Where the witches cooked meals? (5)
I believe the answer is:
salem
'where the witches' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'cooked meals?' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'meals' anagrammed gives 'SALEM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salem that I've seen before include "Witch trial site (Mass.)" , "Location of US witch trials" , "Witch trial town" , "Witches' home" , "holy city" .)