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		<title>Romanian Food Festival</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/romanian-food-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The growing food festival scene in DFW presents wonderful opportunities to sneak a peek at foreign cultures. This weekend, St. Mary&#8217;s Romanian Orthodox Church in Colleyville hosts the fourth edition of their annual DFW Romanian Food Festival. 
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		<title>Dallas Chefs and Restaurants Recognized as James Beard Semifinalists</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/dallas-chefs-and-restaurants-recognized-as-james-beard-semifinalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The James Beard Foundation Award semifinalists were announced this morning and several local chefs received recognition, including:
Outstanding Chef: 
Stephan Pyles of Stephan Pyles
Best New Restaurant: 
Tei An (how cool is that?  I love this place.)
Outstanding Pastry Chef: 
David Collier, The Mansion
Best Chef (Southwest Region): 
Sharon Hage, York Street
John Tesar, The Mansion (even with the recent announcement?)
Visit this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1616&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Market Street in Coppell Opens</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/market-street-in-coppell-opens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official!  As of Wednesday, Market Street in Coppell is open for business.  I&#8217;ve been envious of McKinney and Allen residents who have easy access to this grocery chain which combines gourmets and organics with more basic grocery items as well as home needs (toothpaste, laundry detergent).  Now there&#8217;s one near my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1613&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Chef New York Goes Bridal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This episode starts with a quickfire challenge that almost redeems the show from the circus that was the TV demo challenge.  The cheftestants are asked to taste a soup and then identify the ingredients, the one whose palate can correctly detect the most wins.  Each pair of cheftestants tastes the lobster and shrimp [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1611&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Beef, Just Beer</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/no-beef-just-beer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent trip to my local Kroger&#8217;s made me seriously evaluate the state of the economy.  I was looking for steak, a couple of nice pieces of red meat to celebrate the end of finals.  It&#8217;s a simple request, right?  The only selection suitable was ribeye and thin cut New York strip.  No filet mignon, not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1608&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Chef New York = The Next Food Network Star?</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/top-chef-new-york-the-next-food-network-star/</link>
		<comments>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/top-chef-new-york-the-next-food-network-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops, it&#8217;s finals season and I&#8217;m totally slacking on the blogging!  Just some quick thoughts about the last two episodes.
Episode 3
The quick fire challenge involved cooking an item from the Top Chef cookbook, but then halfway through the cooking the judges threw a curveball: make it into a soup. 
Leah is climbing on my list of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1601&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brunchy Things (Spanish Frittata and Shrimp Cakes)</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/brunchy-things-spanish-frittata-and-shrimp-cakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love a frittata for brunch, classic like an omelet but more airy.  The shrimp cakes are a good substitute if you&#8217;re tired of boring sausage patties.  They also serve as great appetizers, and, when made in smaller sizes, hors d&#8217;oeuvre for your holiday party!
Spanish Frittata with Potatoes and Chorizo

3 tbp olive oil
1 large yellow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1594&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Chef New York: Haute Dogs</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/top-chef-new-york-haute-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/top-chef-new-york-haute-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/?p=1590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I said before that no chefs really stood out to me after the Top Chef premiere last week.  Well folks, it&#8217;s the same story this week, even with Tom Colicchio declaring during the episode that he was thoroughly disappointed.
The quickfire challenge this week involved the classic New York City street food, the hot dog.  Dishes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1590&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ham and Swiss Rolls and Strawberries with Mint</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/ham-and-swiss-rolls-and-strawberries-with-mint/</link>
		<comments>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/ham-and-swiss-rolls-and-strawberries-with-mint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of my &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel like cooking dinner&#8221; dinners.  With finals right around the corner, the kitchen is seeing a lot less of me.  These ham and Swiss rolls make for a quick dinner with simple deli offerings, plus the leftover ones make for a decent toaster oven breakfast the next day.
Ham and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1583&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Chef New York: A Bloody Premiere</title>
		<link>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/top-chef-new-york-a-bloody-premier/</link>
		<comments>http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/top-chef-new-york-a-bloody-premier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donnaaries</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was preparing a German themed dinner of schnitzel and red cabbage with apples for the premiere of Top Chef New York when I suffered my first major knife injury: lost grip of my chef&#8217;s knife while slicing the apples and it slid right into my middle finger.  Ouch!  Talk about feeling demoralized!
As odd as it sounds, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnacooks.wordpress.com&blog=370986&post=1570&subd=donnacooks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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