Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Bell, Book & Candle

Brief profile
Cassie Nightingale studied Art History at Wellingsly College and used to authenticate art as a hobby.

Can play Scrabble in Farsi.

Speaks six languages.

First marriage to Jake Russell.
Mother to Grace.
Stepmother to Brandon and Lori.

Second marriage to Sam Radford.
Stepmother to Nick.

Cousins with Abigail Pershing.

Birth name: Sue-Ellen Brock.



Cassie's Concoctions, Elixirs & Remedies and other Middleton Merriwick delights


~ For Grandpa George's arthritis 
Dried avocado and soybean with Boswellia.


~ Grace's morning drink
Lemon balm, passion flower and valerian root.


~ Cassie's own special blend of herb tea for relieving stress


~ George's medication
Ginseng, licorice root, yohimbine.


~ Martha's tea blend


~ Stephanie's migraines
Oil to rub in energy points, yoga, no caffeine.

(S1:E1)



~Alternative coffee for Sam
Dandelion, chicory and beet roots.


~ Cassie's own version of aspirin
Acetylsalicylic acid, willow tree bark, meadowsweet and papyrus.

(S1:E2)



~ Shots of beet juice before the 10k fun run
A good source of inorganic nitrates which supply blood flow to the muscles.

(S1:E4)



~ Rumoured to be the scent that Cleopatra wore
Orange blossom, patchouli and honey.

(S1:E5)



~ Sugar beet juice to de-ice driveways
It's odourless, colourless and completely harmless to humans, animals and plants.


~ To settle a guest's stomach (Brian)
A powder made from guyabano fruit.


~ For pregnant Eve who had trouble sleeping
Warm milk with cherries and fermented chamomile.

(S1:E7)



~ For Ben's sister's bad back
It's steam-distilled from the rhizome of plai, wild-grown in Thailand. Widely regarded for it's analgesic, anti-inflammatory and rejuvenative properties.


~ Eclectic Halloween dinner
Brandon's favourite soup
Grace's favourite drink
Lori's favourite pie
Abigail's favourite vegetables
George's potatoes
All to accompany Cassie's famous Eggplant Parmesan.

(S2:E1)



~ Brain power drink to help Grace study
Brahmi: Indian folk medicine known as 'herb of grace.

(S2:E2)



~ For Stephanie's upcoming camping trip with Ben
A natural oil that repels bugs.

~ Brandon's favourites
Greek food and chocolate cake from the Bistro.

(S2:E3)



~ For Stephanie's back ache
Cassie's special blend of frankincense, cypress and white fir.

~ For Stephanie's stress
Rosa Damascena.

(S2:E4)



~ To help with Michael Tinsdale's career
A candle infused with amber which ancient civilisations believe contained rays of the sun. Amber's restorative and has the ability to light a fire under people, so to speak.

(S2:E5)



~ For Stephanie's insomnia
Passiflora incarnata.


~ Sinus congestion
Mullein extract and Cassie's peach tea.


~ Periwinkle crystal agate bracelet
It's very calming.

(S2:E7)



~ Grace buys Cassie a drink
Pumpkin spiced chai.

(S2:E10)



~ Good for Martha's stress and anxiety
Blue vervain tea.

(S2:E12)



~ A mirror for Martha
Used in the early days of Middleton by coachmen to see things they had just passed.


~ Mupcakes for the upcoming book launch
Cherry cupcakes with orange frosting.


~ Middleton as Tarynsville
The Bistro as Dendalls Dining Hall
Abigail's Flower Market as the Garden of Perpetual Joy
Bell, Book & Candle as the Apothecary Shoppe
Nick as Boy Prince


~ Present for Jessica Carrington 
A lighter from Azerbaijan.


~ Tea for customer who likes lamb
Rosemary tea.

(S3:E1)



~ For when you have a lot of thinking to do
Quadrivium candle.


~ Middleton Botanical Garden
The Middleton Merriwick is a very important plant to the town.



~ Tea for Eve
Malabathrum (cinnamon) grown in northern India. For those days when nothing seems to be going right. Also has anti-inflammatory properties.


~ Middleton. We grow magic.

(S3:E3)



~ Tea that Jim and Annabel both like 
From Skagit Valley.

(S3:E5)



~ Stephanie's popcorn flavours
Parmesan garlic, salted caramel, bacon-cheddar.

(S3:E6)



~ Abigail's new product
The finest hand crafted chocolates from Venezeula individually wrapped with the Abigail Pershing special flair.

(S3:E8)



~ To boost your immune system and get energy back up
Dried reishi mushrooms. Can be eaten in their own or in a soup.

(S3:E9)



~ Sams favourite type of cake
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

(S3:E10)



~ For boosting physical energy 
Oatstraw tea.


~ For restoring bone and cartilage 
Red Clover tea.

(S3:E11)



~ For boosting the immune system and slowing down the degeneration of brain cells
Ashwagandha extract.


~ Wedding reading
They’re about to say 'I do.' 
Three little letters, two little words. 

It’s the simplest part of the day. But there’s nothing simple about the things that will remain unsaid.

'I do' means I do know I could be hurt, but I’m ready to be healed with you.

It means I do want to try even when the fear of failure holds me back.

And I do not know the future, but I’m ready to be surprised along the way.

And 'I do' means, I do want your love and I do give you mine, and nothing we do will ever be the same because you and I will be doing it all together.

(S3:E12)



~The Perriwood prophecy written by Cotton Perriwood

In the hall of sustenance found, 
the Halloween faces stare up from the ground.

While others pass to get their sleep,
Within the fount the creatures leap.

Behold the rare foreboding sight,
The chilling horde that soars by night.

Friendships will be tested and we'll all be thrust into darkness,
and love will struggle to survive.

They stumble where the pumpkins set,
and purchase not their fair regrets.

And the winds of change shall blow that night.

Form the healers hands, all hope will be brought,
As this intertwined, all secrets be taught.

And in that year the people shall come together like never before.

The gentle server will sit down with she who sells fragrant beauty and differences will be forgotten, fading into the light of day.

The hands of the healer and the hostess shall forever be entwined.

And the Halloween spirit will last long after the last candle has burned so bright filling the town with all that is beautiful, all that is true and all that is good.


~ Good for circulation and lowering blood pressure
Gabaron oolong tea.


(S4:E1 & E2)



~ Cassie's dream engagement ring
The Merriwick Gimmel Ring.



(S4:E3)



~ Cassie orders a takeaway drink
Green tea with honey and almond milk.


~  The lake house WiFi password
RaDford329$!


~ Cassie's all natural soap
Made with coconut oil, almond butter and grapefruit seed extract.

(S4:E6)



~ The sound of Cassie's favourite colour
A flute (magenta).

(S4:E8)



~ Martha's secret pumpkin pie topping
Fresh ginger root, brown sugar, sea salt, cayenne.

(S5:E2)



~ Grace's favourite tea 
Orange chamomile.


~ Drink Cassie orders when she is exhausted 
Organic ice-strawberry green tea.


~ Cassie and Sam's wedding
Under the Forever Tree.
Elizabeth Merriwick's antique wedding dress.
Honeymoon at a country vineyard.



~ Steph serves Martha the ultimate comfort food
Coconut cream pie.

(S5:E4 & E5)



~ Food that makes people open up
Strawberry crepes.


~ Donovan Davenport's favourite chocolates
With cherries in the middle.

(S5:E6)



~ Necklace that symbolises friendship 
Jade pikorua necklace made by the Maori of New Zealand.



(S5:E7)



~ For Cassie's Teaching Assistant who had the flu
Elderberry tincture.

(S5:E8)



~ Lavender 
It clears the stressful emotions from your life and reminds you to smile.

(S5:E9)



~ Martha's gift for Dottie Davenport 
Lemongrass and jasmine candle.


~ Abigail's favourite chocolate
Peanut butter cups, dark chocolate.

(S5:E11)



~ Grace's favourite tea
Wild berry hibiscus.

(S5:12)

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The town of Middleton was founded by Nathaniel and Meredith Merriwick on October 12, 1794.


Madam Mayor Officiates

They’re about to say 'I do.' 
Three little letters, two little words. 

It’s the simplest part of the day. But there’s nothing simple about the things that will remain unsaid.

'I do' means I do know I could be hurt, but I’m ready to be healed with you.

It means I do want to try even when the fear of failure holds me back.

And I do not know the future, but I’m ready to be surprised along the way.

And 'I do' means, I do want your love and I do give you mine, and nothing we do will ever be the same because you and I will be doing it all together.

(Good Witch, S3:E12)

Songs for Spring

But come ye back 
Dry them all
To my heart, he carries the key
Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you
She wore no jewels
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream...


* Found poem inspired by our second performance under the musical direction of DF *

Sunday, 1 March 2026

Multimedia Dinners

Amorini

Heart shaped chocolate coated in silver or bright colours.


First meal as Queen on flight to Entebbe, Uganda

Venison, duck, ham, orange sauce, boiled egg, salad, strawberries and cream.


Food for the corgis

Steak, poached chicken and rabbit.


Prince Charles' underaged drinking in Gordonstoun 

Cherry brandy.


Other foods mentioned

Porridge
Sausage and mash
Butter pats
Bottled plums
Afternoon tea
Pancakes with lemon and sugar


Other facts

King Charles loathes chocolate puddings of any kind.

Prince William had two cakes made for his wedding reception: 
  • An eight tier fruitcake decorated with cream and white icing
  • A cake made entirely of McVitie's chocolate biscuit

(What a Thing to Say to the Queen written by Thomas Blaikie)


Smithy's Indian takeaway order


Chicken Bhuna
Lamb Bhuna
Prawn Bhuna
Mushroom rice
Bag of chips
Keema Naan
Nine Poppadoms
Sag Aloo

(Gavin & Stacey, S3:E2)



Supper at Eric Harrison's Gloria Avenue bungalow in Van Nuys

Cashew nuts
Caviar 
Smoked salmon
Lamb
Beef
Vegetables 
At least three puddings 

(According to Miriam Margoyles in This Much Is True)



Salatim
(Laser Wolf, Philadelphia)



  • Sally Albright: I'd like the chef's salad please with the oil and vinegar on the side and the apple pie a la mode. 

  • But I'd like the pie heated, and I don't want the ice cream on top, I want it on the side, and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it. If not, then no ice cream, just whipped cream but only if it's real. If it's out of a can, then nothing.

  • Waitress: Not even the pie?

  • Sally Albright: No, just the pie, but then not heated.

(When Harry met Sally)



Food/drink served at Grace de Pointe du Lac's Creole wedding

Checkered cake
Pompano fillet
Boudins
Dirty rice
Beef
Green beans
Wine

(S1:E1 Interview with the Vampire, TV series)



Daniel Molloy has a lavish meal at Louis' home in Dubai

Duck foie gras terrine, pickled fruit, roasted apple bon bon.

Ajoblanco (bread, crushed almonds garlic, olive oil and salt) and a garnish of green grapes.

Rabbit, three ways.



Debbie McGee cooks dinner for Louis Theroux

~ Apple and mushroom soup with hot bread.

~ Chicken in a marsala and mushroom sauce served with mashed potatoes, beans and carrots.

~ Banoffe pie.



Memorial meal for Jeffrey and Julia

~ Melon soup, prosciutto di Parma, mint and basil.
(Episode 2:15 The Mentalist) 




* Food mentioned in books, TV shows and films *


Your Taste

Seopsanjeok from Jungjae in Jeonju

~ Beef rump
From a cow raised by Jeong Seong-cheol at Mawon Farm.The meat is minced and kneaded into a patty and grilled.

~ Pine mushrooms
Oven roasted.


Truffle Neobiani

The meat is thinly sliced, then scored, marinated and grilled.

(S1:E1)


Menu at Jungjae

Amuse bouche: bugak.
Naengchae: salad.
Steamed egg instead of soup.
Main dish: seopsanjeok.
Dessert: dried persimmons.

(S1:E2)


Truffle Neobiani developed by Chef Jang for La Lecel

Grilled Neobiani served with truffle paste and with osmanthus tea-based jelly made with lemon juice and flowers.


Jeonju-style Jjajang


(S1:E3)



Ongeoul Youth Food Festa Contest 

100 sheets of Neopdo Island laver 
Gamtae from Taean
Ham from Mount Jiri
Beef from Mawon Farm

Jungjae Set:
OG Carrot Gimbap with Sweet Moju

(S1:E4)



Le Murir Sapparo inflight meal collaboration with Han Air

Japanese Bento Box
Western Frenched Rack


Special guests (French and Korean fusion marriage)

Amuse bouche of Korean yukhoe (beef tartare) served on gamtae chips.

Square shaped dumplings (pyeonsu) filled with tofu and oysters served with beef brisket broth.

Shin Choon-seung's Special Makgeolli.

Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) combined with a French style seafood soup.

(S1:E5)



Jungjae Manual

1) Jungjae is a restaurant that changes with the season. The menus shift to incorporate seasonal produce. But we welcome customers with an unchanging heart.

2) The seasonal vegetables growing in the garden may not always be pretty. It's because we don't use chemical fertilisers or pesticides. They're organic.

3) Buy all the other ingredients at Nambu Market where it is guaranteed to be fresh.

I'm leaving you with all the recipes that contain all of Jungjae's past.



Jungjae's Meal of the Day

~ Autumn Veggie Bugak

~ Short Necked Clam Soup

~ Mushroom Seopsamjeok

~ Steamed Egg, Cabbage Kimchi and Wolgwachae



Deep fried butterbur shoots



Kitano Gurume

Hanasaki gani/hanasaki crab
Kegani (horsehair crab)

Crab miso soup

Uni (sea urchin)

(S1:E6)



Something Chef Tatsuo wants to eat

Uni Ramen: Made with the original Japanese miso ramen recipe mixed with Korean doenjang to get rid of the strong smell of uni.



Kongnamal gukbap

Best cure for hangovers according to Shin Choon-seung.

(S1:E7)



Dishes Motto serves to Diamante inspectors

Grilled red tilefish with scales served on top of a soy sauce scaly hedgehog mushroom puree with Korean mint and spinach oil.

Seopsanjeok/grilled beef dish infused with wild pine mushroom aroma.



What Yeon-joo made for Beom-woo when he said he was unwell

Mung bean porridge.



Product placement

Chilsung Cider: the fizz has a kick.

(S1:E8)



Temple Food

Young Monks Pizza Part: made with potato jeon and covered with tomato sauce.

Cake made out of soybean milk, walnut oil, beets, and strawberry preserve.

Finding the taste of awakening and healing.

(S1:E9)



Motto vs Jungjae cook off

~ First theme: chicken

Jungjae cooks Coq au Vin / jjimdak made with Korean native chicken or Silkies.
Served with Choon-seung's Sweet Potato Makgeolli.

Motto serves Gwangyang-style Cheongri native chicken grilled over charcoal made from wood from Baegunsan Mountain. A local dish that's crispy on the outside and moist on the inside.
Served with Chateau de Montepice wine.


~ Rematch: 
Jungjae's main set meal today: home cooked spread such as shrimp rice jeon served with cabbage kimchi.

(S1:E10)



Serving good food cooked with care and sincerity.
 

* Food/drink mentioned in the South Korean TV series 'Tastefully Yours' *

Phil Rosenthal Favourites

~ The best two things in Thailand: soup and fruit.

~ One of the more delicious things he has eaten in his life: crab omelette made by Jay Fai in Bangkok.

~ Fish: Scorpion, grilled sardines.

~ Champion of Meats: Roast Goose.

~ Absolute favourite food: French Fries.

~ Loves anything in pie form.

~ Store-bought cookies: Fortnum & Mason Dark Chocolate coated Chocolate Pearl biscuits.

~ Ice-cream: Chocolate!

~ Fruit: Mango and mangosteen.

Khao Soi from Khao Soi Loong Prakid Gard Gorm, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

~ Seafood dish: Steamed king crab followed by crab fried rice using the crab fat (stall 010 5334 3317, Noryangjin Market).

~ Best shawarma: Shawarma King, Glasgow, Scotland

~ One of the best desserts in the world: Stephane Jego's version of rice pudding.

~ Absolute favourite place on earth: Florence, Italy.

~ One of the best seafood restaurants in the world: Gverovic Orsan in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

~ Favourite things: garlic; trying everything on the menu; chocolate croissants from Tartine in San Francisco; sandwiches and booze.

~ One of his favourite actresses in the world: Patty Heaton.

~ Favourite Phil: Phil Krajeck.

~ Happiest place on earth: The French Laundry in San Francisco.

~ One of the best things ever: Portuguese chicken.

~ Best restaurant in the world: Noma in Denmark.

~ Worlds best bread for dipping is made out of just pork.

~ One of the best restaurants in Washington DC: Rasika.

~ One of the best restaurants in Philadelphia: Laser Wolf.

~ Best burger: Orfali Bros, Dubai.

~ Unique experiences: Bedouin food.

~ One of his favourite drinks: tequila.

~ Best veggie sandwich that tastes better than most burgers he has ever had: Shawarma sandwich made with celeriac at Rovi (Yotam Ottolenghi's restaurant).

~ Favourite funny movie of all time: MacGruber.

~ One of the best seafood restaurants he has been to in his life: Saint Peter in Sydney, Australia.

~ One of the thrills of Phil's life: to see the Grand Canyon.

~ One of his favourite things in the world: hand pulled noodles.

~ One of his favourite thing about travelling: finding stuff in unusual places. 
For example, Big Dan's Shanxi Taste. A restaurant specialising in hand pulled noodles found at the back of a supermarket located 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip.

~ One of the best restaurants in the Phillipines: Toyo.

~ The best place to have stroopwafel: Rudi's in Amsterdam.

~ One of the best restaurants in the Netherlands: De Kas.

~ The greatest pancakes in the Netherlands: Upstairs Pancake House.

~ One of the worlds best restaurants: Asador Extebarri.

~ One of his favourite unique pizzas: wood grilled pizza with pumpkin and spicy oil at Al Forno in Providence, Rhode Island.

~ The best duck he's ever had: jerk marinated roasted duck leg with some Jamaican style rice and peas and Haitian pikliz at Comfort Kitchen, Boston.

~ One of his favourite kinds of tower: seafood tower.

~ One of the better lamb shanks he's had: at La Royal in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

~ One of the best breakfasts he has ever had: the big brekkie at Speedos Cafe, Bondi Beach.

~ The best 'alt burger' he's ever had: the cheeseburger at Saint Peter in Sydney. Interpreting fish more as meat.

~ One of the best Thai places he's ever been to: Porkfat in Sydney.

~ His absolute hero: Mel Brooks.

~ One of the best lunches he has had in his life: Asador Alphonso at Tagaytay, Phillipines.

~ One of the best, if not the best waffle in the world: the sweet potato waffle at Gritz Cafe in Las Vegas.

~ One of the best sausages he has ever had: smoked sausage at Barriga Llena.

~ One of the best fried chicken he has had in his life: made by chef Mario Godinez at Barriga Llena. Marinated in buttermilk for 24 hours and served with black garlic mayo and fries.

~ The oldest and maybe the best sweet shop in Guatemala: Maria Gordillo. Opened in 1872 and serves sweets that are milk based combined with fruit.

~ One of his favourite dishes in the world: Michael Solomon's lamb shoulder with molasses and pomegranate.

~ Some of his favourite chicken and sauce ever: chicken barbeque sauce from Damien Brockway's food truck called Distant Relatives, located at Meanwhile Brewing in Austin.

~ Everything he loves about life: to eat with your family and friends in a great place and working with people you love.

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