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Appetizer (Quote) - Loving begins within ...
Main Dish (Book) - "The Feast of Love" by Charles Baxter
Spoonful Rating - 4 Spoons
Dessert (Featured Dish) - Molasses-Glazed Salmon Summer Salad
Drink (Desired Beverage) - Mango Smoothie

Love does not choose its partner, it just happens. No matter what we desire deep down inside of the person we want to love, the raw feelings that eruptwithin your heart has no boundaries --- love feels the space of being understood, seen beyond the veil for who we are, manifested to reach our destiny, mostly, transparent regardless of who is around. When love abounds, one cannot plan every move, nor select the ideal person and package the love of one's life; instead, the opposite normally appears, where the unexpected feeling of quesiness in your stomach and heart frequency rates skyrockets and lands at the least undesireable time and relatively foreign partner one didn't expect.

In the Feast of Love, the reader journeys in the lives of a young married couple, seasoned married couple, and two heart-strung out teenagers that all experience different angles of love. Speckled in each story is a thread of uncommon events, such as the wife of the traditional husband falls in love with an untraditional lover - a woman - and decides to follow her passion. In the case of the seasoned couple, love escapes them in the death of their only, privileged son to ills that they couldn't foresee or derail the wreck that blinded them for years. And, for the two heart-strung teenagers, love is pure where every minute is precious, and believe it or not, in the short but purposed life together, they witness the essence every person should live to experience.

In a lifetime, one should get a chance to laugh in the rain, hold hands with a stranger, whisper sweet nothings to the girl/boy next door, giggle and tickle in bed. If you are blessed to love, then you need to run your hands through the hair of the one you love. Go ahead..it's not complicated..just love!

Bon Appetit!

Molasses-Glazed Salmon Summer Salad

2-3 pieces of Salmon

1 Head of Iceberg Lettuce

Handful of strawberries, blueberries, and mixed berries

1 8 oz. can of Pineapples

2 vine tomatoes

1 seedless cucumber

Craisins

Prepare summer salad in order of ingredients. Marinate salmon with molasses and cook for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees. Assemble salad by slicing lettuce, grabbing some strawberries, blueberries, and mixed berries. Add pineapples, tomatoes, cucumber, and craisins. Top with with your favorite vinegerette dressing. Serve chilled.