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		<title>I always have room for Vitello Tonnato</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because vitello tonnato is a specialty of the Piedmont region, this dish was on every menu in every restaurant we visited all through our trip. Having said that, it was only one extremely random and casual eatery that had me driven to make it myself as soon as I got back home&#8211;so random that I don&#8217;t [...]<div class="related">
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		<title>Day 1 of Cooking in Monforte d&#8217;Alba, Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See, I told you I&#8217;d be back soon!  Ok&#8211;We flew, from JFK International airport and landed in Malpensa, the airport in Milan.  Our first two nights were at Relais San Maurizio, a gorgeous spa/hotel (that is a converted Monastery) that&#8217;s in the area of Piedmont &#8211;a  2 hour car ride from the airport.  Going to a spa was a great way to soften the [...]<div class="related">
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		<title>The trip of a lifetime.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever experience something that you felt was really personally transforming&#8211;and then wanted to share it (talk about the experience) with others but the thoughts and feelings felt so big&#8211;too big to begin? Well, that&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve felt about my recent trip to Piedmont, Italy&#8211;which was just before Thanksgiving (thus the reason why you haven&#8217;t heard a peep from me [...]<div class="related">
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		<title>Have parents gone absolutely mad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the paper this morning, on the front page, was the big news about finally finding Abby Sunderland, the 16 year old girl that was allowed to attempt to set a new world record for being the youngest person (ever) to go around the world on a 40-foot sailboat (ALONE!)&#8211;in what proved to be treacherous (extremely life-threatening) conditions [...]<div class="related">
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		<title>My Muse.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon, my husband, has always been my muse.  He says things that make me laugh, he provokes me to wonder, to debate, to investigate and, once I officially solidify my thoughts, his supportive nature makes me brave enough to share those thoughts with the world. I'm inspired by his calmness and also by his ability to take a passionate stand. I'm continually surprised by his unique combination of incredible strength, intellectual smarts and AND an ironic inner innocence--this sweet desire to trust, when there's so much (everywhere) to instigate wariness...
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		<title>My Birthday in BARCELONA!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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