Auntie Toadstew's Recipes and Assorted Magical Concoctions for Health, Luck, and Hexing

A collection of varying recipes ranging from simple soups and bakes to more complex potion work and dishes, Auntie Toadstew's Recipes and Assorted Magical Concoctions for Health, Luck, and Hexing has a long and troublesome history to its (exceptionally long and cumbersome) name. Though each creation in its pages lists its attendant benefits, more often than not they seem to manifest in unexpected or even malignant ways. Someone seeking to restore a lost limb, for example, will probably regrow it; only it will turn out to be an animal's appendage, or will grow on backwards. Recipes of attraction often end up drawing the entirely wrong person, and ones for wealth bestow it in ironic or troubling ways. Nevertheless, it does not stop the foolish and daring from seeking it out, and it seems to consistently turn up for those desperate enough to prepare or consume its products.

Bound in what appears to be some kind of animal hide, with pages coated in a thick film of grease, stains, and a variety of concerning burns, there is only one clue to its author. An inscription on the first page remains unfaded with time, reading "Auntie Toadstew, Kitchenwitch and Amateur Sculptor." Of this Auntie Toadstew and the status of her current skill level as a sculptor, there remains no recorded evidence, even within folklore.