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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.
A Nowruz recipe to Celebrate the New Year, the Coming of Spring & Gratitude for Every day Living
Welcome Spring with food, a celebration in every bite! Food is a language all its own and here's recipe from the Persian kitchen and culture
Nicole Crabtree with special guest Mary Jazayeri
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Time travel with the 46th president and a Russian parfait
Russian parfait, a dessert simple, elegant, and decadent and full of hope, humanity, and possibilities all at once.
Nicole Crabtree
Jan 22, 20212 min read
Ceci, my favorite bean
Chickpea. Garbanzo beans. Ceci. Chana. Gram. Top top mama. Nohut. Whatever country you’re from whatever you call it, this beautiful bean...
Nicole Crabtree with recipe from continuing guest
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Coconut – Southern India and Sri Lanka in a nut and a cookie, literally
Bunny & the Bearli's admire coconut palms at sunset on the beach outside our guest house Whispering Shells in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. King...
Nicole Crabtree with recipe by Barbara Marchiando
Mar 30, 20203 min read
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
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
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