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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.
The banana and its role in the ideal breakfast bread
As a rule, the banana and I are not on good terms. Years of constipation already had me avoiding the banana. Even promises that it was a...
Nicole Crabtree with guest Angela Lanza and lead
May 8, 20193 min read
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Magic in bologna – Bunny’s star is born at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Bunny holding her own as we enter the book fair. In 2006 bunny was born in Istanbul. In January 2019 bunny debuted in her own book...
Nicole Crabtree with photos by Esra Jauch
Apr 24, 20194 min read
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Living in Paradise, Lugano Switzerland
Our entire furry family – from left Prickles, Bearli, Nut guy, Bunny, Pici, Biancha, June bug, and Bianchino - poses for Kenan from our...
Nicole Crabtree with photos by Kenan Soylu
Apr 13, 20192 min read
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Asparagus, nature announces spring
Left Bunny about to dig into her first asparagus Milanese of the season; right various asparagus in season in Bologna street market...
Nicole Crabtree
Apr 2, 20191 min read
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Primavera, Milanese style
Bunny rests against a tree while I do Qi gong in the Indro Montanelli Public Gardens near Porta Venezia. Finding myself in Milan on a...
Nicole Crabtree
Mar 29, 20191 min read
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Effective Communication - Rules to live by
Is it possible that as a professional trainer of effective communication that I still find myself often incapable of anything close to...
Nicole Crabtree
Mar 22, 20193 min read
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Sauce or gravy?
Mom's spaghetti sauce, in her special sauce pot. Spaghettis sauce could be the epitome of why food speaks to me. Growing up in a “Latin”...
Nicole Crabtree with recipe contribution of Linda
Mar 15, 20192 min read
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FOOD & Culture 2019 Nutritional Therapists & Health Coaches meeting client needs across cult
Once again, my NT alma mater IINH, gave me the opportunity to lead an interactive session titled Food & Culture with fellow Nutritional...
Nicole Crabtree
Mar 1, 20191 min read
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Bunny's only dessert: Maggie's gluten-free chocolate orange cake
Bunny poses with Maggie's gluten-free chocolate orange cake at a birthday celebration. Straight to the point - Bunny and I basically have...
Nicole Crabtree
Feb 21, 20192 min read
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Get your copy of the first Bunny Chronicles - how Bunny was born
Back cover of the first edition of the Bunny Chronicles, how Bunny was born. For Nicole Crabtree, this is a dream come true. As an auntie...
Nicole Crabtree with illustrations by Alice Mae
Feb 14, 20192 min read
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