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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<title>Cinderella soup stock becomes a princess</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A  few weeks ago Vinny was all excited about turning leftovers usually meant for the garbage into a nutritious soup stock (see Garbage soup). Once you get into the habit, it&#8217;s a magical way to feed yourself,  body and soul. Yesterday, though, I read a post from Things my Belly Likes where we&#8217;re told how [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=6101&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I owe my existence to a mining engineer. Without Bill&#8217;s passion for food, as well as rare minerals, I wouldn&#8217;t be blogging today. It was Bill who took his daughter Sharon, my alter-ego,  under his formidable wing and taught her to cook. Sundays would see Bill in his tiny, lemon-hued 1950s kitchen pouring over one [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=6104&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Avocado &amp; Comice&#8230; a Great Pair of Pears</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short and squat, Miss Comice Pear rolled into his office. &#8220;I want you to defend me,&#8221; she exclaimed, blushing a rosy red. The lawyer, whose desk plaque proclaimed him to be the Honorable V. H. Avocado, LL.M., sat back and picked up his pen. &#8220;What is the charge?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;They say I&#8217;m harboring a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=6050&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Probiotics: Sour cabbage is sweet!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will and Isla carefully chop through mountains of cabbage. I love to go a-wandering, Along the mountain track, And as I go, I love to sing, My knapsack on my back. &#8220;Sing along,&#8221; says Vinny, waving his arms furiously in time to the music. &#8220;In the old days,&#8221; he went on, &#8220;people made their own [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=6008&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Garbage soup</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a winter&#8217;s night after a long day&#8217;s walk, a ragged beggar finds himself in a quiet farming village. He dreams of a warm fire and a hot meal. He knocks on the door of a tidy house. A pair of eyes peer out at him from behind the printed curtain. But no-one opens the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5375&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you hate smelling up your kitchen, don&#8217;t let that stop you from enjoying the deliciousness of  fresh or fresh-frozen fish. Just cook it on the barbecue, outside! It&#8217;s easy for every day and delicious enough for any special occasion. Fish is full of those hard to come by but oh so important omega-3 fatty [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5944&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://cookupastory.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/eggs-and-veg-happy-easter-breakfast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Way#1 (Humpty on the half shell) &#8220;What experiments are we doing, today, Vinny?&#8217; asks Will, poking his head into my basket of vegs. &#8220;SO many ways to cook eggs for breakfast,&#8221; says Vinny with glee. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to try three fast ones. Way #1&#8230; and just in time for Easter&#8230;. is Humpty Dumpty on the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=2741&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lemony Snicket is the ticket!</title>
		<link>http://cookupastory.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/lemony-snicket-is-the-ticket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Mike of 17-day diet fame advises us to have a glass of warm water with half  a lemon squeezed into it every morning&#8230;  the minute we get up! I admit at first this sounded dire&#8230; like voodoo&#8230; a magic potion sort of thing. I don&#8217;t like sour. But in the interests of scientific experimentation, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5418&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mad-Cap Irish Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://cookupastory.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/5859/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Cook Up a Story: Hey, kids, it's Saint Paddy's day, so why not throw a mad-cap Irish party! Get out your top hats and Irish bowlers, invite Tiger and Firefox to join us,  and set the table. "But what should we serve?" ask Will and Isla. "How about a tea party?" I say [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5859&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simply squash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple! Vinny says. Roasted squash is such a delicious, low-fat side dish. Enjoy it during cycles 2 and 3 of the 17-day diet. The roasted butternut was so good my significant other ate the skin! I suppose that&#8217;s one way to boost your fiber &#8211; but not one I&#8217;d really recommend . Squash tastes wonderful [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5364&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talkin&#8217; turkey with chili</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a tasty recipe you can use in cycle 2 of the 17-day diet. This is the part of Dr. Mike Morano&#8217;s meal plan where you add legumes and complex carbs like barley, oats and buckwheat to your diet. Still no bread or pasta, but these new carbs make a satisfying change from cycle one [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5676&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kasha falling star, Put it in your pocket</title>
		<link>http://cookupastory.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/kasha-falling-star-put-it-in-your-pocket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Put Vinny&#8217;s recipe for mushroom and kasha soup in your pocket, too, and try it out on a rainy day. It&#8217;s great on cycle 2 of the 17-day diet&#8230; or on any other day! At the same time, if you aren&#8217;t of Ukrainian or Russian descent, try out an ancient grain that might be new [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5616&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hummus: Pretty in Pink!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awhile back, we roasted us up some tasty garbanzo beans to zap our good health with fiber and minerals. That bland little bean, which is part of the legume family&#8230; comes into its own, though, in the near Eastern dish known as hummus. Let me introduce you here to the Cinderella of the hummus crowd, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5434&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green tea for two &#8211; A Valentine treat!</title>
		<link>http://cookupastory.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/green-tea-for-two-a-valentine-treat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 100th post! A toast to Valentine&#8217;s day  Happy Valentine&#8217;s day! Forget red. Paint your Valentine&#8217;s Day green this year!  Host a green tea party and do your heart a favor. A beautiful smile, fresh breath and glowing skin are only some of the ways  the green brew can improve your love life. Even better [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=4878&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why did the Roman chicken cross the road?</title>
		<link>http://cookupastory.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/why-did-the-roman-chicken-cross-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She was afraid someone would caesar! But take heart, boys and girls. Although this post describes the first meal in my 17-day-diet series, it&#8217;s not about a salad. It&#8217;s about that sissy Miss Chicken. We want to make her a little bolder. A little braver. We&#8217;ll also give her the power to keep you healthy [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5420&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A doctor’s plan for rapid results Vinny moves over to let Sharon talk about her adventures with the 17-day diet Ok. Right off the bat my radar goes up. Anybody knows you can’t expect to lose weight fast&#8230; and keep it off. But Mike says, yes you can! He promises results that last. It’s right [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5508&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey&#8230;Hey&#8230; Foxy Lady. Wop wop.. wop wop wop. You gotta try this healthy recipe! Garbanzo beans, AKA chick peas, are the talk of Pinterest right now&#8230; hot hot&#8230; hot hot hot. Folks are roasting them whole by the bushel and popping them into their mouths as a handy snack. The bland little beans belong to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=4817&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Vinny Grette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shiver me timbers, Matey! If flour lived in Never-Never Land, enriched white wheat flour would play the part of  Captain Hook. Arrrr. It&#8217;s bad to the core. In fact, it&#8217;s bad precisely because it doesn&#8217;t have a core. After milling, only the endosperm remains. The bran, which gives us fiber,  goes first in the grinding [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=4729&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year in review, through Vinny&#8217;s favorite pictures. The pictures are a fun way to index some of  the posts you liked best. Should old acquaintance be forgot&#8230; click through and remember! We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Here&#8217;s to a happy new year! Filed under: children, family, food, health, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cookupastory.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18119500&#038;post=5329&#038;subd=cookupastory&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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