Today we’re looking at the book Divine Your Dinner: A Cookbook for Using Tarot as Your Guide to Magical Meals by Courtney McBroom and Melinda Lee Holm. It was published by Clarkson Potter Publishers in 2021.
8 Points About This Book
- Artwork – The graphics and photos are simply gorgeous. The way they mixed Tarot imagery with food makes both seem more delicious. The whole book is really nicely put together – super stylish.
- Methods of Use – You can use Divine Your Dinner as a regular cook book, looking up recipes you like and just making them. Or, you can actually Divine Your Dinner, by pulling cards to see what the deck suggests … or, choose a card intentionally and prepare the associated dish or drink to bring that card’s energy towards you, or …
- SpellWork – Another way to use Divine Your Dinner is by using the ‘Spells’ chapter where full menus are laid out to bring forth particular goals … things like Abundance, or Clarity, or Fresh Start, or Empowerment … there’s quite a few to choose from.
- Full Deck – There’s both a recipe and upbeat positive Tarot advice for each and every card in the deck.
- Minor Arcana – Cups are Seafood, Swords are Poultry, Wands are Meats, and Pentacles are Veggies … as a vegetarian myself, that leaves me with mostly Pentacles (and the Major Arcana and Court Cards – see below) … but I’m happy to use meat substitutes for the other suits. And besides, the magical ingredients aren’t necessarily the meats or veggies, but rather the spices used to prepare them.
- Court Cards – The Court Cards are all desserts … I’m all for that.
- Major Arcana – All the Major cards are associated with a specific ingredient, a recipe, and a mantra … these Major recipes are mostly for cocktails and desserts, delicacies that truly are full of spirit(s).
- Magical Pantry – There’s a chapter listing out all the ‘magical’ foods and spices used in the book, describing what they are, where to get them, and their magical properties.
I just love this book. I love the idea of it. I love what it looks like, how it’s put together, and I love how it makes me want to actively add magic to my meals. Oh, and the recipes are good too.
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For another look at Tarot and Food … check out my review of the Food Fortunes Deck.