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		<title>Open Flame:  American Style BBQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there was one word that guarantees an animated discussion for food lovers here in the good ole&#8217; United States, that word is &#8220;barbecue (BBQ)&#8221;.  Everyone has an opinion &#8211; charcoal or gas, what kind of briquets, how to start the fire, the kind of wood to use, and we haven&#8217;t even gotten to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/03/10/open-flame-american-style-bbq/</link>
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		<title>Seaweed &#8211; a tasty treat beloved around the world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I took one of those psychological word pairing tests and the first word was seaweed, hands down my response as a match would be sushi.  I suspect I am not alone that since my first introduction to eating seaweed involved this wonderful finger food, it would be a life long association.  However I&#8217;ve come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/03/04/seaweed-a-tasty-treat-beloved-around-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Oysters &#8211; Hog Island Sweetwaters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the name of this blog and the assumptions and expectations that some readers have regardings its content, I am keenly aware that its been lacking in coverage of certain areas &#8211; ahem, namely of its namesake.  I will attempt to correct this oversight in time, and the first step towards closing the content gap [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/28/oysters-hog-island-sweetwaters/</link>
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		<title>Got a date?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One fortuitous discovery for me was that I learned I like dates.  Wait!&#8230;  make that I L-O-V-E dates!  You see before sampling the fresh succulent varieties available to me in California, I associated dates with that desiccated stuff that ended up in my tapioca pudding and annoyingly clung to my teeth.  It was sticky and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/25/got-a-date/</link>
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		<title>Hmong Cooking and Fellowship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a child, I had an overwhelming curiosity about the (H)mong*.  For the life of me, I could not figure out why, of all the places in the world they chose to resettle, they picked Minnesota.  Frankly, I was a bit dumbfounded by this choice.  Nothing against Minnesota, I still am a Minnesota girl at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/21/hmong-cooking-and-fellowship/</link>
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		<title>Salt Licks: What in the World?</title>
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I love salt.  As I child I considered pretzels mini salt licks and would suck on them until all the salt coating the outside disappeared, and only then would I consider eating those pretzels, or not.  But, I have to say when the salt mania struck the culinary world with a vengeance, I stood on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/18/salt-licks-what-in-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Farm Fresh Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Farm to Table&#8221; or &#8220;Farm to Fork&#8221; was predicted to be a new trend for 2010, but for the folks that have been eating this way for years, they&#8217;re wondering what all the fuss is about.   Like comfort food was the trend of 2009, how new is it?
To me it sounds suspiciously like that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/14/farm-fresh-food/</link>
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		<title>A Symbol of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Claddagh ring is a universal symbol of love, but how much did you know about it?  If you are like me, you recognize its universal design, and stop there.  Ah, but there&#8217;s an entire backstory that is fascinating.  I am lucky to have a mother who teaches me something new when I least expect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/09/a-symbol-of-love/</link>
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		<title>Lucky Pineapple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This question has been on my mind:  &#8221;Why is the pineapple so appealing that people want to use its image all over the home?&#8221;  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love pineapple, with a passion, but I also love bacon, and I have no desire to dress my home with porcine images.  So I decided to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/02/05/lucky-pineapple/</link>
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		<title>Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept It, Is&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[to explore California.  This past weekend my husband bundled me into the car, entirely too early for a race in San Juan Bautista &#8211; about two hours drive from San Francisco.  I told him I wanted to discover more of this fair state I call home, and he took me at my word.  I just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2010/01/31/your-mission-should-you-choose-to-accept-it-is/</link>
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