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		<title>Moving Up My Travel List: Syria</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been to Syria, and I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve always wanted to visit.  For years, I&#8217;ve heard of the political situation, and understood this was not a place for me .  However recently, I&#8217;ve come to view Syria as a culinary Shangri-La.  I&#8217;ll give you the three signs that caused me to revaluate Syria, and you can see if you agree with me: It started when I was in B-School and taking an international marketing class.  Talk about a new perspective; if I did not learn to erase my preconceived notions, I&#8217;d be in trouble.  In particular, one student (from Syria) who worked at the World Bank awed me with her insights, and the lively discussions that ensued in class.  I regret I never told her, so she&#8217;ll probably never know that I learned a lot from her and admire her tremendously. I read a facinating article from the Saudi Armaco World magazine about Syrian chocolate maker, Ghraoui, and was immediately intrigued.  They won the 2005 Paris Salon du Chocolat&#8216;s prize for &#8220;best foreign chocolate&#8221; &#8211; now that&#8217;s no slouch!  (Exhibit A: dates filled with dark chocolate coated almonds) In researching a post on cheeses, I discovered that Syria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Shopping Around the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I travel, I admit to being nosey.  I love observing how people perform tasks that may seem mundane at home.  Take food shopping.  (Although while I am confessing, I have to say that I find something relaxing in food shopping, planning my menus over the course of the week, discovering new products and identifying what produce is in season.)  A certain weekly market in Annecy has me convinced that the French have elevated this otherwise laborious routine into an art form.  The market takes over most of the old town (vieux ville) with produce, fresh baked goods, charcuterie, cheese.  This market really looks like this, it is definitely not a gimmiky, Disney set up.  If you are considering a trip to the Western part of France, I heartily recommend Annecy.  The town sits on the northern part of Lac d&#8217;Annecy and is south of Geneva.  We visited a few years back when we traveled around France to watch various stages of the Tour de France, and this town was a highlight of the trip for me.  I loved the coziness, the people, and the food was certainly delicious.  My only negative comment, is that this town was built in medieval times, well before urban planning and vehicular traffic were even a [...]]]></description>
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