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It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.</feedburner:browserFriendly><item><title>Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day &amp; Successfully Diet?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/XhEs1ptrVt0/want-to-eat-chocolate-every-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:26:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-6386161578383647996</guid><description>&lt;alt = "Newtree alpha chocolate discs with Omega 3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Then New Tree "Alpha"  - I recommend you try it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SkZ4J1nCzeI/AAAAAAAACac/M0gR67b0hCY/s1600-h/New+Tree+Alpha+by+Sam+Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SkZ4J1nCzeI/AAAAAAAACac/M0gR67b0hCY/s1600/New+Tree+Alpha+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" title="picture photograph image New Tree Alpha Chocolate 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image New Tree Alpha Chocolate 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there is one thing I am loathe to give up when I am dieting, it is chocolate and I've found that a little piece of dark chocolate every day satisfies any cravings. Recently, at &lt;a href="http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/"&gt;Rainbow Grocery&lt;/a&gt;, I discovered range of &lt;a href="http://newtree.com/alpha.php"&gt;Newtree's 'Alpha'&lt;/a&gt; range of chocolate discs that come in three flavours: Noir, Thym and Piment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These small, but extremely satisfying 23 gram bars contain crisped rice and golden roasted flax seeds not only give each bite a pleasing nibbly effect and crunch, they provide 15% of the recommended daily amount of Omega 3 too. I don't pay any attention to the Omega 3's in my diet as a rule, but since Newtree's got it, I am not going to knock it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who are calorie counting or 'Weightwatching', these small treats contain only 110 calories, or just 2 Weightwatcher points; very modest numbers in the world of chocolate eating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do have a certain amount of willpower, but perhaps not quite enough to stop myself sneaking 'just another square' once a larger bar has been unwrapped. That's why these tiny little 'Alpha' bars, help me overcome the issue of overindulging, by providing just enough chocolate to keep me happy, all in one small, handy package.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With its spicy kick, the 'Piment' is my favourite of the three flavours offered with the plain 'Noir' a close second. I would describe the 'Thym' as 'interesting' and although I don't dislike it, it does trail behind the other two in the desirability stakes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as for chocolate on a diet - you might be wondering - does it work? Well, I've lost over 20 pounds in just 14 weeks, so I'll let you be the judge of that...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-water-for-life-courtesy-of.html"&gt;Free Water for Life courtesy of Boccalone Salumeria &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/07/lemony-yoghurt.html"&gt;Lemony Yogurt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/07/2003-vintage-coonawarra-majella.html"&gt;2003 Vintage Coonawarra Majella Sparkling Shiraz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2004 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2004/07/restaurant-pizza-la-gioconda.html"&gt;Restaurant Pizza "La Gioconda", Paris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-06T13:26:26.882-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SkZ4J1nCzeI/AAAAAAAACac/M0gR67b0hCY/s72-c/New+Tree+Alpha+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/07/want-to-eat-chocolate-every-day.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The last Lagier Ranches sour cherries of the season,</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/bSW1taaAPZo/last-lagier-ranches-sour-cherries-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:38:24 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-8741621016527150869</guid><description>&lt;alt = "Lagier Ranch coveted sour cherries almost gone at 8am when the market opened"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Washed and drying, ready for freezin'...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SkjZ6QOFvYI/AAAAAAAACas/ENs-Jgxg7H0/s1600-h/Lagier+Sour+Cherries+by+Sam+Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SkjZ6QOFvYI/AAAAAAAACas/ENs-Jgxg7H0/s1600/Lagier+Sour+Cherries+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" title="picture photograph image TITLE 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image ALT 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 8am last Saturday morning, just as the market was opening, four women, myself included, picked over the very last of &lt;a href="http://www.lagierranches.com/StoreFront.bok"&gt;Lagier Ranches&lt;/a&gt;' sour cherries, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/06/grilled-fresh-plump-portugese-sardines.html"&gt;Grilled Fresh, Plump, Portuguese Sardines&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html"&gt;How I made Lemon Curd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/06/helmand-430-broadway-san-francisco-ca.html"&gt;The Helmand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-8741621016527150869?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-27T13:07:30.301-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SkZ4JhOf4KI/AAAAAAAACaU/sPMcVZ0mzk4/s72-c/Tayberries+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">12</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/06/smudgie-tayberries-dusting-of-sugar.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>If you're serious about your Chocolate Obsession,</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/STkez89osFE/if-youre-serious-about-your-chocolate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:12:15 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-40025977200699534</guid><description>&lt;alt = "photographs from a Serious Chocolate class at Michael Recchiuti chocolate factory in San Francisco, Dogpatch"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;I'd suggest a Recchiuti chocolate lesson.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55gb-qrnI/AAAAAAAACZE/hqQDSLpoKRE/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55gb-qrnI/AAAAAAAACZE/hqQDSLpoKRE/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-6.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We watched Michael go through the process of making these four chocolates: Star Anise, Pink Peppercorn Ganache; Rose Caramel; Lemon Verbena Ganache; Piedmont Hazelnut.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55RZp60zI/AAAAAAAACYc/uX-aIIrlv-M/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55RZp60zI/AAAAAAAACYc/uX-aIIrlv-M/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-1.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Michael shows us his chcolate sprayer. He uses the spray for the Rose Caramels.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55grvOh_I/AAAAAAAACZM/TsjCtWezsHQ/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55grvOh_I/AAAAAAAACZM/TsjCtWezsHQ/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-7.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Michael makes these templates for creating the backs of chocolates himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55g5UqCOI/AAAAAAAACZU/BFQIwKlw-zQ/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55g5UqCOI/AAAAAAAACZU/BFQIwKlw-zQ/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-8.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Michael spreads chocolate over the template to create the disks that will later become the backs of the Star Anise &amp; Pink Peppercorn chocolates.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55RizcZoI/AAAAAAAACYk/RCrTVgFWg_Q/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55RizcZoI/AAAAAAAACYk/RCrTVgFWg_Q/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-2.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Tempering white chocolate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55gzhXztI/AAAAAAAACZc/5SylSMsyrsE/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55gzhXztI/AAAAAAAACZc/5SylSMsyrsE/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-9.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Michael explains the tempering process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55hE710_I/AAAAAAAACZk/Y9EGBDggxG4/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55hE710_I/AAAAAAAACZk/Y9EGBDggxG4/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-10.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  A larger tempering machine also has a vibrating shelf that jiggles the chocolates to get rid of any potential air bubbles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55R-PP1II/AAAAAAAACYs/uULVKW-3W8k/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55R-PP1II/AAAAAAAACYs/uULVKW-3W8k/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-3.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  I'd like to make a bed of this machine and just lie back with my mouth wide open to catch the dribbles. This is tempered milk chocolate being used for the Piedmont Hazelnuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55z-Qc7XI/AAAAAAAACZs/Ms7pdzxvBkY/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55z-Qc7XI/AAAAAAAACZs/Ms7pdzxvBkY/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-11.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Michael sppons the Star Anise &amp; Pink Peppercorn Ganache into a large piping bag. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55z719vcI/AAAAAAAACZ0/5E-erW_Dm9Y/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55z719vcI/AAAAAAAACZ0/5E-erW_Dm9Y/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-12.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Then he carefully pipes it onto the chocolate bases he made earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55SMTtmnI/AAAAAAAACY0/nqScdmaIFws/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55SMTtmnI/AAAAAAAACY0/nqScdmaIFws/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-4.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is a chocolate slicing machine - it works much like an egg slicer. Michael uses this one for the Lemon Verbena Ganache. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj550Lc5fxI/AAAAAAAACZ8/k_HjfdU3Fy4/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj550Lc5fxI/AAAAAAAACZ8/k_HjfdU3Fy4/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-13.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As soon as they have been enrobed, the Lemon Ganache chocolates are topped with a pattern transfer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj550X86GrI/AAAAAAAACaE/5vnr5S4ePhA/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj550X86GrI/AAAAAAAACaE/5vnr5S4ePhA/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-14.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Then the Lemon Verbena candies continue their way down the conveyer belt of the enrobing machine...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55SEMj45I/AAAAAAAACY8/68d7kXYAlY0/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55SEMj45I/AAAAAAAACY8/68d7kXYAlY0/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-5.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  ...As the other chocolates are just getting ready to be cloaked with a chocolate coating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj550aBysjI/AAAAAAAACaM/bCcfV2s_2Co/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj550aBysjI/AAAAAAAACaM/bCcfV2s_2Co/s1600/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-15.jpg" title="picture photograph image Recchiuti Chocolate Factory Kitchen 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Serious Chocolate Class with Michael Recchiuti 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Finally the transfers can be removed and these Lemon Verbena confections are ready to enjoy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These photographs were taken during a "Serious Chocolate" class at Recchiuti's chocolate kitchen yesterday afternoon. &lt;a href="http://www.recchiuti.com/demo_overview.html?area=10&amp;id=7aRxiJxR"&gt;For more details about classes and tastings, see the Recchiuti website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More of my photographs from the afternoon can be seen on my Facebook page via &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2027385&amp;id=1385752424&amp;l=e9a72c51fb"&gt;this public link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recchiuti Confections on &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2027385&amp;id=1385752424&amp;ref=nf#/recchiuti?ref=nf"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Recchiuti on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/Recchiuti"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/06/dancing-croissant-for-every-winner.html"&gt;A Dancing Croissant for Every Winner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/06/farmer-brown-coco-500-san-francisco.html"&gt;Farmer Brown &amp; 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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-21T12:12:15.788-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sj55gb-qrnI/AAAAAAAACZE/hqQDSLpoKRE/s72-c/Recchiuti-Chocolate-Class-by-Sam-Breach-6.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/06/if-youre-serious-about-your-chocolate.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Maine Root's invigorating Ginger Brew does the trick,</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/xQCLtb1k1KM/maine-roots-invigorating-ginger-brew.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:51:10 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-8738815579759979412</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;When you want a drink with a hot, peppery kick.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SjiAfPSh-LI/AAAAAAAACYU/rqlY0Bab84o/s1600-h/ginger+brew+by+Sam+Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SjiAfPSh-LI/AAAAAAAACYU/rqlY0Bab84o/s1600/ginger+brew+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" title="picture photograph image Maine Root Ginger Brew 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Maine Root Ginger Brew 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found this &lt;a href="http://maineroot.com/products_gingerbrew.php"&gt;Ginger Brew&lt;/a&gt; soda at Wholefoods. Find out more information about Maine Root and their all natural, hand-crafted products &lt;a href="http://maineroot.com/index.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/06/food-pairing-game.html"&gt;Food Pairing Game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/06/boating-on-san-francisco-bay.html"&gt;Boating on the Bay, tomato season day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-8738815579759979412?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-06-03T08:14:50.975-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SiaQzO-60MI/AAAAAAAACX8/OHnVfbfXF7I/s72-c/agretti+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/06/mariquita-agretti.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Early Summer Dessert Platter: Strawberries, Yogurt &amp; Cookies</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/Z2x1HK9IJA4/early-summer-dessert-platter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:56:11 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-1136855220869727551</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Sweet, Simple, Fresh and Bright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SiK4MKppbdI/AAAAAAAACXs/Xa2FYUcmXx8/s1600-h/summer+dessert+platter+by+sam+breach+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SiK4MGjUJMI/AAAAAAAACX0/K-l0rN0fkpo/s1600/summer+dessert+pltter+by+sam+breach+2.jpg" title="picture photograph image summer dessert platter 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image strawberries - wholewheat sables - strained yogurt 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this time of year, for pot lucks, BBQs and other gatherings where you might want to serve up something sweet to a large number of people, I can't recommend this combination enough. I've served this trio of fresh fruit, top-notch dairy and nibbly, buttery cookies to different crowds on more than one occasion and, to date, it's always been met with &lt;strike&gt;enthusiasm&lt;/strike&gt; raptures of delight*. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Strawberries from &lt;a href="http://www.swantonberryfarm.com/"&gt;Swanton&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href="http://dirtygirlproduce.com/"&gt;Dirty Girl&lt;/a&gt;: Hulled, sliced and sprinkled with a little sugar to draw out their juices and make them glisten.&lt;br /&gt;-A quart of &lt;a href="http://www.stbenoit.com/"&gt;St Benoit&lt;/a&gt;'s delicious plain Yoghurt, strained for several hours, to thicken.&lt;br /&gt;-A Syrup made by briefly simmering a little water, sugar and a few damaged strawberries together with six Rose Geranium leaves (from &lt;a href="http://www.eatwell.com/"&gt;Eatwell Farm&lt;/a&gt;) before straining, ready to dribble over both the yogurt and strawberries.&lt;br /&gt;-Wholewheat cocoa-nib sables made with crunchy, nutty home-ground wheat flour (wheatberries also from &lt;a href="http://www.eatwell.com/"&gt;Eatwell Farm&lt;/a&gt;) and local &lt;a href="http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/"&gt;Straus&lt;/a&gt; organic butter from a recipe in &lt;a href="http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9781579652111"&gt;Pure Desserts&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Alice-Medrich/760011584"&gt;Alice Medrich&lt;/a&gt;. [One of my very favourite recipe books from the last year.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(*for proof, see Anood's comment, thanks Anood)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2007 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/05/houstons-montgomery-emarcadero-san.html"&gt;Steak House Sublime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/05/pump-room-bath-england.html"&gt;The Pump Rooms - Bath - England&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-1136855220869727551?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-28T08:17:23.206-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sh6lPDvKxBI/AAAAAAAACXM/98Bnw7eyd8Q/s72-c/egg-fried-rice-by-sam-breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/05/for-breakfast-egg-fried-rice-is-kind-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Asparagus Season Ends</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/Z7YjukUj3Tg/asparagus-season-ends.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 21:32:17 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-2929563310098803853</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Holding back a foodie tear,&lt;br /&gt;No more asparagus until next year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Shtubdili1I/AAAAAAAACXE/F7goCZW06m8/s1600/asaparagus+Season+by+Sam+Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Shtubdili1I/AAAAAAAACXE/F7goCZW06m8/s1600/asaparagus+Season+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" title="picture photograph image Last of the season asparaus 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image pasture raised eggs and asparagus 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Local Resources&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asparagus from &lt;a href="http://cuesa.org/markets/farmers/farm_93.php"&gt;Zuckerman's Farm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eggs from &lt;a href="http://www.soulfoodfarm.com/"&gt;Soul Food Farm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Butter from &lt;a href="http://cloverstornetta.com/products/organic_salted_farmstead_butter.asp"&gt;Clover Organic Farmstead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/05/opentable-diners-choicetm-restaurant.html"&gt;Opentable Diners' Choice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/05/ramp-855-china-basin-san-francisco.html"&gt;The Ramp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2004 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2004/05/slow-club.html"&gt;The Slow Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-2929563310098803853?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-25T21:32:17.764-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Shtubdili1I/AAAAAAAACXE/F7goCZW06m8/s72-c/asaparagus+Season+by+Sam+Breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">12</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/05/asparagus-season-ends.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Chorizo - Pine Nut Lettuce Wraps</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/rSXjtXa1e2Y/chorizo-pine-nut-lettuce-wraps.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 15:28:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-2298452417067170383</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Featuring the Fatted Calf's most excellent Mexican Chorizo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sf4Rcxg0jYI/AAAAAAAACW8/qOvMJJWLfcE/s1600/Chorizo-Lettuce-Wrap-by-Sam-Breach.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sf4Rcxg0jYI/AAAAAAAACW8/qOvMJJWLfcE/s1600/Chorizo-Lettuce-Wrap-by-Sam-Breach.1.jpg" title="picture photograph image chorizo lettuce wrap 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image lettuce cups 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have probably been shopping regularly from &lt;a href="http://www.fattedcalf.com/"&gt;The Fatted Calf&lt;/a&gt; longer than most in San Francisco. My custom stretches back to a time when the only way to get hold of their meaty goods was to make a trip to the Berkeley Farmer's Market, which I regularly did, solely on their account.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I have to ask myself the question: 'Why on earth, in four and a half years, have I never tried the Fatted Calf's Mexican Chorizo before?' It's excellent; easy to cook with, packed full of spicy flavour and so tasty. We now love it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also love these lettuce wraps, which I invented on a whim last week. Why waste your time stuffing your lettuce leaves with minced chicken, when you could have them filled with hot, finger-licking, spiced, pasture-raised pork instead, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm a glug of olive oil in a large skillet and gently sautee the entire head and whatever is usable of the stem of a spring garlic. Add 4oz of Chorizo (spicy Mexican style loose sausage) and fry until cooked through and starting to brown. Add two tablespoons of toasted pine nuts and a couple of grated carrots. Use the mixture to stuff the leaves of one or two fresh, crisp. Little Gem Lettuces. Eat with your fingers, mmmm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Weightwatchers:&lt;/span&gt; Mexican-style chrorizo doesn't show up in my WW calculator, so I estimated the points value using raw pork sausage instead. The recipe above serves two at what I calculated to be 8 WW points per person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Local Resources&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fattedcalf.com/sausage.php"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Fatted Calf&lt;/a&gt; spicy Mexican style loose sausage is made from pasture raised pork, organic garlic, red wine vinegar, organic herbs, sea salt and spices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring garlic, carrot and Little Gems from the &lt;a href="http://www.mariquita.com/"&gt;Mariquita Farm&lt;/a&gt; Mystery Box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Olive Oil by &lt;a href="http://www.barianioliveoil.com/"&gt;Bariani&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/05/sixty-nine.html"&gt;Sixty Nine Dollars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2007 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/05/chillin-out-in-coolest-part-of-house.html"&gt;In My Fridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/05/revisit-tapeo-b-street-san-rafael.html"&gt;Tapeo B&lt;/a&gt;, San Rafael, now closed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-03T15:28:30.067-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/Sf4Rcxg0jYI/AAAAAAAACW8/qOvMJJWLfcE/s72-c/Chorizo-Lettuce-Wrap-by-Sam-Breach.1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">18</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/05/chorizo-pine-nut-lettuce-wraps.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>What I've been Up to</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/QIoYXNyVw4I/what-ive-been-up-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:29:16 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-2774776903514970434</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixybeast/3452811795/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3539/3452811795_8411aa0209.jpg?v=0" title="picture photograph image April Hike 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image Briones Park Eat Bay 2009 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;center&gt;Spring Poppies in &lt;a href="http://www.ebparks.org/parks/briones"&gt;Briones Park&lt;/a&gt;, The East Bay.&lt;/center&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have recently been recovering from a difficult period in my life by doing the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Losing weight with help from &lt;a href="http://www.weightwatchers.com/"&gt;Weightwatchers&lt;/a&gt; online tracking tools.&lt;br /&gt;-Power walking my way up to being able to &lt;a href="http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/ca/san-francisco/394124075847690636"&gt;run&lt;/a&gt; again.&lt;br /&gt;-Hiking in both the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixybeast/3473310275/"&gt;City&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixybeast/3452811795/"&gt;Countryside&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;-Reading books by &lt;a href="http://www.barbara-pym.org/"&gt;Barbara Pym&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;-Going to the &lt;a href="http://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/fitnessrecreation/missionbay/"&gt;Gym&lt;/a&gt; regularly where I have been trying out all sorts of classes.&lt;br /&gt;-Cooking dinner for friends in lieu of dining out as much as I used to.&lt;br /&gt;-Writing, in rhyme only, on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/sixy"&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;-Working some long hours and enjoying it to boot.&lt;br /&gt;-Finally loading my CDs into iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;-Playing lots of online Scrabble, mostly with Fred and &lt;a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/7645"&gt;Brian&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;-Continuing to support local Farmers and Artisans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and by not doing the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Drinking. (I've never felt better.)&lt;br /&gt;-Reading Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;-Blogging. (I am waiting for inspiration to come back to me.)&lt;br /&gt;-Taking photographs, other than quick cell phone snaps, (sadly, I've lost the desire for now).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and last but not least:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stealing &lt;a href="http://www.lifebeginsat30.com/jen/2009/04/where-ive-been.html"&gt;the idea&lt;/a&gt; for this post from my dear friend Jen Maiser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not promising anyone else anything more, I am just taking each day, for myself, as it comes and feeling better than I have done in a long, long time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-2774776903514970434?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-26T10:29:16.506-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">28</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-ive-been-up-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Words From My Grandmother</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/_JiWbwMTTwQ/words-from-my-grandmother.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:07:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-2251472954291431001</guid><description>&lt;alt = "Muriel Naomi Couch"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;I wanted to share some of the words I received in a letter from my grandmother today...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;Promise yourself to talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Promise to make all your friends feel that there is something in them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Promise yourself to look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muriel Naomi, March 12th 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/400/IMG_3489.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/400/IMG_3489.jpg" title="picture photograph image TITLE 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image ALT 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love my grandmother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-2251472954291431001?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-16T22:07:12.808-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">40</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/03/words-from-my-grandmother.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sad News about Clover Farmstead Organic Butter</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/veg5rXPAvr4/sad-news-about-clover-farmstead-organic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:38:13 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-3440301639530615694</guid><description>&lt;alt = "CLover Farmstead stops production"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;I only just discovered that blogger.com, with whom this blog is hosted, now has an 'unreviewed comments' section where it decides that random comments require my approval. I found about 40 comments in the queue, all perfectly reasonable and not spam, where some of them had been languishing since the beginning of the year. Apparently, all they needed was for me to give them the ok. Huge apologies to anyone whose comment got lost in there, I have just read and hit the publish button on all of the acceptable ones. As I went through the comments, I found one in particular that I read with a heavy heart. It was added to &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/clover-farmstead-organic-butter.html"&gt;this post here&lt;/a&gt;, and I am sorry to have to share this news with fellow fans of Clover Organic Farmstead butter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SV6tLlvZSMI/AAAAAAAACDw/7A1Va0OzgYQ/s1600-h/Clover+Farmstead+Butter+by+Sam+Breach+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SV6tLlvZSMI/AAAAAAAACDw/7A1Va0OzgYQ/s400/Clover+Farmstead+Butter+by+Sam+Breach+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286853427200608450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Thanx for the acclaim!It is with a heavy heart I am informing you and your readers that St Anthony Farm will be closing it's doors. The cows will be departing 2/2 and I will be producing the last crock of Farmstead butter 2/3.&lt;br /&gt;My grandfather retired as a Creamery manager/buttermaker and his oldest son continued on in his tradition, ultimately winning 1st prize in 1969 at the New York State Fair. As the third generation buttermaker, I am genetically predisposed to making THE best butter, and your article has affirmed the accomplishment of my goals. &lt;br /&gt;As dairy supervisor for the past 13 years it has been rewarding to have aided so many on their path to recovery from the disease of addiction, and giving them the opportunity to work with our organic cows. The birth of a new calf is always a special event and I must close now for a delivery."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curtis Fjelstul &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you, Curtis, for showing what is possible. If there is anything our community can do to help you, please let us know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/R4BA-PFoTUI/AAAAAAAABCg/a2ZXGn3wl1E/s1600-h/Question_Of_The_Day.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/R4BA-PFoTUI/AAAAAAAABCg/a2ZXGn3wl1E/s1600/Question_Of_The_Day.jpg" border="0" alt="QUESTION OF THE DAY graphic copyright sam breach" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;&lt;bold&gt;&lt;center&gt;?Now what are we butter lovers going to do?&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/bold&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/03/fritz-vintage-2002-mendocino-county.html"&gt;When Barbie Dumped Ken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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If you have only tried clotted cream, pasteurised, from a jar, then you haven't yet had the full experience of how insanely good this thick, yellow, butter-nibble-crusted epitome of dairy fat can be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the absence of Cornwall, a lover of traditional cream teas might be wont to experiment with ways of trying to recreate clotted cream and after many failed attempts I came up with a technique that won't replace the real thing, but will win over the pretender that you can otherwise only pick up off a shelf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't start with milk or your yield will be too small. Start with cream. Raw, upasteurised cream gives the best results. I can't give you a recommendation for raw cream in your area but in California &lt;a href="http://claravaledairy.com/index.html"&gt;Claravale's&lt;/a&gt; raw cream is the best contender for the job that I have found. &lt;a href="http://www.organicpastures.com/products_cream.html"&gt;Organic Pastures&lt;/a&gt; version works too. You can even make an ok version with pasteurised cream (I tried &lt;a href="http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/?section=Products"&gt;Straus Organic&lt;/a&gt;), but raw is definitely the best thing to use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set aside several hours, this is a long project. Pour a pint of cream into your largest, non reactive, clean frying-pan. I use a large &lt;a href="http://www.all-clad.com/collections/Stainless-Steel/frypans.htm?index="&gt;All-Clad fry pan&lt;/a&gt;, you need the largest surface area you can get. Put over your lowest heat setting, I use 'warm' on my ancient electric stove. If you use gas, I am guessing you will need a diffuser. After about an hour, a crust will have formed on the surface. Scrape it off with a non-slotted spoon into a bowl, keeping the crust facing upwards. Repeat 3 or 4 times until most of the cream has thickened and been scraped into the bowl. Refrigerate over night. The next morning you should have a thick, gloopy, knobbly-surfaced cream which you can spread onto a freshly baked scone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or why not just save some time and spread it directly onto your thighs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/02/warming-hut.html"&gt;The Warming Hut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/02/jammy-vodka.html"&gt;Jammy Vodka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-02-22T15:19:16.146-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SaGCRw7IyjI/AAAAAAAACWU/Kg43X0Ru3jQ/s72-c/Clotted+Cream+Scone+by+Sam+Breach+550.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">34</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/02/making-clotted-cream-in-california.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Kitchen Mystery Quiz - Answers Revealed</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/MNmihCiGBWY/kitchen-mystery-quiz-answers-revealed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:34:34 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-8790607814638300885</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;How many did &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt; guess correctly..?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: If you would like to have a go at this quiz before checking the answers below, then &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/are-you-kitchen-whiz.html"&gt;click here straight away&lt;/a&gt; before looking at this post!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEi8RmNI/AAAAAAAACVs/RKMCcGneitQ/s1600-h/quiz-answer-1-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEi8RmNI/AAAAAAAACVs/RKMCcGneitQ/s400/quiz-answer-1-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459750933043410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpElhAMBI/AAAAAAAACVk/1TYsCCXwdsk/s1600-h/quiz-answer-2-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpElhAMBI/AAAAAAAACVk/1TYsCCXwdsk/s400/quiz-answer-2-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459751623962642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEIaOjfI/AAAAAAAACVc/w0VF4IXYgXE/s1600-h/quiz-answer-3-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEIaOjfI/AAAAAAAACVc/w0VF4IXYgXE/s400/quiz-answer-3-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459743810915826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEOR8zFI/AAAAAAAACVU/9bKBhfwBOsU/s1600-h/quiz-answer-4-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEOR8zFI/AAAAAAAACVU/9bKBhfwBOsU/s400/quiz-answer-4-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298459745386810450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflT2OI2NI/AAAAAAAACVE/FAlB4di4ZFA/s1600-h/quiz-answer-5-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflT2OI2NI/AAAAAAAACVE/FAlB4di4ZFA/s400/quiz-answer-5-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298455615759767762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflT7sg7MI/AAAAAAAACU8/YJFgnpEeHco/s1600-h/quiz-answer-6-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflT7sg7MI/AAAAAAAACU8/YJFgnpEeHco/s400/quiz-answer-6-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298455617229352130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpcVpa-QI/AAAAAAAACV0/GQPLow83xhE/s1600-h/quiz-answer-7-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpcVpa-QI/AAAAAAAACV0/GQPLow83xhE/s400/quiz-answer-7-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298460159681165570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflT_UqmxI/AAAAAAAACU0/WRdUSqSztDE/s1600-h/quiz-answer-8-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflT_UqmxI/AAAAAAAACU0/WRdUSqSztDE/s400/quiz-answer-8-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298455618203065106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflTmv959I/AAAAAAAACUs/gsFXbfSmDQE/s1600-h/quiz-answer-9-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflTmv959I/AAAAAAAACUs/gsFXbfSmDQE/s400/quiz-answer-9-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298455611606689746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflTY0QDQI/AAAAAAAACUk/IqILFk_yiqQ/s1600-h/quiz-answer-10-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYflTY0QDQI/AAAAAAAACUk/IqILFk_yiqQ/s400/quiz-answer-10-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298455607866559746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLhpKHcI/AAAAAAAACUc/TuOrWVl9ayI/s1600-h/quiz-answer-11-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLhpKHcI/AAAAAAAACUc/TuOrWVl9ayI/s400/quiz-answer-11-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298444477680721346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLgcldpI/AAAAAAAACUU/fMJzkjNA6fE/s1600-h/quiz-answer-12-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLgcldpI/AAAAAAAACUU/fMJzkjNA6fE/s400/quiz-answer-12-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298444477359552146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLhJXQrI/AAAAAAAACUM/ZOJjcFnUxUE/s1600-h/quiz-answer-13-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLhJXQrI/AAAAAAAACUM/ZOJjcFnUxUE/s400/quiz-answer-13-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298444477547365042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLjSEnHI/AAAAAAAACUE/IzKhGRRe6dc/s1600-h/quiz-answer-14-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLjSEnHI/AAAAAAAACUE/IzKhGRRe6dc/s400/quiz-answer-14-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298444478120762482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLeJUIlI/AAAAAAAACT8/0ldijVYXr2U/s1600-h/quiz-answer-15-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfbLeJUIlI/AAAAAAAACT8/0ldijVYXr2U/s400/quiz-answer-15-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298444476741853778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHubmmTI/AAAAAAAACT0/hBua4c8pCRw/s1600-h/quiz-answer-16-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHubmmTI/AAAAAAAACT0/hBua4c8pCRw/s400/quiz-answer-16-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298443312882424114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHTxBtwI/AAAAAAAACTs/YdLDNQMWWD8/s1600-h/quiz-answer-17-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHTxBtwI/AAAAAAAACTs/YdLDNQMWWD8/s400/quiz-answer-17-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298443305724524290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHYMqxfI/AAAAAAAACTk/hdijszSnycI/s1600-h/quiz-answer-18-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHYMqxfI/AAAAAAAACTk/hdijszSnycI/s400/quiz-answer-18-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298443306914203122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHfbFYgI/AAAAAAAACTc/j39uP2wvcyw/s1600-h/quiz-answer-19-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHfbFYgI/AAAAAAAACTc/j39uP2wvcyw/s400/quiz-answer-19-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298443308853715458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfaHTA9Q2I/AAAAAAAACTU/BkGm7m7d1ww/s1600-h/quiz-answer-20-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-02-17T12:34:34.243-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SYfpEi8RmNI/AAAAAAAACVs/RKMCcGneitQ/s72-c/quiz-answer-1-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">17</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/02/kitchen-mystery-quiz-answers-revealed.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Are you a Kitchen Whiz?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/xAel4mBM3N8/are-you-kitchen-whiz.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:35:57 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-3868463625968205064</guid><description>&lt;alt = "Then Take This Culinary Gadget Quiz..."&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Then Take My Culinary Gadget Quiz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVIuLxph0I/AAAAAAAACP0/iVnzT9GO80c/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-19-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVIuLxph0I/AAAAAAAACP0/iVnzT9GO80c/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-19-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293216895316100930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHqR9YyXI/AAAAAAAACPc/HcgnO5PL2Sc/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-20-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHqR9YyXI/AAAAAAAACPc/HcgnO5PL2Sc/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-20-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293215728744843634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHOhQovLI/AAAAAAAACPU/bjBZFyAYAWM/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-18-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHOhQovLI/AAAAAAAACPU/bjBZFyAYAWM/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-18-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293215251815775410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHOUusfAI/AAAAAAAACPM/WbbO3xPbXjE/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-17-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHOUusfAI/AAAAAAAACPM/WbbO3xPbXjE/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-17-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293215248452189186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHOOoeI_I/AAAAAAAACPE/x92CQ-dcDJ4/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-16-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHOOoeI_I/AAAAAAAACPE/x92CQ-dcDJ4/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-16-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293215246815470578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHNz2W9pI/AAAAAAAACO8/2NigqhjD6-s/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-15-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHNz2W9pI/AAAAAAAACO8/2NigqhjD6-s/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-15-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293215239625963154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHNq3bOsI/AAAAAAAACO0/Z-KIdezFk_c/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-14-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVHNq3bOsI/AAAAAAAACO0/Z-KIdezFk_c/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-14-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293215237214517954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3ms-3CI/AAAAAAAACOs/1Y0_HeK_-P4/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-13-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3ms-3CI/AAAAAAAACOs/1Y0_HeK_-P4/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-13-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293214858139851810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3htOnfI/AAAAAAAACOk/pmwiKRJ-MZQ/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-12-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3htOnfI/AAAAAAAACOk/pmwiKRJ-MZQ/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-12-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293214856798707186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3n1uQwI/AAAAAAAACOc/F9T92nkL3wg/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-11-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3n1uQwI/AAAAAAAACOc/F9T92nkL3wg/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-11-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293214858444948226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3aqPcJI/AAAAAAAACOU/z7azGXFWvRc/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-10-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3aqPcJI/AAAAAAAACOU/z7azGXFWvRc/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-10-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293214854907130002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3QpiaJI/AAAAAAAACOM/ZwufZttS2qo/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-9-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVG3QpiaJI/AAAAAAAACOM/ZwufZttS2qo/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-9-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293214852219824274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAjE5TfzI/AAAAAAAACOE/UAod-Ip77ZA/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-8-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAjE5TfzI/AAAAAAAACOE/UAod-Ip77ZA/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-8-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293207908397580082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAixSqRtI/AAAAAAAACN8/gjbVVJiJY8s/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-7-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAixSqRtI/AAAAAAAACN8/gjbVVJiJY8s/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-7-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293207903135221458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAiowFEQI/AAAAAAAACN0/3JDaWTFLgRs/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-5-by-Sam-Breach"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAiowFEQI/AAAAAAAACN0/3JDaWTFLgRs/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-5-by-Sam-Breach" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293207900842692866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAiBICtXI/AAAAAAAACNs/0zgTYDFqgss/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-4-by-Sam-Breach"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVAiBICtXI/AAAAAAAACNs/0zgTYDFqgss/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-4-by-Sam-Breach" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293207890205783410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXU_SsJfm7I/AAAAAAAACNk/gFLJDWIjQGE/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-3-by-Sam-Breach"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXU_SsJfm7I/AAAAAAAACNk/gFLJDWIjQGE/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-3-by-Sam-Breach" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293206527365061554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXU_Sv2kEgI/AAAAAAAACNc/isPe94g1RCQ/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-2-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXU_Sv2kEgI/AAAAAAAACNc/isPe94g1RCQ/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-2-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293206528359404034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXU_SdTpdGI/AAAAAAAACNU/l0xvpJNeYjA/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXU_SdTpdGI/AAAAAAAACNU/l0xvpJNeYjA/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293206523381118050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVzUcyaKYI/AAAAAAAACP8/CcgmcdyLm5g/s1600-h/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-6-by-Sam-Breach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVzUcyaKYI/AAAAAAAACP8/CcgmcdyLm5g/s1600/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-6-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293263732206086530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I created this little quiz at Christmas for a small parlour-game soiree I hosted. We projected the photographs on to the wall and guests were only afforded a few seconds to guess what each of them might be. It's a little easier for anyone taking part online because they could gaze at them for hours, if they really wanted to. The only clue I am giving is that everything you see here is kept in one of my kitchen drawers. This is solely for a bit fun. You can write your guesses in the comments or jot them down on a piece of paper at home as you wish. And you have plenty of time. I am not going to give away the correct answers for a week or two. Enjoy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;UPDATE&lt;/span&gt;: the answers to the quiz are now available by &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/02/kitchen-mystery-quiz-answers-revealed.html"&gt;clicking here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-02-17T12:35:57.855-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SXVIuLxph0I/AAAAAAAACP0/iVnzT9GO80c/s72-c/Mystery-Kitchen-Object-19-by-Sam-Breach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">19</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/are-you-kitchen-whiz.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Menu for Hope "Lowelego Sweep Set" Winners Announced</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/tvSf8aySErU/menu-for-hope-lowelego-sweep-set.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:07:45 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-8573575508027694892</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Thank you so much for the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;$62,206.86&lt;/span&gt; so many food blog readers around the world helped to raise in support of the UN World Food Program to Help Feed Lesotho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winners of my prizes - will each be receiving a Lowelego Sweep Set (see &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2008/12/menu-for-hope-2008-help-feed-lesotho.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for details). Congratulations to the two winners:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:120%;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;Ms. Jean Tan&lt;br /&gt;Ms. Tara Weaver&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara and Jean, please &lt;a href = mailto:"becks.posh.food.blog@gmail.com"&gt;email&lt;/a&gt; me with your address details and I will arrange delivery of your prizes. Thanks once again, for taking part.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a full list of all the prizewinners, visit &lt;a href="http://www.chezpim.com/blogs/2009/01/menu-for-hope-v-raffle-results.html"&gt;Chez Pim&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2007 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/fatted-calf-petit-jambon-little-smoked.html"&gt;Fatted Calf "Petit Jambon" - little smoked Heritage hams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/01/retro-blog-party.html"&gt;On the Jukebox: To Sir With Love: Retro Blog Party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, or at the aforementioned url, the site you are looking at might be guilty of infringing upon &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;terms of copyright&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6981521-8573575508027694892?l=becksposhnosh.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-19T10:07:45.170-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/menu-for-hope-lowelego-sweep-set.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>$3400+ Thank You's to All of You</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UfcP/~3/43Zq3TsRysg/3400-thank-yous-to-all-of-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sam)</author><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:53:55 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981521.post-266818985613649403</guid><description>&lt;alt = "REPLACE WITH ALT TITLE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Together we Made it to #13 on The 2008 Pink Honor Roll&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:90%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Komen &lt;a href="http://sfkomen.org/raceforthecure.htm"&gt;San Francisco Race For The Cure&lt;/a&gt; raised over $1 million in 2008!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sfkomen.org/PinkHonorRoll2007.htm"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/SWQ7DlZ6miI/AAAAAAAACEg/mCu599liPUE/s1600/race+for+cure+2.jpg" title="picture photograph image TITLE 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" alt="picture photograph image ALT 2008 copyright of sam breach http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, September 21 2008 was a spectacular day. Over six thousand people attended the Race and, along with the dedicated work of our fundraisers and the generosity of our sponsors, their contributions will help our Affiliate continue to support breast cancer programs in the 9 Bay Area counties and our National Research program.  Our online fundraising competition officially closed on November 1, 2008 and we are pleased to announce the 2008 Race has raised over $1 Million! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a little tardy in sending out the huge online thank you I promised to everyone who supported me last Fall in raising money to help find a cure for breast cancer with 'The Race for the Cure' as part of the Electronic Arts team. With the help of so many friends, family and readers I managed to achieve so much in such a short time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end, I raised a total of over $3,400 which put me on the honor roll as the thirteenth highest fund raiser for the entire event! Out of thousands of participants. Wow. I am blown away by this. This makes me very proud, thanks to each and every one of you who helped to make that happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2008 Pink Honor Roll only went up on the &lt;a href="http://sfkomen.org/PinkHonorRoll2007.htm"&gt;SFKomen.org&lt;/a&gt; website this week, which is why I have waited so long to share this good news with all of you who supported me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of closest friends, a bunch of wonderful women I met several years ago through my food blogging hobby joined me on the EA team and gave me reason to be even more proud. Two of them made it to the Pink honor Roll along with me. I would like to thank them all for being there with me on Race day: &lt;a href="http://www.grubreport.com/"&gt;Stephanie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://foodmusings.typepad.com/"&gt;Catherine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.gastronomie-sf.com/"&gt;Fatemeh&lt;/a&gt; (due to injury, represented in the race by Linda) and &lt;a href="http://restaurantwhore.com/"&gt;Joy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie and myself trained separately, but elected to run the race together. One short month before the race I couldn't run 5 blocks without difficulty. But I persevered, to get myself in shape, getting up at 6.15am several days a week to practice and gain stamina and build up distance. It worked! Quite perchance and as we found out on race day, Stephanie and myself were perfect running mates, with exactly the same pace and we finished neck and neck, running the entire race together!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We came &lt;a href="http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?orgID=218713&amp;rsID=69553"&gt;607 &amp; 608th respectively&lt;/a&gt;, completing the 5k race in 32 minutes and 50 seconds. (Ok - I was 1 second slower than Stephanie, I'll admit it, she beat me!). For Stephanie's race report &lt;a href="http://www.grubreport.com/alacarte/komen3.html"&gt;read here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I offered to include blog links to any sponsors who wanted a name check. I am therefore giving a shout out to &lt;a href="http://www.divinacucina.blogspot.com/"&gt;Over a Tuscan Stove&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you for your support and a final thanks to everyone who helped me become one of the top fund raisers. I am rendered speechless by your generosity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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Had, she wondered, I tried the &lt;a href="http://cloverstornetta.com/Clover_Farmstead_Butter.asp"&gt;new butter from Clover&lt;/a&gt;, the one that comes in a little crock pot? As she waxed lyrical about this new butter's deliciousness I took mental note. Never one to shy away from trying anything better when it comes to butter I resolved to keep an eye open for this product which didn't prove to be available in my more regular shopping haunts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually I spied the elusive butter in the chill cabinet at San Francisco's  vegetarian cooperative, &lt;a href="http://www.rainbowgrocery.org/"&gt;Rainbow Grocery&lt;/a&gt;.  I've generally found the cost of shopping at Rainbow to be pretty fair but even so, the price of Clover Farmstead might make you balk just a little, at $10+ for the starter pack which includes the cutesy, ribbon-adorned crockpot or $7+ for the refill. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's put the price in perspective. Seven dollars could easily be far less well spent: A couple of coffees or the cheapest glass of wine at your local watering hole might give you some modicum of fleeting delight, but this creamy, salty butter will spread happiness on your toast for a whole two weeks, more or less, depending on how large you like your pleasure. I happen to like mine in thick slabs, almost like cheese. It's that good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this butter. It tastes exactly how I expect a good butter to taste and I don't even need to slather it in &lt;a href="http://www.marmite.com/"&gt;Marmite&lt;/a&gt; to make it palatable. Unlike some of the artisan butters I've bought from the market, the quality of Clover Farmstead so far has been consistently good. And its pedigree is fine: It starts as organic milk from cows pastured in coastal Sonoma before making the journey to &lt;a href="http://www.stanthonysf.org/services/services-farm.html"&gt;St. Anthony's Farm&lt;/a&gt; just outside of Petaluma where there is a small buttery powered by methane gases generated by the farm's cows and the farm work is done by participants in a residential drug and alcohol recovery programme for the poor and homeless. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, not only does this butter have good taste, it has a heart and it has a soul. Now that's a message I'd like to spread...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src = "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/977/1024/sam-sig.jpg" align "left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/R4BA-PFoTUI/AAAAAAAABCg/a2ZXGn3wl1E/s1600-h/Question_Of_The_Day.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_R7BBGIxyay0/R4BA-PFoTUI/AAAAAAAABCg/a2ZXGn3wl1E/s1600/Question_Of_The_Day.jpg" border="0" alt="QUESTION OF THE DAY graphic copyright sam breach" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;&lt;bold&gt;&lt;center&gt;?If you know any other stockists of Clover Farmstead, please can you share in the comments?&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/bold&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:80%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Archives&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/01/quest-ce-que-cest.html"&gt;Qu'est Ce Que C'est?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2005 | &lt;a href="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2005/01/bitter-chocolate-hangar-one-raspberry.html"&gt;Bitter Chocolate &amp; Hangar One Raspberry Vodka Truffles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href ="http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2007/01/about-becks-posh.html#about_14"&gt;© 2009&lt;/a&gt; Sam Breach&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;© 2008 Sam Breach at "Becks &amp; Posh", &lt;a href = "http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/"&gt;becksposhnosh.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; This RSS Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. 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