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Though it’s easy to romanticize the lives of historical figures, Hildegard was as complex and nuanced as anyone in the modern world. Just like us, she experienced both good days and bad days. For an average day filled with melancholy, one might indulge in a sleeve of Oreos, but for Hildegard, the remedy was a carefully crafted combination of spices, emblematic of her approach to food—part healing and part experience.