The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/baking)
“Yes, the world is indeed a dumpster fire,” writes Storm Faerywolf. “So, why not channel that fire into something positive? Like fresh baked oatmeal-raisin cookies? And bonus points if those cookies are also a money spell.”
Most of the Kitchen Witches I know want to help people. They want to nourish, support, and heal with the powers of food and drink. Not me, though. I’m more of a Hansel and Gretel-type. I want to eat a sonuvabitch.
My room became a Wunderkammer of sorts, filled with strange and magical items right alongside cheap pieces of mass-produced plastic that made me laugh and reminded me of my friends. The ways in which I saw the gods grew into a visual language, a series of physical metaphors grounded in my everyday experience and sprawling across my living space. Like all languages, it began to create its own meaning.
“It is midnight on a Wednesday evening, which is the time I like to bring gifts to the gods. I tear the cider bread into nine pieces and leave it there. In the morning the bread is gone, taken by the gods or the squirrels, who in any event share much in common.”
Eric O. Scott sets out on a quest for the world-famous Mormon Muffins of Ogden, Utah, and learns something about how food builds a community.