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		<title>A Week in Sonoma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rosie (my pup) and I recently spent a fantastic week in Sonoma County with Pop and SM, and I finally found a few moments to upload my photos and share some of the highlights with you.  So, sit back, relax, and enjoy!
We left LA on December 30 (Pop&#8217;s birthday) and headed north, Pop at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Holiday Season Begin!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the great pleasure of cooking last night for a pre-holiday dinner hosted by DS, a great friend and fellow foodie.  A fabulous selection of wines were gathered by Sommelier KD, and DS and I developed the following marvelous menu for a party of six.
Cheers and happy holidays!!

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		<link>http://www.cork-popper.com/2011/12/19/let-the-holiday-season-begin/</link>
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		<title>A Little Culinary School Food Porn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been struggling mightily with how to write about my experience at Le Cordon Bleu.  The first six weeks were little more than sanitation and knife skills, and only in the past couple of weeks have we finally begun to produce anything more substantial than stocks and sauces.  One friend suggested I write about any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The CorkPopper LocaPour Project: What to Eat with the 2010 Tablas Creek Rose and the 2008 Hammersky Estate Grown Zinfandel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Admittedly, it’s been a while since I’ve done a proper CorkPopper post, especially a CorkPopper Dinner post, and I’m not going to even try to pretend I have a legitimate excuse.  I’ve just gotten out of the habit of writing every day – something I plan to remedy.  Promise.
In any event, I did manage to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now We&#8217;re Cookin&#8217;!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finishing up my fifth week of culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu, which means two things: (1) I have finals next week (it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve been able to say that!), and (2) I finally got to (kind of) prepare some food!  You see, the first six weeks of the curriculum is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Hey Good Lookin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had quite a few requests for photos of my oh-so-sexy school uniform, so I figured I&#8217;d finally oblige.  Don&#8217;t get too excited, now.  Britney Spears (or whichever young trollop has taken her place) will not be making a music video dressed in anything even remotely resembling this&#8230;..

Flattering?  Perhaps not.  But, believe it or not, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice, Practice, Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As my regular readers know, I&#8217;m in my second week of culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu Los Angeles.  Though I fully intend on writing about my experience, I must admit that the first couple of weeks have not provided much fascinating material. The first six weeks of the curriculum involves alternating between two classes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cork-popper.com/2011/10/05/practice-practice-practice/</link>
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		<title>A Mid-Week Mystery Box Dinner &#8211; Rigatoni with Sauteed Zucchini, Onion, Tomato, and Goat Cheese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Allow me to set the scene&#8230;..
You&#8217;ve just arrived home after a busy day at school/work/what-have-you, and you suddenly remember that yes, indeed, you do need to feed yourself dinner.  There is no way in hell, however, that you&#8217;re going to drag yourself to the grocery store at this point, so what do you do?  Ordering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cork-popper.com/2011/09/28/a-mid-week-mystery-box-dinner-rigatoni-with-sauteed-zucchini-onion-tomato-and-goat-cheese/</link>
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		<title>Late Summer in a Bowl: Spicy Corn and Potato Chowder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the seven weeks since I walked away from my legal career, I have caught up on years’ worth of lost sleep, spent time with family and friends I had neglected over the past five years, reminded my body what it is like to exercise regularly, watched all four seasons of Mad Men, enjoyed more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cork-popper.com/2011/09/25/late-summer-in-a-bowl-spicy-corn-and-potato-chowder/</link>
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		<title>Holy Guacamole: A Photo Tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I was relaxing with Pop and SM on their boat, enjoying the sun, some brews, and some of my homemade guacamole.  Though making great guacamole is more of an art form than a science, Pop and SM have been hassling me to do a CorkPopper post about the guacamole I made [...]]]></description>
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