The Art of Cookery Spell
by Hearthwitch

Tie up a bunch of these herbs, Basil, Savory, mint, Dill; Drench them in water drawn from the tap, and sprinkle the kitchen-lintel and sill, shelf and canister, table and stove, cupboard and wall and window and floor, crockery, cutlery, napery, all with drops from the stalks,
delicious and pure; Then crush the bouquet in both your hands, Breathe its scents, and whisper this spell:

" Sweeten the oven,
Sweeten the pot,
Sweeten the cold
And sweeten the hot
Summon thy virtues
Into this place
To teach me patience
And skill and grace."
Make from the leaves a strengthening tea, drink it, and keep your kitchen well.