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		<title>Lady Slippers and Morels &#8211; 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 11:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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The lady slippers come out in May, at least at the nearby reservoir where I can always find them. I wasn&#8217;t sure what all the rain had done to them, but I took a walk this past Sunday. There were flowers in most of the places where I&#8217;ve found them before and, in a surprise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Year in Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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There are advantages to living in a small community with local farms. Aside from the summer farmer’s markets and farm stands, the local restaurants can make good on serving local produce. I can now choose from two Winter Farmer’s markets, with greenhouse/hydroponic greens, root vegetables, cheeses, and meat. One of them is less than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Orange Season &#8211; A Meditation on Red Turban Squash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The orange season is upon us. It’s a muted season this year—the foliage is turning, but without the vibrant color of some years. It’s tempting to see it as a reflection of the state of affairs—the economy, the debacle that is our nation’s politics, my own mood which is decidedly not sunny. But perhaps not. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pickled Ginger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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Old Friends Farm in Amherst has grown ginger for the last couple of years, selling it at the Amherst Farmer&#8217;s Market. I usually buy a couple of hands worth and stick it in the freezer in a ziplock baggie. I grate it directly&#8211;the skin is thin enough not to matter. But we&#8217;ve run out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Chef Leftovers &#8211; Pork Loin, Polenta, and Ratatouille</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, last night I took a pork loin that I&#8217;d rubbed with Ras al Hanoutand let sit for a couple of days (refrigerated) then cooked slightly underdone (155 not 165), sliced it and simmered in a thickened veal stock with green olives, chopped prunes,  cumin and a couple of sprigs of thyme. Sort of a cross [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shad Roe at The Press Room Shepherdstown, WV</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In between the miles of duck breast and short ribs, I&#8217;ve been longing for something light. So when the server at the Press Room mentioned shad roe, I was hooked. My grandmother used to make shad roe, which she called somewhat redundently, roe of the fish (or perhaps, roe of The Fish since shad is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veal Short Ribs and Asparagus &#8211; Winter into Spring Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been a long time, it seems, since I wanted to cook something special. Last weekend, the stars aligned: my friends Bill and Bobbie were coming out for dinner, I had just finished research on rose veal and had a bunch of grass-fed (non-torture) veal short ribs in the freezer, and you know, I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Black Walnut</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/03/06/burning-black-walnut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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We were in Seattle on vacation when I got the call. A summer storm, a series of microbursts, and the 100 year old black walnut tree in our back yard was uprooted and fell on our tenants’ roof. It was still raining in Massachusetts, so I called the tenant and my stepson and the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November, Sea, Sky, Earth. And Dinner.</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2009/11/06/november-sea-sky-earth-and-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November has its own beauty. Shafts of bright sunlight on grey barns and empty fields. Yellows and browns of the few remaining leaves on the grey and brown capillary branches of maples, dark pines and dark clouds and a slate colored sky. You find your beauty where you can.
Last night, I made dinner with some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Pioneer Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2009/09/01/welcome-to-the-pioneer-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty two years ago, I woke up on September 1st on my first day in Amherst. Who knew I&#8217;d never leave?
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