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	<title>Blue Jean Chef</title>
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	<description>comfort writing  from the kitchen...</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy Chocolate Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=108</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was young, my mother always kept a well-stocked pantry.  It was a long tall cupboard and it always seemed full.  I remember flours, sugars, cereals, tomatoes, nuts, anchovies (yes, anchovies), vinaigrettes, teas, pastas, rice, beans, loads of spices (to this day, my mother has a larger spice collection than anyone I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffet Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=107</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it was a sign that perhaps I was eating too much.  I was standing in a buffet line, eating what was already on my plate in order to make room for more.  As soon as the deviled egg passed my lips, I knew I was in trouble.  I turned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Mood</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=103</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been eating blueberries by the handful lately.  I don’t have a huge family to feed, and yet I buy the largest container I can of the little blue fruit and keep them in my fridge.  I start my day with a handful or two on my cereal or in my oatmeal.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Hands</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=100</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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When I was growing up, it seemed that no-one even knew where Trinidad was located (let alone Tobago!).  Things are different now.  Just recently, I stumbled across three references to Trinidad and its cuisine in mainstream American print media.  Saveur, one of America’s top food magazines, published an article devoted to Trinidad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am Canadian.  Bacon is not.</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=95</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lived in the United   States for almost thirteen years now, and “Canadian bacon” continues to perplex me.  I grew up in Canada and yet had never heard of Canadian bacon until I moved to Vermont at the age of 23.  I quickly learned that Canadian bacon is simply back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soup for the Sick or the Soul?</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=94</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Personal</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about chicken noodle soup.  I’ve been thinking about the excellent home-made chicken stock in my freezer, the vegetables in my crisper, the half a grilled chicken breast in my fridge, and the open package of fettuccine in my cupboard.  I’ve been thinking that I have all the ingredients for chicken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organized Child</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=93</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Techniques</category>
	<category>Personal</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am told that as a child, I would go grocery shopping with my mother and “tidy up” the store while she shopped.  I would return misplaced or abandoned items to their rightful homes and make sure that all the labels were facing outwards for the customer to see properly.  Had my mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Life Gives you Honeybells&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=91</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn’t last long, but it’s happening right now!  It’s Honeybell season.  
As promised, juice dripped down my chin and through my fingers as I enjoyed my first Honeybell last week.  It was, indeed, the juiciest “orange” I’ve ever eaten.  No wonder the company that was selling my particular case of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honeybell Ginger Marmalade</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=92</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Recipes</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ingredients:
2 quarts of water
2.5 cups Honeybell juice (about 4 Honeybells)
3 lbs. sugar
2 - 3 inchs of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced into very thin strips
1 tsp. butter
Directions:
First, prepare the Honeybells by cutting them in half horizontally, and squeezing out all the juice through a strainer.  Save the seeds and any pith that separates from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s on Your List?</title>
		<link>http://www.meredithlaurence.com/?p=90</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blue Jean Chef</dc:creator>
		
	<category>France</category>
	<category>Personal</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a person who likes lists.  That’s no surprise to those of you who know me.  I use lists everyday, enjoying the sense of satisfaction that comes from being able to cross things off, getting one step closer to a goal.  What’s my goal?  Well, I’m not sure, and I don’t [...]]]></description>
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