1. As a beginning ritual, light a candle or sprinkle some fresh water around the kitchen. Cleaning your workspace, both physically and spiritually, is a good habit. Say a small prayer.

2. A quartz crystal placed on or near the stove when cooking makes food taste better.

3. A pot of basil herb grown in your kitchen keeps the area safe from negative spirits.

4. Always try to grow your herbs yourself and concentrate on their magickal purpose while tending to them. This will increase their energy - and add a lovely smell to your kitchen!

5. Always use fresh ingredients. Even if you live in an urban area, try to buy food which is in season and from your country. Goods that are out of seasons are grown in greenhouses or shipped long distances and have lost much of their magickal qualities (and taste).

6. A witch's kitchen should never be without a lunar calendar or chart showing the phases of the moon and its movement through the zodiac.

7. Love potions and aphrodisiaxs should always be prepared when the moon is waxing.

8. The best time to plant a herb is when the moon is in Cancer, Scorpio, Libra or Pisces.

9. Unlucky influence should be kept away from the kitchen when cooking or preparing magickal recipes, which is accomplished by stirring deosil (in a clockwise direction).

10. Herbal preparations should never be boiled in aluminium vessels, but in only copper, eartheware or pyrex to avoid contaminations of the medicines.

11. Before casting spells or preparing potions, always keep in mind the Wiccan Rede! (some of the tips are taken from the page "Wiccan Recipes", which was located somewhere in geocities, but does unfortunately no longer exists! :(