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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.
Nicole Crabtree with photos by Patrizia Pancino
Sep 8, 20192 min read
Lazy days of summer evolve to the intense days of autumn
Lago di Santa Croce, searching for a cool breeze. August in the mountains of Italy. Entire days lay before me totally unscheduled. A...
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Nicole Crabtree with illustrations by Alice Mae
Aug 16, 20192 min read
the Bunny Chronicles, what people are saying as the adventures continue
Bunny on the shelf and flying with her continuing adventures. The Bunny Chronicles are picking up speed, with the first book – How Bunny...
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Nicole Crabtree
Aug 4, 20192 min read
Summer Salads - eating in a heat wave
A new Turkish salad bowl, colorfully calling out to be filled with summer salads. Global warming, diet inducing? Eating in the heat can...
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Nicole Crabtree with photos by Begum Erenler Soylu
Jul 26, 20199 min read
Magical Turkey – Bunny returns to her roots & Picci has her first vacation
Compliments of Miss Blu, our family at KOK Kamp on the first day. On our last night at the KOK camp the young woman I had nicknamed Miss...
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Nicole Crabtree
Jul 18, 20191 min read
Bunny as a radio star: North South West East this summer on Swiss RETE-UNO
Left Bunny in the studio with Elena on our first show, in South America; right Bunny, Bearli, and I broadcasting remotely from Malpensa...
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Nicole Crabtree
May 28, 20192 min read
On the road again.....back in July
The completely packed case Packing a suitcase. One of my greatest pleasures. Just like going to the grocery store represents cooking and...
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Nicole Crabtree
May 19, 20191 min read
An adventure, Rome and beyond in photos
Even at a commercial center near the airport in Rome 🐰 found her carrots & artichokes! If only we could take some 😂. Roma!! Beautiful...
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Nicole Crabtree with guest Angela Lanza and lead
May 8, 20193 min read
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...
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Nicole Crabtree with photos by Esra Jauch
Apr 24, 20194 min read
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...
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Nicole Crabtree with photos by Kenan Soylu
Apr 13, 20192 min read
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...
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