Divine Your Dinner: A Cookbook for Using Tarot as Your Guide to Magickal Meals

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Everything is made of energy, even food. Especially food. This tarot-cookbook mash-up brings together magick and 78 recipes to transform everyday energy into something extraordinary. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VANITY FAIR . "Every recipe Courtney McBroom's writes turns the basics into deliciousness and pairs perfectly with Melinda Lee Holm's magickal prowess."-Christina Tosi, chef/owner of Milk Bar With a flick of the wrist and a shuffle ofyourfavorite tarot deck, you're onyourway to a life of kitchen witchery. In DivineYourDinner, tarot priestessMelinda Lee Holmandchef Courtney McBroomhave conjured up a feast for the mind, body, and spirit. Each of the 78 recipes in this cookbook interprets a specific tarot card and its energy. Pull a card-at randomor with intent-fromyourdeck, flip to the card's corresponding recipe, and you'll find magickal ingredients to infuseyourmeals with spiritual energy from the Tarot. . Boostyourpowers of reflection with The Moon's Pumpkin Corn Bread . Fight Five of Swords anxiety with Salt and Juniper Berries- Confit a Duck! . Relax into The Empress's nurturing love with A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose Punch Making magick has never been so deliciously easy.

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The intention behind the recipes, ingredients, even its images (the books stunning photos are done by Kristin Teig and bewitching illustrations by Kim Thompson), are enough to immediately draw you in. With divinity in mind, McBroom and Holm designed a book meant to encourage positive energy as you pull cards from a tarot deck and make your way through their book.Teen Vogue

Courtney McBroom has that rare ability to create dishes that are delicious, captivatingly fun, and also completely doable at home. With Divine Your Dinner she, with coauthor and tarot expert Melinda Lee Holm, finds one more trick to add to her arsenal, and thats mapping out the recipes that fit your tarot reading. Pull the Knight of Wands and youll be making a Flaming Mai Tai party cake. There, your next dinner party is set.Kate Krader, food editor, Bloomberg

If you dont know Courtney McBroom, you must be under some evil spell. From her Texan taco heartbeat to her formal fine dining prowess, Courtneys spirit has always been equal parts curious, crafty, and musing (with a wink on the side). Oh, did I mention every recipe she writes turns the basics into deliciousness and pairs perfectly with Melinda Lee Holms magickal prowess Thats true too, but dont take it from me, take it from them. Theyre just inside, waiting to inspire your next dinner party, coffee table read, or divine deep dive.Christina Tosi, chef/owner of Milk Bar

This cookbook is equal parts magickal and practical, guaranteed to shake off the dread of home cooking that so many of us face. Draw a tarot card, cast a spell, and then cast your ingredients towards the plethora of delicious recipes throughout the cookbook, or follow your intuition to make your own kitchen magick with some guidance from Holm and McBroom.Helen Hollyman, Editor-in-Chief, Thrillist

I am IN LOVE with everything about Divine Your Dinnerand that says a lot considering I own hundreds of cookbooks and Tarot decks! This gorgeous Tarot-inspired cookbook will transform dinner into something enchanting.Theresa Reed,author of Tarot: No Questions Asked: Mastering the Art of Intuitive Reading

There have been several kitchenTarots and cooks Tarots, but this is the real thing.The authors clearly love Tarot, food, and magickboth the high magick of theoccult tradition and the grounded life magick of witches and others who know the potency and life power of food and spells with food, prepared with attention and love.Let Courtney McBroom and Melinda Lee Holm teach you these powerful connections, and then let the cards guide you to creating the perfect magickal meal.Rachel Pollack, author of Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom

In this lighthearted debut, tarot reader Holm and chef McBroom invoke a delightful mix of tarot-inspired dishes designed to integrat[e] purpose into your palate.Home cooks are encouraged to choose their own adventure. Even if readers arent converted, theres lots to appreciate in this entertaining collection.Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Melinda Lee Holm is a tarot priestess, author, and creator of Melinda Lee Holm Beauty, a collection of potions crafted around magickal ingredients. Melinda has studied and practiced the art of tarot for more than twenty-five years and has been featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, WWD, InStyle, Conde Nast Traveler, and The Hollywood Reporter. Her readings, writing, Elemental Power Tarot deck, and classes inspire and inform people all over the globe. Courtney McBroom is a chef, food writer, and the founder of Ruined Table. She is also president of the most exclusive frankfurter-themed club in the world- the Hot Dog Appreciation Club. In addition to co-writing the first three Momofuku Milk Bar cookbooks, she has written for Lucky Peach magazine, Vice Munchies, and GQ. Courtney is a firm believer that everyone has the power to create a great meal and a great party.