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Welcome to FoodMood blog space. Reflections on my travels, musings, favorite recipes, and the Bunny Chronicles. Storytelling with joy, sass, self-reflection, and hope.


Artichokes: Anti-inflammatory Thistles from Heaven
Photo courtesy of google, artichokes in their natural growing splendor May, proud month of the artichoke. Spring vegetables highlight...

Nicole Crabtree
May 1, 20183 min read


Charlie's Vegan Birthday Cake
Charlie's 17th birthday cake, an artistically sophisticated version of the original - same cake inside Recently, Carol, an imaginative...
Nicole Crabtree with guest Carol Switzer
Apr 21, 20182 min read


Easter: Bunny's Bread Holiday
Challah bread photos courtesy of google. Recently in Beretta, my favorite bakery in Como, Alli and I were discussing the delicacies of...
Nicole Crabtree with guest Alli Zeper
Apr 1, 20182 min read


FOOD & Culture Nutritional Therapists discuss meeting client needs across cultures
Last night my passion for food and culture had an exciting milestone. Just in time to celebrate the year of the Dog, I had a chance to...

Nicole Crabtree
Feb 16, 20184 min read


What does a Dog cook for 2018, year of the Dog?
The Chinese year of the Rooster (2017) had a slightly simpler connection to a specific dish, I posted my favorite soup which coincided...
Nicole Crabtree & Angela Lanza
Feb 15, 20183 min read


FOOD & CULTURE: What's for breakfast?
Bunny on the breakfast table, observing the feast, in the garden in Sariyer. Breakfast is my favorite meal and it is the meal which...

Nicole Crabtree
Feb 5, 20183 min read


Spinach Egg Soup - Milanese Style
One of my favorite things about winter cooking - one pot meals - which lend to hearty soups and natural kitchen meditations. Recently, at...
Nicole Crabtree with special guest Rossella
Jan 20, 20182 min read


The Language of Food: Food Speaks
These spectacular soft shelled crabs were made to celebrate my Swiss citizenship, me, CRABtree, now Swiss. They seem an appropo way to...
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Sep 22, 20172 min read
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