Compassion is the Food of the Soul

by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Food | 0 Comments

Compassion is the food of the soul. Certain foods are especially good for nurturing our souls. In order for this to happen most effectively, we should strive to apply a compassionate approach to all...

Dukkah: An Addictive Blend of Aromatic Egyptian Spices

by Lillian Lake | | Food | 0 Comments

“True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest.” (Claudia Roden) Roden brings together recipes to create cultural stories of the people who live them. In “A Book of Middle...

The Value-added Health Characteristics of Onions Enhance Mom’s Chicken Soup

by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving, Food, Recipes | 0 Comments

Chicken soup is definitely good for the soul. And for fighting colds and flu. When my mother lived in a walk-up apartment in New York City, she had neighbors from all over the world when women...

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Dukkah: An Addictive Blend of Aromatic Egyptian Spices

| Food

“True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest.” (Claudia Roden) Roden brings together recipes to create cultural stories of the people who live them. In “A Book of Middle Eastern Food” (1968) she writes dukkah is “a very personal and...

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Shatter Old Beliefs

| Building Community, Caregiving, Spiritual

Shatter old beliefs that don't feel true. Ask: Do I know that's true? How do I know? Can I apply love to my relationship with this belief? When presenting a belief, how is it received? Many of our beliefs are generational. "We learn what we live" is said of beliefs...

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Compassion is the Food of the Soul

| Building Community, Caregiving, Food

Compassion is the food of the soul. Certain foods are especially good for nurturing our souls. In order for this to happen most effectively, we should strive to apply a compassionate approach to all aspects of growing, preparing, and sharing food compassionately,...

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The Amazon Rain Forest is Burning and This Is the Real Reason Why

| Climate Change, Farms, Food

We are shown through the world news outlets and social media that the Amazon forest is burning. The vast acreage of the Amazon forest has been burning for a very long time. Yet it took a tweet from a forest native to go viral in order to get people’s attention. The...

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6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help End Human Trafficking

| Stop Trafficking

What is human trafficking? According to the United States National Trafficking Hotline website, the legal definition of human trafficking: Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for...

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~ Cynthia Hoeh Stancioff
Local Food Day Fiddlehead Festival Committee Member

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