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		<title>Recipe for Gâteau aux Noix</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Birthday Cake. Many of you know that, for my birthday. I generally prefer pie over cake. However, there are some times when I really love a good cake. My favorites? Almond Butter Cake (our wedding cake). Blueberry Lemon Cream Cake. Boston Cream Pie. Gâteau Nantais. Princess Cake. Torta Ricotta e Pere. And, to that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipes for Stuffed Quail with Pea Purée, Thai Basil Oil • Grilled Quail with Blueberry Compote • Risotto Cakes with Quail Eggs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having a Quail of a Time with Manchester Farms. I used to be able to get quail at our local farmers market but the poultry farmer went on to new adventures. So, you can imagine how happy I was when a representative from Manchester Farms reached out to me and asked if I wanted to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Mom&#8217;s Chocolate Mousse</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chocolate Mousse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chocolate mousse]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One Among Millions. If you search online for “chocolate mousse recipe,” you will find hundreds of millions of results. Does that even include searches for “recette mousse au chocolat?” — would that search bring an additional hundreds of millions of results? I also wonder, of those millions, how many are the same recipe? One by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Grilled Halibut, Asparagus Risotto, and Mango Cream</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grilled Halibut with Asparagus Risotto and Mango Cream]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[el nido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halibut]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[CopyCat! Cats love fish, and so do I. Thus I have no problem copying – or attempting to recreate from memory – a fish dish we recently enjoyed while visiting Santa Fe. We dined at El Nido (The Nest) in the small village of Tesuque, just across the road from the Santa Fe Opera. Following [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Tartare de Bœuf aux Saveurs Thaïes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Homage. When in Zürich, we were hosted by our friends Pauline and Alex for an exquisite dinner at the two Michelin star Widder Restaurant. The atmosphere was warm, inviting, the room quiet, and the tables well-spaced, making conversation easy. Once we were seated at our table, Chef Stefan Heilemann came out to greet us; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Malta: A Whirlwind.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[saint john’s catholic co-cathedral]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the middle of our three weeks in Rome, we popped over to Malta for a couple of nights to visit our niece and her family who live there. Two days in any place is just a taste, but that taste tells us we need to return. And, for those who wish to consider a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Blueberry Cobbler</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blueberry Cobbler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blueberries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blueberry cobbler]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Listener Requests. Back in the 80s, I worked as an announcer for a classical music radio station, and hosted the Saturday morning listener requests program. Phone lines opened only 20 minutes before the show began; listeners gave me their classical listening wishes, and — like a jigsaw puzzle — I put together a list of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rome: All Good Things…</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All good things don’t really need to come to an end. We will definitely be going back and, no matter how many times we go back to Rome, there’s more to see. Today, I share a couple of historical sites, a few of my favorite street photos, some fun street art, visits with friends, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Crème Vichyssoise</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crème Vichyssoise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charleston receipts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junior league cookbook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[louis félix diat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[potato and leek soup]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Summer Classic. My mother got her Crème Vichyssoise recipe from a Junior League cookbook called Charleston Receipts. The book is still available to purchase and was updated most recently in 2021; it is the oldest continuously in-print Junior League cookbook in the United States. Mom’s was the first edition, dated 1950. Before children. Before [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Roma: I Palazzi.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rome: I Palazzi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[palazzo altemps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palazzo barberini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palazzo massimo alle terme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villa farnesina]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I tell you we visited quite a few palaces while in Rome, you’ll know these were not for personal dinner invitations. They are now museums. Rome is replete with such converted palaces and villas; they make beautiful backdrops for great works of art, sculpture, and antiquities. Today, I’ll give a brief overview, and include [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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