Halloween and
Black Magic Month

by Kate Heyhoe

 

That old black magic has me in its spell
That old black magic that you weave so well
Icy fingers up and down my spine
The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine...

 

Celebrate Halloween with Black Magic Month at the Global Gourmet—with magical recipes and spellbinding entertainment ideas.

 

Orange Omens and Black Magic

Use my recipes, or come up with your own colorful combinations, featuring ingredients like these:

Orange-hued foods
Pumpkins and squashes, oranges, salmon, salmon roe or red caviar, paprika, orange and red bell peppers, cooked shrimp and lobster (especially in the shells), cheddar cheese, orange or red lentils, mango, papaya, kumquat, orange chile peppers, sumac, saffron, turmeric.

Black-hued foods
Caviar, black beans, blueberries, squid and squid ink (as in squid ink pasta or risotto), octopus, poppyseeds, chocolate and cocoa, coffee, licorice, charred and grilled foods, eggplant, portabella and shiitake mushrooms.

 

Part I: First Bites of the Night

• Brujo's Burning Balls of Fire in Vermilion Sauce
• Toasted Nori Bat Wings
• Portabella Toadstools on a Log
       with Slithering Crimson Salamanders
• Musical selection: That Old Black Magic, Frank Sinatra
 


Part II: Witch Doctor's Delight

• Spellbinding Squid Tentacles
• Apothecary Aioli
• Shaman's Shrimp
• Santeria Sangria
• Musical selection:
        Witch Doctor, as sung by David Seville's Alvin and the Chipmunks
 


Part III: Seasonings of the Witch

• Bewitched Black Bean Enfrijoladas
• Blithe Spirit Pumpkin Flan
• Hellfire 'n Damnation Flaming Cocoa/Caffe
  
•      with Mango Cream
• Musical Selection: Season of the Witch, Donovan
 


Part IV: Last Minute Devilish Dips
& Mexican Days of the Dead

• Black & Orange Tapenades
• Chiles Con Queso
• Days of the Dead & Pan de Muerto
• Musical Selection: Witchy Woman, The Eagles

 

More Halloween Party Ideas

• Killer Cocktails
• The Halloween Body Shop
• Edible Zombie

 

More Recipes

• A Kinder, Gentler Halloween
• I Ain't No Vampire
        ('Cause Garlic Tastes Good to Me)
• Halloween Parties
• Transylvanian Dinner: Going for Goulash
• Smashing Pumpkins...and Other Culinary Acts

 

Holiday and Party Recipes (by holiday and date)

 

Copyright © 1998-2007, Kate Heyhoe. All rights reserved.

 
 

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