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	<title>Pat Branning</title>
	
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		<title>Chicken Saltimboca at the Culinary Arts Center of Hilton Head Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucked away in beautiful Shipyard Plantation is a food lovers dream come true. Patients come from around the country to spend days or months at the healthy living retreat.  Yesterday was not destined to be just an ordinary Saturday afternoon.  Instead an adventure extraordinaire awaited me at the Culinary Arts Center.  Inside the Center is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac and Cheese with Truffle Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sides to Savour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Valentine&#8217;s Day, I wanted to make something extra special for dinner. I have been dreaming about the smooth, creamy, decadent and sinfully delicious truffle mac and cheese I enjoyed one evening last fall while on my honeymoon in Highlands, NC. We were dining at Madison&#8217;s in The Old Edward&#8217;s Inn and next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lemon Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Splurges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is something about this 70 degree weather that makes me want to sip ice tea in a sundress by the ocean.  We are in total denial here in South Carolina that winter even exists.  As far as I am concerned it&#8217;s onward spring.  I even saw azaleas blooming on my walk this evening.  Bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Splurges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t take me too long to investigate how to make these amazing bars I discovered in Charleston at the Bakehouse on Bay Street.  In fact, I added the milk chocolate layer and wow!  These are going to have to go out of the house.  I&#8217;m giving them away in the morning &#8211; way,way too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grits – Creamy and Rich</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breads and Brunches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week my daughter Margaret and I headed down to Savannah for a class on Lowcountry cookin&#8217; by Chef Darin Sehnert at the Mansion on Forsyth.  He&#8217;s head of the 700 Kitchen School and it was good eatin&#8217; ya&#8217;ll ! &#160; We made the very best fried green tomatoes, rich buttermilk biscuits, black-eyed pea salad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marshmallow S’mores Bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Splurges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There bars are rockin&#8217;!  Mmm!!  These are irresistible warm, gooey milk chocolate with marshmallows and graham crackers baked into all this deliciousness.   The inspiration came from my visit this week to Charleston&#8217;s Bakehouse on East Bay.  They have the gooiest, most decadent bars ever, reminding me of evenings sitting around the campfire&#8230;but better! &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bear Island Farm in Bluffton</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve never tasted at farm fresh egg &#8211; wow!  What a difference!  Jamie Vildech of Bear Island Farm in Bluffton gave us several to try out yesterday and now I know what they&#8217;re so excited about.  I scrambled up a few this morning and found they are richer in color and taste, lighter and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bluffton Farmer’s Market</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/mylife/bluffton-farmers-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Farmer&#8217;s Market in January?  You betcha!  Every other Thursday this month the Bluffton Farmer&#8217;s Market will be bustling with activity.  Yesterday I was seeking out the tastiest collard greens, fresh herbs and the perkiest turnips.  The possibility of discovery is always just around the corner. Best of all the crowds are thinner this time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balsamic Roasted Chicken</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/newrecipes/ovenentrees/balsamic-roasted-chicken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepared with fresh sprigs of marjoram this succulent roasted chicken is one you&#8217;ll want to cook over and over again.  You are going to love this recipe! For this I chose an organic chicken free of antibiotics and chemicals &#8211;  the taste of the free range chicken will be so, so good.  I can&#8217;t help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visit to the Ray Ellis Gallery</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/art-photography/a-visit-to-the-ray-ellis-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[His daughter, Peggy, stood on one side and I stood on the other as I showed Mr. Ellis &#8220;Shrimp, Collards and Grits&#8221; for the very first time. I must have been really nervous not knowing what he might think, but it didn&#8217;t take long to see he was totally absorbed and delighted.  He eventually turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Gullah Heritage</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/newrecipes/gullahfixins/our-gullah-heritage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patbranning.com/newrecipes/gullahfixins/our-gullah-heritage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gullah Fixins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gullah&#8217;s fixin&#8217; oysters on an open fire down by the river is a typical Lowcountry scene today.  This one is courtesy of Ray Ellis, of the Ellis Gallery in Charleston.Today, the descendants of West Africans brought in bondage to the coastal islands are striving to preserve  a way of life.  Theirs is a story of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Shrimp, Collards &amp; Grits (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/mylife/introducing-shrimp-collards-grits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patbranning.com/mylife/introducing-shrimp-collards-grits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Shrimp, Collards &#038; Grits commercial created by Andrew Branning. Special thanks to Kelly Caron at J Banks!]]></description>
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		<title>How to freeze shrimp</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/stories-from-the-south-carolina-lowcountry/how-to-freeze-shrimp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope y&#8217;all are looking forward to a great Christmas season! I think it&#8217;s appropriate to pause at the end of this year to thank our hard working folks in the seafood industry who continue to provide us with such outstanding abundance from the sea.  Tonya Hudson of Benny Hudson Seafood on Hilton Head is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Painting by Charleston Artist John Carroll Doyle</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/art-photography/latest-painting-by-charleston-artist-john-carroll-doyle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patbranning.com/art-photography/latest-painting-by-charleston-artist-john-carroll-doyle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Head Chef &#8211; A Success Story&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening with Jonathan Green</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/mylife/4061/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan recently visited Hilton Head Island and Beaufort and spent an evening at the Morris-Whiteside Gallery on Hilton Head &#8211; what an incredible group of paintings he has there!  For anyone not familiar with his work, you may want to visit his website at Jonathangreenstudios.com.   Pat Conroy says the characters in his paintings are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lowcountry Weekly</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/press/lowcountry-weekly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonderful write up by Lowcountry Weekly on Shrimp, Collards &#38; Grits! New coffee table cookbook serves up the flavor of the South in stories, images and, of course, recipes. http://www.lcweekly.com/books/2096-shrimp-collards-a-grits]]></description>
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		<title>Savannahnow.com features SCG</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/press/savannahnow-com-features-scg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday Gift of Recipes, Stories and art of the Lowcountry Pat Branning’s “Shrimp, Collards &#38; Grits: Recipes, Stories and Art from the Creeks and Gardens of the Lowcountry” is a cookbook, an art book and a story book&#8230;. http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-news/2011-11-26/shrimp-collards-grits-holiday-gift-recipes-stories-and-art-lowcountry#.TwvHK2_LyyU]]></description>
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		<title>Cornbread and Sausage Dressing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breads and Brunches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recipes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While much of our country is focused on the revival of regional cooking, a wonderful culinary eclecticism thrives in the Lowcountry, largely because of the influx of those from all parts of this great nation and the many military families who have experienced the area and returned to settle here. As Thanksgiving approaches the salt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potato Casserole for Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/newrecipes/ovenentrees/potato-casserole-for-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oven Entrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is that time of year when autumn&#8217;s foliage has faded and the damp chill of the ocean is everywhere, piercing us with a reminding shiver of what must have sent early settlers to these islands scurrying home to throw another log on the fire. To savor Thanksgiving in the Lowcountry one must reflect for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Island Packet Article</title>
		<link>http://www.patbranning.com/press/island-packet-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legends of the Lowcountry by the Island Packet. Patricia Branning fell in love with the Lowcountry after moving to Beaufort from Atlanta in the 1970s. After about seven years she moved away, but never forgot the food, friends and stories&#8230; http://blogs.islandpacket.com/40575]]></description>
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