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		<title>A need for greens&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in March, I hunger for greens. After weeks of myriad variations on white endive salad lunches, the menu changes drastically. March brings  snappy spinach salads with hot bacon dressing, the bite of roquette/rocket in a mixed toss of lettuces &#8211; and especially parsley mixed into everything.  All of this is inspiration to stir up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome spring&#8217;s lighter, longer days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waves of grey cranes float like ribbons of pencil-dashes across the sky, sending their burbling cries, and always a frisson of delight down my spine:  nature is on time, for another season.  It&#8217;s not that frosty nights are over, but the daylight hours now let the vagabond dig in the garden until suppertime.  March means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wines, vines and Italian tastings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a first sip is infatuating, I yearn to learn more. Such was the case with Primitivo, encountered over a plate of savory orecchiette at Pasta e Basta in Paris&#8217; 13th.  First the dense &#8211; almost inky &#8211; robe, deep fruit aromas, then the wine&#8217;s structure persisted through the meal. The impact of this wine, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blini for carnival&#8230;.and beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often blini -  little two-bite disks of goodness &#8211; appear as cocktail party fare at Christmas and Easter, making an appearance on some platters for a Mardi Gras fest.  But a blin or two can be great comfort food any time. The vagabond has fond memories of these pancakes as an occasional late supper after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the apple of my eye&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s best with Valentine&#8217;s Day ever-seductive chocolate dessert? This time, the vagabond stirs up a creamy semifreddo of spiced apples with densely chocolate brownies.  Not a brownie fan?  If you prefer&#8230; a chocolate clafoutis, or cocoa-chocolate chip cookies&#8230;
Devilish Almond Brownies, a one-pan prep couldn&#8217;t be easier:
90 g./3 oz. bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped up
75 g./6 T. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soup with a twist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a point in winter when my soup répertoire sags a little. What root can be added, what spice and snap can I stir in?  A perk-up for chicken or vegetable soup is in order. When one eats soup every day (in provincial France, still very common), before or as the evening meal, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The crêpe and the groundhog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forty days after Christmas, the end of winter and return of longer days are cause for celebration.  Whether you call it Chandeleur, Maslenitsa/Mavénitsa or Ground Hog Day, how do you welcome brighter days ?  It isn&#8217;t only about eating crêpes, though many do in France, but the old rhymes point to the same iffy weather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viva i Grissini !</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I fell for grissini in Turin one winter weekend, and although it was a few years ago, it was a memorable gastronomic crush.  Bakers&#8217; windows,  steamed up from the warmth inside, all displayed individual styles &#8211; some straight, some knobby &#8211; of these long, crisp fingers of bread.  To call them &#8220;bread sticks&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soup for a chilly night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making Soup,  a few words on step 1:  Stock
Turnips with lilac shoulders, a stalk of crisp celery or two, a duck or guinea fowl carcass, maybe a ham bone, and don&#8217;t forget the carrots to give a winter soup color&#8230;with  sage, thyme and bay leaves. All of these flavor-giving basics are at hand when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter comfort food: simple puddings past and present</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January&#8217;s brief, snowy white landscape has melted with winter rains, and I spotted a few snowdrops poking through along the walk to lift my spirits.  In these chilly days, the simplest puddings are so comforting, whether made of simmered semolina, cubed day-old bread or poached apples.
But rice rises to the top of my puddings list, [...]]]></description>
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