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	<description>home is where the food is</description>
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		<title>on writing: to what end?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And I have known the eyes already, known them all—
The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Then how should I begin
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
 And how should I presume?
&#8211; T.S. Eliot, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2010/08/02/on-writing-to-what-end/</link>
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		<title>cardamom hamantaschen cookies with kumquat walnut jam</title>
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No, that&#8217;s not a typo. Hamantaschen is a hybrid Hebrew-Yiddish-Persian word referring to cookies traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews on the holiday of Purim. The holiday commemorates a particular, yet familiar, refrain in Jewish history: they tried to kill us, we won, let&#8217;s eat!
The longer version of the story involves the credulous yet powerful King Ahasuerus, his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2010/03/03/cardamom-hamantaschen-cookies-with-kumquat-walnut-jam/</link>
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		<title>tuscan porchetta trots into bay area</title>
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At the recent Winter Fancy Food Show, it was my pleasure to sample a number of delectable pork products, among them various hams and porchettas. One of my absolute favorites at this year&#8217;s show was Piacenti&#8217;s porchetta, imported by The Rogers Collection based in Portland, Maine.
The relatively large booth displayed a number of imported food items, but only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2010/03/03/tuscan-porchetta-trots-into-bay-area/</link>
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		<title>some writers are more equal than others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Dianne Jacob&#8212;writer, journalist, blogger, teacher, writing coach, not necessarily in that order&#8212;posed an interesting question on her blog. With Apple&#8217;s new iPad coming out, will publishers rush to include video in articles intended for the web? Will writers be expected to create their own videos in addition to writing? Will web writers be paid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2010/02/03/some-writers-are-more-equal-than-others/</link>
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		<title>perfecting the potato pancake</title>
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Now that Chanukah is over, and those who eat them have presumably had more than their fill of latkes, I&#8217;m very late or perhaps one year early in offering up some tips for the perfect pancake. Perhaps small potato pancakes dolloped with crème fraîche and topped with salted salmon roe and chives are just the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2009/12/30/perfecting-the-potato-pancake/</link>
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		<title>vegan hot chocolate that omnivores love</title>
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Vegan hot chocolate is not an oxymoron. It exists, and it&#8217;s delicious. Curious? Read my ramblings and find the recipe at my Oakland Cooking column on Examiner.com.
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		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2009/12/30/vegan-hot-chocolate-that-omnivores-love/</link>
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		<title>my favorite grocery store</title>
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As a rule, I prefer the farmers&#8217; market to the supermarket. The farmers&#8217; market is so much more vibrant, and of course, the produce is incredibly fresh. But I do have my favorite local shops, among them, one with the unusual name Sun Hop Fat #1. Why do I love Sun Hop Fat and what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2009/10/06/my-favorite-grocery-store/</link>
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		<title>remembering keith floyd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not many people here in the US seem to be familiar with the larger than life figure that was Keith Floyd. He was a uniquely talented cook, restaurateur and cooking show host in the UK. It has been said of his shows that he would deconstruct the very idea of a cooking show on camera, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2009/09/30/remembering-keith-floyd/</link>
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		<title>tinkering with tubers: sweet potatoes done different</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t often post my husband A&#8217;s recipes here, not because I don&#8217;t like them. On the contrary, A is a very creative cook who fearlessly combines spices, sauces, and ingredients like mixed media. Yemenite spice mix with Thai hot sauce and local butter? No problem. If it complements his main ingredient, A uses it.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2009/03/25/tinkering-with-tubers-sweet-potatoes-done-different/</link>
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		<title>weirdo cookies</title>
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Sometimes I find myself itching to bake something. It usually happens over the weekend, thank the gods. When else would I have time to search the web for a good recipe for whatever I&#8217;m hankering for, prepare the ingredients (is there a law of nature which states that butter softens more slowly when you&#8217;re dying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anopencupboard.com/2009/03/22/weirdo-cookies/</link>
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