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	<title type="text">Live To Eat</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Sleep 'til you're hungry, eat 'til you're sleepy!</subtitle>

	<updated>2016-11-19T02:29:35Z</updated>

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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Rest of Chicago]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2805</id>
		<updated>2016-11-19T02:29:35Z</updated>
		<published>2013-07-14T00:06:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Uncategorized" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&#160;]]></summary>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[A fabulous dinner at Willows Inn on Lummi Island]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2723</id>
		<updated>2013-06-04T17:43:35Z</updated>
		<published>2013-06-04T01:48:12Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Lummi Island" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Travel" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I know, I&#8217;ve been gone a long time. 14 months to be exact! I am sure all my regular readers have given up on this space by now. I have no excuses for my absence other than the fact that I lost interest in blogging! I tried to find the lost mojo week after week for some time and at some point I just gave up completely. Also, almost all of my spare time has been totally and completely taken over by my latest addiction &#8211; photography! Then all of a sudden, when I wasn&#8217;t even trying, I had this great meal! It was such an amazing culinary experience and so unlike anything I&#8217;ve ever had, I just had to [...]]]></summary>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Mutton Korma &#8211; Braised Goat in a Green Coconut Curry]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2685</id>
		<updated>2012-03-20T05:53:01Z</updated>
		<published>2012-03-20T05:47:24Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Lamb or Goat" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Recently someone commented on one of my Mutton dishes that &#8220;Mutton is NOT goat meat. Mutton is an adult sheep, a goat is a goat.&#8221; . Someone else also had said the same thing a while ago; that the term Mutton is used in the United States to refer to the tough meat of an old goat. That explains the Seinfeld episode where Jerry couldn&#8217;t chew the mutton at a date&#8217;s place, so he wrapped up the chewed up pieces in her grandma&#8217;s napkins and stuffed them into his jacket. Elaine borrowed the jacket later and ended up getting chased by a dog. That tough mutton that disgusted Jerry is SO VERY different from what we call Mutton in India, [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sig</name>
						<uri>http://blog.sigsiv.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Parsi Mutton Biryani &#8211; Step by Step Recipe]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2428</id>
		<updated>2012-03-04T22:17:31Z</updated>
		<published>2012-03-04T22:14:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="India - Other" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Lamb or Goat" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Rice" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Rice Or Biryani" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Step by Step" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&#160; I have no idea what makes this Biryani Parsi, as I don&#8217;t know anything about the Parsi cuisine. I found this recipe in a cookbook titled Parsi Kitchen by Jeani Mohindra. It is one of those tiny paperback books I picked up from India and it is the first recipe I am trying from the book. I don&#8217;t know the authenticity of the recipe, but I have to say the biryani was delicious! It is an easy recipe, but like any other proper biryani recipe, it is quite a laborious process, way too many steps, but I am sure you will love the end results. Ingredients Goat meat, bone-in &#8211; 1.5 lbs Basmati rice &#8211; 3 cups Sliced Onions [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sig</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Spicy Rack of Lamb with Arugula Grapefruit Salad]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2648</id>
		<updated>2012-02-16T07:55:26Z</updated>
		<published>2012-02-16T07:51:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Grapefruit" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Greens" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Lamb or Goat" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Soups and Salads" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Another Valentine&#8217;s Day has come and gone! It is pretty much like any other day, except for the fact that it is the only day of the year when Siv sends me flowers. I really don&#8217;t care much for flowers, but still it is kind of nice to get some roses once a year. I don&#8217;t remember when this started, but now it has become a tradition. We used to go out for dinner on V-day up until a few years ago; but after going through a few overprized, mass produced dinners served with zero customer service &#8211; even at some of the best restaurants in town- we have given up on Valentine&#8217;s Day dinners out. It is so much [...]]]></summary>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Huevos Rotos (Broken Eggs) and a Call to Action]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2031</id>
		<updated>2012-01-30T07:36:12Z</updated>
		<published>2012-01-30T06:24:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Breakfast and Brunch" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Eggs" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Spanish" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Before I get to the food part of the post, I would like to share a very important cause &#8211; a fundraiser organized by a friend and fellow blogger Siri of Cooking with Siri to raise money for Vaidehi Ashram &#8211; a home for destitute girls in India. As compassionate human beings we all constantly think about making a change in the world, lending a helping hand to those who are less fortunate than us. But more often than not, life and its daily grind gets in the way of our good will, and most of us never actually get to do as much as we would like to. The extent of my philanthropy is the monetary contributions I make [...]]]></summary>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Parippu Vada (Deep fried Lentil Fritters)]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2619</id>
		<updated>2012-02-16T07:53:56Z</updated>
		<published>2012-01-18T23:41:56Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Appetizers and Snacks" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="India - Kerala" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Lentils and Legumes" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Vegetarian" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&#160; When the weather outside is frightful, deep fried goodies can be delightful! It is always nice to have an excuse to eat unhealthy stuff, although I hardly ever need one. I don&#8217;t even think this is that unhealthy, it has lentils which are highly nutritional and were fried in fresh sunflower oil, which has a high smoke point and low Trans fats. I agree that consuming deep fried food from restaurants on a regular basis is not a good idea, mainly because restaurants are known to reuse frying oils, which means the oil gets heated repeatedly to really high temperatures beyond its smoke point, which can cause some hydrogenation and oxidation and such bad stuff. But making deep fried [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sig</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[HDR Wednesday &#8211; Stormy Sunset]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2604</id>
		<updated>2012-01-18T22:36:07Z</updated>
		<published>2012-01-18T22:33:47Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Photography" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I miss posting pictures, though I don&#8217;t miss posting them every day! So I am planning to do a weekly photo post here, mostly my HDR experiments. Seattle is under a heavy(for Seattle) snowstorm and we have been homebound for the past three days. I am not complaining! This was the view from our living room last night when the sky started clearing up a bit. Click on the photo for a bigger version. Photo details  &#8211; HDR tone-mapped from three exposures, 1/40, 1/160, 1/640 seconds at Aperture f11 and ISO 100.]]></summary>
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			<name>sig</name>
						<uri>http://blog.sigsiv.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Restaurant Review &#8211; Altura]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2599</id>
		<updated>2012-01-16T01:05:38Z</updated>
		<published>2012-01-16T00:51:37Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Capitol Hill" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Italian" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done a restaurant review here in a while, though we have been trying out a lot of new restaurants. Even though I had my camera with me on most outings, I just couldn&#8217;t muster up the energy to type even a mini review of some of the great places we tried. Finally the amazing dinner we had at Altura this weekend has given me the inspiration to get out of my rut and publish a review! Altura opened up to some raving reviews in early October 2011 in Capitol Hill, but we never got a chance to visit due to the holiday season hustle and bustle. Finally we made reservations for Friday night, a late birthday dinner for [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sig</name>
						<uri>http://blog.sigsiv.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Spicy Pompano &#8211; Kerala Style Fried Fish]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.sigsiv.com/?p=2585</id>
		<updated>2012-01-11T04:50:32Z</updated>
		<published>2012-01-11T04:48:17Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="India - Kerala" /><category scheme="http://blog.sigsiv.com" term="Seafood" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Fried fish is such a quintessential part of Kerala cuisine that every seafood eating Malayali starts drooling at the mere mention of it. During my initial days in the United States, I remember seeing fried fish on a restaurant menu for the first time and getting all thrilled. But when the order arrived, it was the most tasteless batter fried Cod &#8211; the typical American Fish and Chips preparation. I was so frustrated by how different it was from what I was expecting that I almost cried. Those days I could only cook a few dishes and fish was not really my forte, so I had no way of satisfying the cravings set off by that menu. Well, that was [...]]]></summary>
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