Part II:
Witch Doctor's Delight
for Black Magic Month

By Kate Heyhoe

I told the witch doctor I was in love with you.
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you.
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do.
He told me...

Ooh ee ooh ah ah,
Ting tang walla walla bing bang.
Ooh ee ooh ah ah,
Ting tang walla walla bang bang.

— Alvin and The Chipmunks

 

Half the fun of a Halloween party is putting the spin on things—creating an atmosphere that lets loose the imagination.

For this segment of Black Magic Month, I found inspiration in Cook, Eat, Cha Cha Cha, the cookbook from San Francisco's spirited restaurant, Cha, Cha, Cha, located in the heart of Haight-Ashbury. The restaurant specializes in bold, spicy New World creations, and is adorned throughout with shrines and altars to the saint-gods of Santeria—the mystical blending of Catholicism and the ancient Yoruban religion, common to Haiti and the Caribbean islands.

I've adapted some of the recipe names to fit our Halloween theme. I chose these particular recipes because they capture the spirit of the evening with their mambo-jambo flavors and their consistency with our the black and orange-gold color scheme.

Musical Selection: Witch Doctor, as sung by David Seville's Alvin and The Chipmunks

Recipes: Witch Doctor's Delight

 

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Black Magic Month: Halloween Count-Down

 

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 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

 

Copyright © 2000-2006, Kate Heyhoe. All rights reserved.

 
 
 

This page created October 2002 and modified October 2006

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