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	<description>... a spirited celebration of regional food and culinary craft, season by season, with original recipes by Susan S. Bradley</description>
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		<title>Pumpkin Sour Cream Pie with Caramel Walnut Topping</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desserts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caramel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumpkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumpkin poie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thus, in my feverish delirium, I hit upon the one element that I could add to the pie that might tempt him to actually taste it: CARAMEL. Which turned out to be PURE GENIUS!

To tell you that this pie is beyond delicious is not to do it justice. But perhaps you will get some inkling of how good it is when I reveal that MauiJim ate an ENTIRE LARGE PIECE. Oh sure, he tried to avoid the pumpkin custard  while focusing on the caramel, but in the end that effort proved futile, so he ate the whole darned thing. And then he raved about it and asked how long he had to wait to have another slice.
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		<title>Baby Leek, Cheddar &amp; Rosemary Tart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breakfast & Brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custard tart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresh herbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pastry crust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quiche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rosemary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savory custard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savory tart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, let me break this to you gently. You may want to sit down. This is not actually a TART. It’s a QUICHE. You remember what a quiche is, right?

Quiche is one of those unfortunate foods that while enjoying its heyday in the 1970's, riding the French culinary wave that swept America, finally flagged under the weight of overexposure bordering on hysteria, to become the antithesis of the nouvelle cuisine that hit the country near the end of that decade. 
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		<title>Mostaccioli with Sweet Rainbow Peppers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pasta | Rice | Grains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fennel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green bell peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mostaccioli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pasta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland farmers market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red bell peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roasting peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sausage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tomato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yellow bell peppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every Saturday morning, from April through December, whether in Seattle or Portland, I head to one of the many world-class Northwest farmers markets. You might think I would become jaded after awhile, but it hasn’t happened. 

Every week, I’m blown away by the gorgeous, tantalizing offerings, and every week I buy way more than I can cook over the weekend. I do this even though there is this strange man following me around, intermittently interjecting, “Enough already! You can’t cook all that.” I pretend to have no idea who he is, but of course it’s none other than MauiJim.
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		<title>Roasting Peppers Step-By-Step</title>
		<link>http://thelunacafe.com/roasting-peppers-step-by-step/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anaheim peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bell peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green bell peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian sweet peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red bell peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roasting peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweet pimiento peppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Columbus first set foot on the Caribbean island that is now shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, he was hoping to find black pepper, the world’s most costly spice.  Instead he found the genus Capsicum which the native inhabitants called aji. Probably a little frantic that his expedition was going unexpectedly awry, he quickly renamed the spicy vegetable, pepper, and while he was at it, the Arawak natives, Indians, to support the idea that he had indeed found a western trade route to India. ]]></description>
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		<title>Roasted Fall Vegetable Salad with Warm Goat Cheese &amp; Honey Mustard Vinaigrette</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butternut squash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chevre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goat cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potatoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red bell peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roasted vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are in love with full-meal salads in the OtherWorldly Kitchen, and I scramble every week to come up with a couple of new and memorable offerings. However, it’s challenging to make a salad an entire meal if seafood, poultry, or meat is not included.

Enter the indispensible log of mild goat cheese. It’s always on hand in my kitchen, because it lends itself to so many dishes. I wouldn’t want to be without it.
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		<title>Green Chile Chowder with Yellow Finn Potatoes &amp; Italian Kale</title>
		<link>http://thelunacafe.com/green-chile-chowder-with-yellow-finn-potatoes-italian-kale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soups | Bisques | Chilis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chowder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian kale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poblano peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We settled into our Portland city digs for a few weeks, and one of the first things we did was hike over to the Portland Farmers Market. To tell you that the market was glorious yesterday morning is to be guilty of careless understatement. It was over-the-top magnificent! Peppers, peppers everywhere, in every color and every shape imaginable, freshly dug potatoes, heaps of various types of kale, a colorful abundance of winter squash, dozens of varieties of apples and pears, wild mushrooms, and the last of 3 varieties of fresh corn. My mind was reeling with the possibilities. But what should I cook?]]></description>
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		<title>Pumpkin, Spice &amp; Everything Nice Tea Bread</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desserts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orange essence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumpkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walnuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When October hits the Pacific Northwest and the Cascade foothills begin to turn iridescent shades of crimson, honey, and gold, I develop an intense craving for anything and everything pumpkin. This year, I’ve already created a new pumpkin bisque and salad, so I decided it was time to focus on something sweet. But I wasn’t up for anything too complicated or time-consuming, so the tea bread category sprang quickly to mind.]]></description>
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		<title>Pumpkin Spice Hot White Chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumpkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white chocolate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There must be a hundred posts on the web on the topic of Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Latte. Amazing! Would you believe I have NEVER had a Pumpkin Spice Latte? I’m not quite sure how that happened. However, in perusing all of the copycat recipes, it appears that there is little if any actual pumpkin in this wildly popular autumnal concoction; just a teaspoon of Pumpkin Spice Syrup. Hmmm…]]></description>
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		<title>Quintessential Mac &amp; Cheese Roundup 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mac & cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mac and cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macaroni and cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottsdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle. Portland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I posted our first Quintessential Mac &#038; Cheese Roundup in 2008, I was certain we would soon run out of restaurants that served Mac &#038; Cheese, and then the idea of a yearly roundup would be a thing of the past. Well, either I was way wrong about the number of restaurants that serve Mac &#038; Cheese or an increasing number of restaurants have recently added the divine macaroni to their menus. Either way, there now seems to be no danger of running out of stellar renditions of this most delicious dish. My ooey-gooey-cheesy cup runneth over!]]></description>
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		<title>Caramelized Pear Salad with Gorgonzola, Candied Spiced Walnuts &amp; Spicy Orange Vinaigrette</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sms bradley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn Leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candied walnuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caramelization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chile peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oranges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pears have a flavor affinity with creamy blue cheeses, such as Cambozola, Gorgonzola, Stilton, and Roquefort, as well as with balsamic vinegar, red wine, oranges, toasted walnuts, and the caramelization technique. I’m exploring these marvelous affinities this fall as new-season local pears fill the farmers markets.

If you are interested likewise in exploring the wide range of possible flavor affinities with pears as the star, I highly recommend The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg. I use the lists in this book constantly to push myself into new directions.]]></description>
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