Magická kuchařka - Tajemství černé kuchyně podle receptářů starých čarodějnic – Dvořák Otomar (2024)

Don't look for instructions on making alchemical elixirs here. This book will take you into the mysteriously smoky black kitchen of our great-grandmothers, into a baroque and medieval village, to show you that preparing food was a ritual that maintained the prosperity of the family and the order of the world. Few people today realize that decorating a cake is actually creating a mandala, that doughnuts are a model of horse manure, that the ornament on an Easter egg is a spell and a magical record that can be read, through which the giver conveys something to the recipient. Here you will find an overview of ritual foods for all the holidays of the year, some of which are well-known (Easter, Christmas), while others are forgotten (e.g., Fox Sunday, Rusalka Days, etc.). And did you know that Moravian sparrows were originally made from real sparrows? In addition to interesting storytelling, you will also find 44 lesser-known recipes. Whether you decide to cook 'Snake's Bite', 'Porridge for the Souls of the Dead', or 'Soup Against Vampires', or try your hand at 'Homemade Beer' or 'Mead', you will certainly realize that cooking is an integral part of ancient folk magic, which still has something to say to us in the age of hastily devoured hamburgers...