many vegan and vegetarian recipes included along with those that enjoy a meatier fare.

This cookbook will be great for anyone that loves to cook, and especially great for those cooks that are exploring the metaphysical aspects of life. 5 stars!

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Rock Point for the gift of this ebook in exchange for my honest review.

This is a great book of recipes. The actual recipes are pretty basic ones you would find in any cookbook, but the author gives descrptions of each recipe and they are filled with great witchy tips. So far I have tried the magic hour milk and it was delicious. I am going to try the cheesecake spell jars next, it looks amazing!

This book is rather engaging. Try the recipes in the witches cookbook. I think you will enjoy them as much as I did. It speaks to the kitchen witch in all of us. I highly recommend this book with it's beautifully enticing pictures of the delicious food you can make.

The Witch’s cookbook intrigued me. There were parts that I really enjoyed such as the descriptions of the recipes and how the related to witch craft. Details such as surround yourself with crystals while you cook and information about Father moon. However, the illustrations scream commercial Halloween. I found this to be something you might pick up for Halloween or add to a table as decoration.
The recipe ingredients and instructions were clear but the lack of cohesiveness took away from the actual point of the cookbook.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I have a small collection of cookbooks and I'm always on the lookout for new ones, especially witchy cookbooks. I guess I'm a bit of a kitchen witch at heart. So naturally I was thrilled to give this book a read and now I'm ready to present my thoughts on it.
The recipes are divided by meal so you have breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner, snacks, etc. There's also an index divided by ingredient. The recipes have names like "Aurochs Rune Breakfast Sandwich", "Enchanted Forest Tacos" and "Planet Jupiter Cheesecake" and are accompanied by stunning photographs.
It didn't seem right to review a cookbook without trying a recipe from it so I made the "Root Chakra Crostini" (bread brushed with olive oil and baked) and "Multichakra Tapas." (crostini topped with cheese, veggies, and meat) The instructions were easy to follow and the finished product in both cases was very good. I was also pleasantly surprised by the number of recipes that are vegan, not applicable to me but surely welcome to those who are.
If I had one major criticism it's that many of the recipes fall under the "food board" category (an arrangement of veggies, cheese etc. on a tray). I feel like they could have easily made up their own section (maybe a "party tray" section). These recipes are great for parties, less so if you're just looking for a quick lunch. At the risk of sounding elitist, it felt less like cooking to me and more of an excuse for more food photography (which to be clear is very good).
This is normally where I give a recommendation but I feel like cookbook recommendations really depend on whether the cookbook offers the sort of food you like to eat. Even though the recipes I tried were good, there's not enough food that I found appealing to justify adding this book to my collection. If you find otherwise and you want a book with a witchy flair, this book might be for you.

This book is so uniquely different from other cookbooks. This magical witches cookbook is a fun read. Enjoyed the witches tip provided throughout the book. The receipes are not difficult nor do they require non traditional food items. The food pictures are nicely done. As the book is written in cursive, it might not be an easy read for some. Thank you for letting me read this ARC.

As both a Witch and someone who loves cooking, I was excited to receive The Witch’s Cookbook to review. Sadly, though, I was disappointed.

First off, much of this book is about the aesthetic — it’s styled to look like old recipes on parchment paper, with stock illustrations of pumpkins, squashes, raven, (et cetera) added here and there, and quite poorly in some places. The photography is darkened to match the theme but many of the photos don’t match the actual recipes, which is a huge shame and quite misleading.

Given the author is listed as “Fortuna Noir”, a name I suspect is not even a pseudonym but just fits the “theme”, I feel that this is a book that has been put together by an editorial team to meet the current trend of the “Witchy aesthetic”.

The recipes themselves are fairly standard — chilli, scrambled eggs, burritos, cheesecake, et cetera. There’s nothing really “witchy” about them; in many cases, only one or two ingredients are called out and their magical properties listed. Other than that, they’re pretty much run-of-the-mill and could be found online or in any generic cookbook. There is no dietary/nutritional information, and no warning about potential allergies in any of the recipes.

As for the actual Witchery, this is few and far between. As I said, the magical properties of one or two ingredients are included, and scattered throughout are “Witch Tips” such as “serve on a blue plate to get the full effect and promote tranquility” (p.99). To be honest, I found these to be incredibly shallow and simplistic.

There’s no list of foods and their magical properties; no real advice about Kitchen Witchcraft or how to add magical energy to your culinary preparations. There’s nothing of any real use here in terms of Witchcraft, spells, or magic. That said, if you’re looking for a cute collection of recipes, this is an okay selection.

However, if you are looking for books on Kitchen Witchcraft, then I would recommend any of the following:

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen by Scott Cunningham
The Book of Kitchen Witchery by Cerridwen Greenleaf
The Magick of Food by Gwion Raven
The Wild and Weedy Apothecary by Doreen Shababy
A Kitchen Witch’s Cookbook by Patricia Telesco
The Real Witches’ Kitchen by Kate West

These titles are substantially less glossy and illustrated than The Witch’s Cookbook, but they do give a wealth of information about using magic in the kitchen, the magical properties of different ingredients, and how to bring your Witchcraft practice into baking, cooking, and enjoying food. What’s more, they are all written by practising Witches.

I received an e-ARC from the publisher, Rock Point/Quarto Publishing, through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A very quick and enjoyable read for the spooky season!! I absolutely adored the designs on every page and the creativity added to the recipes. All the instructions were straightforward and had little end notes that fed into the mystical aspect of them. If you love witches and are looking for some spooky delights to cook up for this fall season, then look no further. Here it is!!!

This is such a cute book, loved the theme. I definitely went into it with the wrong expectations though—was expecting fun Halloween recipes but this is more regular recipes for people who want to get in touch with their witchy side.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Rock Point for the eARC copy of The Witch’s Cookbook for review!

I requested this book because I practice witchcraft, and I love incorporating my practice into my cooking. This was a cute cookbook with several recipes that I would love to try. The layout and graphics incorporated into the book added to the overall witchcraft aesthetic nicely. I also appreciated how the author provided some meatless recipes to cater to vegetarian readers.
I wish the author would have spent a little more time explaining how the ingredients in the recipes were connected to certain magical properties or even offered suggestions of things to say as spells while cooking. While all of the recipes sounded good, I think some of them could have been excluded or traded for more in depth recipes. For example, instead of listing berries and scrambled eggs as ingredients and explaining how to lay them out on the table, I would have liked a recipe showing what ingredients could be added to an omelet to promote happiness.
Overall I was happy with this cookbook and am looking forward to trying some of the recipes! This book would be great for someone looking for easy recipes sprinkled with a little magic.

I'm super excited to try most of these recipes. Some of them are Sabbath specific, but I can adapt them for any day. I'm moving soon and this will definitely be the house cleansing/party blessing book I go to.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this arc. I found this book to be interesting and well written. The recipes were easy to understand and pictures were beautiful.

I'll start by saying this is beautifully illustrated, like stunning! Unfortunately, that doesn't make up for the lacking in the recipes. A heck of a lot of them are just "here are some raw ingredients lay them out in a pretty way, and voila!" and I'm sorry but that's not a recipe! None of the actual recipes were amazingly new concepts, it's all things you can find in any other recipe book and the only witchy thing about it was some of the recipes were named after sabbats and other some goddesses. I'd have liked to have had some sort of spell element with each of the recipes personally.

Nice Recipes

She provides some very good Breakfast and Brunch Recipes.

Aurochs Rune Breakfast Sandwich looks mouth-watering delicious. The author provides a brief history of the recipes' origin and the diety associated with each, where possible.

Oh, My Goodness, I'm purchasing my Hard Copy. I just love the recipes. All 50 of them are so natural and nutritional.

Halloween has always been my least favorite holiday because I never liked to be scared, still do not really, and am terrified of spiders, which seem to be everywhere. But, this cookbook makes me look forward to the Halloween party I am going to this year. I love cookbooks and read them like regular books. I loved all the different recipes, there is something in here for everyone, and I especially loved that it covered all meals of the day with drinks as well. I already know I am going to make the Love Potion, the Cheesecake and Cheesecake in a Jar. I loved the little quiches., and I thought they not only looked and sounded yummy, but they also sounded easy to make. That is another thing I loved, the recipes sound not hard to make and not full of crazy ingredients you will never be able to find. I also really loved the beautiful pictures in the book. I will be buying this when it comes out for sure. I say how much I loved it?

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a cute cookbook full of simple recipes from around the world loosely inspired by witches, such as black ramen, moon-shaped quiche, harvest salads, and "potions"... the recipes look fun, many feel like French cooking, and I'm pretty sure the taste of those are easy enough that most will enjoy them.
I always get a little annoyed though when the photos don't seem to quite follow the recipes (such as in this case listing black sticky rice, but in the photo, it's obviously white rice, or recipes of plain crossinis, but in the photo they have tiny green specks like parsley perhaps?) because I'm inspired a lot by photos, when I see discrepancies in a cookbook I'm not filled with confidence, but on the other hand the pictures are really good and the illustrations are adorable so I'm sure most won't mind at all.

Thanks to NetGalley, The Publisher, and The Author for this ARC! I really loved these recipes. They were inventive and the fact that (nearly) every recipe had a picture next to it was a real plus. I also liked the tidbits at the top of every recipe and the little witch tips tucked in throughout. A great read with some awesome recipes I can't wait to cook again.

This cookbook is beautiful. The artwork really draws you in, as well as the exceptional recipes it offers.
Under each recipe title, there is a paragraph of history of the recipe or some facts about witchcraft and all it offers. There is also an occasional witchy tip.
It is mostly plant based, with just a handful of recipes that have fish or ground turkey.
This cookbook is definitely “Chef’s Kiss”!

Thank you #NetGalley and The Quarto Publishing Group for letting me read and review #TheWitchsCookbook by Fortuna Noir

The Witch’s Cookbook

Cookbook & eARC Review

My Rating: 4/5 ⭐️

What a fun cookbook! I absolutely love themed cookbooks and this one did not disappoint!

As we head into fall, and the weather cools down, I really can picture myself trying a few of these recipes. The Peaceful Watermelon Pizza, Cheesecake Spell Jars, and Planet Jupiter Cheese really caught my eye!

The recipes were pretty easy to follow and most ingredients are readily available at local grocery stores. I especially loved the images. They were high quality and well staged.

My one nitpick is the choice of fonts. Some where easy to read while others were much harder.

All in all, The Witch’s Cookbook was a fun, yummy, themed cookbook that I cannot wait to break into as fall approaches.

Thank you NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group – Rock Point, and the author for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.