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Cooking with Marika
Cooking with Marika is about cooking passionately, eating joyfully and living fully. It is filled with delicious clean eating recipes. All recipes are based on natural whole foods and consist of only a few lovable, nourishing ingredients.
No complicated food preparation techniques are involved because fresh, seasonal, quality produce is all you need. Readers will discover new real ingredients filled with life force and flavor.
The book is a companion for taking care of oneself gently, for accepting oneself exactly as we are in this moment and for creating a life that we love.
A cookbook and nutrition guide in one, it teaches how to:
Strengthen our immune system
Cleanse your body from the inside out with seasonal detoxes
Restore and maintain a healthy digestive system
Prevent inflammation
Lose weight—without counting calories, dieting or depriving yourself, but simply by eating delicious and nutritious food.
Price includes shipping: $35.67+ $6 shipping
Cooking with Marika is about cooking passionately, eating joyfully and living fully. It is filled with delicious clean eating recipes. All recipes are based on natural whole foods and consist of only a few lovable, nourishing ingredients.
No complicated food preparation techniques are involved because fresh, seasonal, quality produce is all you need. Readers will discover new real ingredients filled with life force and flavor.
The book is a companion for taking care of oneself gently, for accepting oneself exactly as we are in this moment and for creating a life that we love.
A cookbook and nutrition guide in one, it teaches how to:
Strengthen our immune system
Cleanse your body from the inside out with seasonal detoxes
Restore and maintain a healthy digestive system
Prevent inflammation
Lose weight—without counting calories, dieting or depriving yourself, but simply by eating delicious and nutritious food.
Price includes shipping: $35.67+ $6 shipping
About the Author:
Name: Marika Blossfeldt
What county do you live in?: Dutchess
Brief Biography: Marika Blossfeldt is an award-winning cookbook author. Her first book, Essential Nourishment: Recipes from My Estonian Farm, was self-published in both Estonian and English. The Estonian edition, released in 2009, became a bestseller and is now in its third printing. The first English edition, released in 2011, won third prize at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris and a gold medal at the Living Now Book Award in the United States. It was also a finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award in 2012.
Marika’s second book, Cooking with Marika: Clean Cuisine from an Estonian Farm, was self-published in 2020 and has won four first prizes to date: The Living Now Gold Medal in the category “Cookbooks – Ethnic, Holiday, Specialty”, Winner of the 2020 Best Book Awards in the "Cookbooks - International" category sponsored by American Book Fest and Winner of the 2020 Best Indie Book Award in the “Non-fiction: Cookbook” category, and the 2020 Kops-Fetherling Gold Award in the “Cookbook” category.
Marika was born in Tallinn, Estonia, immigrated to West Germany before the age of two and grew up near Düsseldorf. She earned an MFA in painting from the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and was a featured soloist in the New York downtown dance scene in the 1980s and 1990s. She created many multimedia dance works and toured internationally in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Australia.
In 1995, she purchased a farm in her native Estonia and transformed it into an international arts and wellness center (pollitalu.wordpress.com). Marika now spends summers there, conducting yoga, wellness and cooking retreats. As a passionate whole foods cook, she grows her own vegetables and herbs and makes sure all meals served to her guests are top quality and taste divine. She has appeared on several Estonian TV cooking shows and was invited to do a cooking demo as VIP chef at the Paris Cookbook Fair in 2012.
Reviews of her artistic and culinary skills have appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living and The Village Voice as well as in European editions of health, lifestyle and cooking magazines. She regularly writes articles for Estonian publications and gives talks in both Europe and the U.S. on healthful eating and leading a vibrant, mindful and harmonious life.
Marika is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is qualified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners as a Certified Holistic Health Coach. She helps women in midlife turn back the clock and renew their youthfulness, vibrancy and passion. She loves to teach her clients how to choose food with confidence, knowledge and intuition and to prepare healthful, delicious meals. Marika also offers transformational online programs, such as Spring Cleanses, Eat Clean Summer Challenges and Autumn Detoxes
How long have you been living/working in the Hudson Valley?: Since 2006
Where or what are your favorite things to do in the Hudson Valley?: Taking walks along the Hudson, Visiting towns on both sides of the Hudson, Hiking at Minnewaska
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Acrylic on canvas, 14 x 11 in. Original painting. Only one available.
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Acrylic on canvas, 4 x 4 in. Original painting. Only one available.
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A 5”x 8”, Handmade, copper ginkgo leaf mounted over top of a piece of burnt, shou sugi ban cedar. The copper is untreated. It will arrive with a high shine and patina with time.
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Wooden clock with laser-etched fish design and iridescent painted finish that shimmers from blue to indigo when viewed from different angles. The small wooden fish in Wanda's belly is a lively swinging pendulum. Laser-etched painted wooden clock dial. Quartz clock movement requires one AA battery, included. (16"l x 6½"w x 2"d)
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Hand-painted wooden background with a black-to-blue fade reminiscent of the sky at dusk. Face and swinging pendulum are textured stainless steel painted with subtle crescent moons. Celestial hands are textured navy blue. Quartz clock movement requires one AA battery, included. 20"l x 6"w x 2"d
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Square background of hand-painted wood with a textured stainless steel face painted with a subtle crescent moon. Raised silver dots at the quarter hours. Textured black celestial hands. Quartz clock movement requires one AA battery, included. 12"l x 12"w x 2"d
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Artist’s note: The art of botanical dyeing is so unique because each piece is different from one another. The magic of nature is that there's no way to replicate it.
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Hand dyed silk bandanas. Artist’s note: The art of botanical dyeing is so unique because each piece is different from one another. The magic of nature is that there's no way to replicate it.
21”x 21”
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Hand dyed silk bandanas. 21”x 21” Artist’s note: The art of botanical dyeing is so unique because each piece is different from one another. The magic of nature is that there's no way to replicate it.
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1:1 DTG printed garment
1 available, Size: Large
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Reproducible DTG garment
1 available, Size: Small
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Screen printed, one available. Size L/XL
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Naturally hued by wood ash and airflow, this tiny bowl measures 4.5×4.5× 1.5” and would serve perfectly as a salt bowl or trinket dish. One of a kind.
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A tall woodfired mug with warm, natural color variation and a smooth, comfortable handle. Subtle ash patterns and a small slippy drip make this piece completely one of a kind. Functional, sturdy, and made for everyday use.
16 oz capacity
One of a kind
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This one-of-a-kind handmade mug showcases delicate crystal formations and soft, natural hues developed over four days in a wood kiln. Shades of cream, pink, and warm ash settle across the surface, creating a quiet, layered palette. Subtle drips and crackle textures add depth, making this piece a one-of-a-kind example of what fire and time can create.
4 × 5.5 × 3.5”
12 oz capacity
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Custom hand-drawn graphite portraits in a variety of sizes: 5×7, 8×10, and 11×14; multiple pets per portrait available!
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Fine art print, 8.5×11
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Fine art print, 13x19
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Fine art print, 13x19
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A spooky holographic sticker for those who know how haunted the Hudson Valley is. Show off your spooky NY state pride with these weatherproof vinyl stickers that look good on anything you can stick them to. Size: 3"
Designed by: © Bee Reckless, @RecklessReads.
All rights reserved.
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Magick is within all of us! In this book, Bee Reckless focuses on ways to tap into your inner magick. Along with the magick within you, she brings spells, rituals, and more that any level of witch can benefit from by incorporating into their craft.
Featuring:
✦ Guides to tapping into your own magick
✦ Spells & Rituals
✦ Kitchen Witch Recipes
✦ Reference Information & Cheat Sheets
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If witchcraft seems overwhelming, you’ve come to the right place. In her debut witchcraft book, Bee Reckless shares spells and tips from five-plus years of dedication to the craft that any level of witch can benefit from. So, fire up that cauldron and charge those crystals… It’s witchcraft time, baby!
Featuring:
• Witchy life-hacks
• Rituals & Spells
• Kitchen Witch Recipes
• Reference Information & Cheat Sheets
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Acrylic on canvas panel. 4×6”.
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Acrylic on canvas panel. 6×8”.
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A creative book on how to use flowers and natural elements to dye fabric and paper through a process called Tataki Zome, or leaf hammering. Local author Michelle Moore discusses all of the elements of working natural dyes from pre-treatment through mordants to the process of hammering flowers. Ships directly from the author + price includes the cost of shipping
2025. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 10 in. Original painting. Only one available.
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