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		<title>Recipe for Raspberry-Almond Cake</title>
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		<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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		<category><![CDATA[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]></category>
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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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		<title>Recipe for Lamb and Shiitake Skewers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Getting Grainy. We have been trying to increase our intake of healthy grains, as well as leafy greens, vegetables, and fruits in general. It’s too easy to fall back on starches we love: rice, pasta, potatoes, and bread. Many years ago, we learned of farro when visiting Tuscany, and consumed quite a few bowls of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>PARIS: Something Old, Something New</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Paris continues to tug at my heartstrings; it always will. Each time I arrive in Paris, I think that I will see many old favorites and be very happy doing so. Naturally, this time we did just that, and some new things too — and we had friends Jennifer and Patrick with us to share [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Coda alla Vaccinara</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Scott Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Le Signore delle Verdure. Mark and I are just back from Rome… literally yesterday. We spent three weeks in the Eternal City and, like our three weeks prior in France and Switzerland, it is never enough. But we have to come home sometime, right? And we will go back… When choosing the locations for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Fig Cookies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cocoa &#38; Lavender]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fig Cookies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fig cookies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simply Figgy. I had every intention of posting my recipe for Cuccidati — a festive Sicilian fig cookie — last December, but my organizational skills failed me. I promise I will get to those this fall/winter. In the meantime, there is a simpler, more summery option that I love to make when the figs are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recipe for Sausage and Red Wine Risotto</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cocoa &#38; Lavender]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Days of Wine and Risotto. I make risotto so often that I generally don’t use a recipe. On the rare occasion that I see a recipe I like and want to try, I often find myself using the recipe’s ingredients list but my standard method of making it. That is what happened with today’s recipe. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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