Part IV: Days of the Dead &
the Devil's Last Minute Dips
for Black Magic Month

By Kate Heyhoe

Woo-hoo, witchy woman, see how high she flies.
Woo-hoo, witchy woman, she got the moon in her eyes.
—The Eagles

 

So the big weekend is finally here. Are you ready to serve up a haunted house of party feasts? If you're just now thinking about Halloween plans, fear not: I've got a few down 'n devilish dip recipes to get witchy women and black magic men movin' and groovin'.

Don't stop the party on Halloween night, either. This week marks the festive Mexican Days of the Dead, on November 1 and 2. A happy celebration of death? You betcha! In this ritual observance, rooted in a bizarre blend of pre-Colombian and Roman Catholic practices, Mexican families make merry with the souls of their dearly departed. The living mingle with the dead at midnight picnics in cemeteries, they leave once-favorite foods as offerings at home-made altars, and welcome back the dead for a day on earth feasting on tamales, spicy moles, and the most special treat of the celebration, Pan de Muerto, or Bread of the Dead. The links below will take you to more about the Days of the Dead and a recipe for Pan de Muerto.

Musical Selection: Witchy Woman, The Eagles

Recipes: Days of the Dead & the Devil's Last Minute Dips

• Black & Orange Tapenades
• Chile con Queso
• Days of the Dead & Pan de Muerto

 

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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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