“Supermarket Sabbats,” Michael Furie

           This book starts at winter and goes to autumn. I guess going seasonally with the start of the year, but does start with Yule. Before going to the seasons (split into sections with one or more holidays). There is more of an introduction – a basics and background. How to prepare things like brews and incenses. Information and recipes are not separated but in one chapter within the season section. Recipes for that holiday or time of year, where some other books may separate food, incense, spells and other types of recipes into their book.

            Within each chapter there is witchy wisdom section and at the end of each chapter there is a shopping list of the things needed in the chapter. The list is not exact measurements due to that some items are in a number of the recipes. Each chapter relates to one holiday/time of year relating to the sabbat. Like the title says, the chapters do include each sabbat within each section of the season. In section five – after going through the sabbats, other dates are talked about like moon dates and February 29. There is a small afterward, not a full conclusion. At the end there is two tables of correspondences – colour and ingredients.

            The book itself is like a cookbook and spellbook into one. For those just wanting recipes – food and meals, this book is not that. It has a few recipes as well as other items to make. This is more of a mix of a few recipes into one book. The rituals that are in this book are solitary, but could be adjust slightly with two or three people, maybe a few more but not a lot. Many books with rituals are more geared towards a group and not adaptable to solitary practitioners. This is a nice addition to other recipe books and books that make brews, incenses and other products. If you do not like having multiple books that are not brews or incense  - the book has that but there are (food) recipes. This book is a mix but not overwhelming with either topic.

Sabbat Cooking

Stacy Evans, Wyrdwood Publications, Canada, 2014

This is available (on kobo) individually so you can choose which sabbat or sabbats that you want or buy the version I did and buy the all in one version. All together, according to the title if your get the combined version, there is 279 recipes. For each sabbat there is a little bit of information when introduced and an index of up to thirty four/thirty five recipes (appetizers, sides, main dishes and soups, and desserts. and there is not cross over of recipes. At the end there is a section about magickal properties of the ingredients. she gives one to three words for herbs. so it really isn't much of ingredients than of basic herbs one may have in their cupboard. it is a good book because it is straight to the recipes and gives the reader some options about what to make for the sabbat.