Where to start with this book. It's just beautiful and i love the write up for each cider that goes with it. I want to make them all! Just need to choose the first one.

Gladstar is such a well-known figure in the world of natural medicine, and a fierce advocate for the availability of the term "fire cider" outside of copyright and tradmark restrictions. I was overjoyed to see that she had written a whole book on this interesting remedy, and it couldn't have come at a better time -- just as every around me starts to cough and sneeze, the elderberry variation of the fire cider recipe is sounding especially good! I deeply appreciated the history and context that this book provided, and already know of a few people who would love a copy for the holidays!

For the uninitiated (like me), “Fire Cider!” contains more than enough information to allow anyone to become knowledgeable about fire cider vinegar and its healing (as well as its cooking) uses. While I had heard of drinking apple cider vinegar, this was my first introduction to a dazzling number of recipes and the potential remedies each contained.

Chapter 1 helps bring us newbies up to speed, providing a history of fire cider and a few other recipes that have been passed down through the ages. I found the chapter interesting, and it gave me a foundation to help with the rest of the book. Chapters 2 and 3 explains why the author is listed as Rosemary Gladstar and Friends. There are pages and pages of recipes and suggested uses, written by folks who have been active in the herbal remedy community (there is a list and short bio of each contributor in the back of the book).

Cooking with Vinegar and Fire Cider is the title of Chapter 4, which is a mini-cookbook showing how easy it is to introduce fire cider into your life by making it a part of your meals. Salad dressings, jerk sauce, tartar sauce, hummus, even soup and chili – there are enough recipes here to satisfy everyone’s taste buds. And when dinner is over, there are even recipes for cocktails (yes, I am talking about adult beverages).

I thought it was a nice touch to include a metric conversion chart. As recipes should have the correct proportions, this will enable folks to achieve the correct measurements no matter where they live. The festive drawings which are included on many of the pages give the book a free spirit aura, and are a good match for the subject. The recipes are well-described, making it easy for anyone to follow the recipe. If you are interested in herbal remedies or would like to add to your list of recipes, this is a great book. Five stars.

My thanks to NetGalley and Storey Publishing for a complimentary advance copy of this book.

This book was so much fun to read! I love bright and colorful this book it; it is zesty and spicy on its own accord. The very beginning has an entire section about where Fire Cider came from and gives a grassroots-like account of the recipe and its uses. I like how it roots the concoction to history and establishes its importance and uses. The art used throughout this book while being bright and colorful is also so vibrant and has a touch of whimsy. I adore the feeling of the art and how it makes the book itself seem more animated.

I like the move back to using herbal and home-based recipes to help heal and deal with seasonal changes and body ailments. Apple cider vinegar is a very common ingredient that most kitchens have, yet many people do not really use it as a remedy. Overall, this is a great book to read if you are curious about either the history of creation of apple cider vinegar for health tonic and remedy, of if you want a collection of recipes centered on apple cider vinegar and how to make your own versions of fire cider.

I had technological problems with this title, and couldn’t get it to download properly to any of my devices.

Very neat book. I wasn’t really sure what fire cider was, I was just interested by the cover. I learned some new things reading this!

Lehrreich und unterhaltsam mit lustigen Zeichnungen, tollen Rezepten und viel Informationen rund um ein altes, beliebtes Hausmittel, das so viel mehr kann!

This book couldn’t have come at a better time for me as an advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review. Earlier in the day, I downed some of my elderberry tincture as my 3 year old granddaughter arrived with the sniffles. I knew I was on my last bottle and thought about ordering supplies to start this years batch before the “season” kicks in. I’ve always wanted to give Rosemarys Fire Cider a go but hadn’t gone any further than looking up a basic recipe she generously shares. This book is so much more! There are multiple variations of recipes provided by multiple contributors and I loved reading their backstory first to understand why they used the recipe they do. Most of them start out generally the same but each contributor adds a twist. Several formulations are provided from ciders to vinegars and tonics. There is also a section on recipes that use fire cider as an ingredient in them. (Hello, lavender vinegar!) What a fabulous reference for anyone who has ever wanted to boost their immunity with natural, time honored remedies!

I found this far more fascinating than I expected to. A book that explains the fire cider movement as well as containing different recipes for fire cider from herbalogists everywhere, and then additional recipes one can make with fire cider as an ingredient.

As someone with several autoimmune disorders that need as much anti inflammatory foods/beverages as possible, finding different ways to incorporate apple cider vinegar is definitely helpful.

For anyone who usually follows my cookbook reviews, the normal criteria didn’t play into my 5 stars on this book, so I will acknowledge that there are no nutrition labels.

It's the first book I read by this author and won't surely be the last.
I'm happy I requested this ARC because it's full of interesting ideas and recipes.
I will surely try some of them
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

If you’re looking at this book and the reviews, then either you know who Rosemary Gladstar is and are a fan of the herbalist queen, or you’re interested in Fire Cider. Either way, you’ve found the golden ticket to fire cider!

I’ve been a fan of Rosemary’s for years now and have a few of her books. Fire Cider was one of those things that I had tried many years ago and decided I didn’t care for the taste much. But then a whole new world of recipes being shared across the herbal community brought variations and encouraged creating your own brew that works for you and even using it other recipes to change the taste even further. This book compiles more than 100 recipes and there is surely to be one, if not many, that will capture your interest and have you making a batch or two for your family and for use in other recipes.

One of the recipes that really caught me by surprise was for a lavender salad dressing. A friend brought me a bunch of organic lavender that she grows and I saw this and the lights came on! You will get so much out of this book, do not hesitate to order today!