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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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					<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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					<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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		<title>Recipe for Grilled Chops with Mountain Herbs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Herbal Essence. Today’s post is a simple Grilled Chop with Mountain Herbs. The meat used is less important than the flavor of the herbs. When we first had it in a classic fortified hilltop town in rural Tuscany, the chef used a veal chop. We often use bone-in pork chops (as we did today) but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rome: Le Chiese</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nor can our three wonderful weeks in Rome be described in one article/photo essay. Today, in my first of three posts, I begin with the Churches of Rome. Not only are they architectural marvels, they also hold some of the world’s greatest paintings and sculptures. Friends have expressed astonishment [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Raspberry-Almond Cake</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cocoa &#38; Lavender]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Changing Course. The other night, I was planning to make my quick go-to dessert of Raspberries with Crème Cassonade because my schedule seemed packed. But, I had more time than expected, so I changed course and made a favorite Raspberry-Almond Cake. I turned to Cocoa &#038; Lavender for the recipe. But, wait! It wasn’t there. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Zum Zürich</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In our continuing European trip, we left Morette in France, and traveled by train to Zürich (with changes in Lyon and Geneva). The trip was easy and perfectly on time; I love the Swiss train system, and it is convenient that I have a toddler’s command of the three languages for signage and announcements.  We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Pasta with Blistered Cauliflower, Walnuts, Pecorino, and Mint</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Movie Quotes. In the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, Scarlett, the sassy best friend and roommate to Hugh Grant’s Charlie, arrives at the first wedding in vibrant orange dress with a grape-purple sash. When the boisterous, larger-than-life Gareth sees her after the wedding, he quips, “Scarlet, what a fabulous dress! The ecclesiastical purple and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Southeastern France: To the Mountains!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our friend Marie-Lise, who lives in Paris, comes from the small village of Morette just northwest of Grenoble, in the Isère department. It is in the rolling hills above the Isère River to the west of the Massif du Vercors. She has a lovely home there with stunning mountain views. After Paris, we enjoyed a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Croissants à la Pistache</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moon Croissant, Paris Ama Athige Silva is a tourier — in classic French baking, this is a specialist who focuses exclusively on laminated doughs, specifically croissants. Ama makes the best croissants in Paris, and I’m not exaggerating. It was my good fortune that her shop, Moon Croissant, was just a few minutes’ walk from our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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