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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
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			<title><![CDATA[Rock Star Food with K&#039;Naan]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Mark News has published my article on Rock Star Food with Simple Plan, Our Lady Peace and Mark from Justin Nozuka&#039;s band but this late additi]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rockstar Food]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone who travels a lot knows that it can be difficult to eat well on the road. It&#039;s much easier to grab a quick bite of something on the way fr]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="191">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 22]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soul Food Spotlight - Chuck Hughes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The next few weeks of Soul Food Spotlight will feature some of my Food Network cronies. The network must think we are like the brat pack in many ways.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="204">
			<title><![CDATA[Prepping for the video.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the midst of all the madness it has been deemed the right time to make a video for the  song Why Oh Why from my CD.  

So check us out casting, o]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="192">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 21]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="198">
			<title><![CDATA[Soul Food Spotlight - Laura Calder]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The next few weeks of Soul Food Spotlight will feature some of my Food Network cronies.  The network must think we are like the brat pack in many ways]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="196">
			<title><![CDATA[Continuity Update]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On December 3rd 2009 I posted a blog about Alex, our continuity person on set.  I promised to do a rundown of the continuity.  After running through a]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="190">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 20]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="186">
			<title><![CDATA[Everyday Exotic in the U.S.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yes its true.  

The good people at Scripps, who own Food Network, are launching The Cooking Channel on May 31st 2010.  It seems that food is big en]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="195">
			<title><![CDATA[Movin on up!!!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Shooting yesterday at a fish warehouse.  Up on the forklift for a couple of shots.  Check the rubber boots, the big bins for moving fish from tank to ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="173">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 19]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="193">
			<title><![CDATA[Dont be a chicken!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I like to have my feet sticking out from under the blanket when I go to sleep but this is on another level.  We were shooting some pretty wacky stuff ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="188">
			<title><![CDATA[Blog on a blog]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Check this rundown of Eats Beats and Tweets @Nyood from the good people at Food Network Canada blog.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="170">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 18]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soul Food Spotlight - Sam James]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Im starting a Soul Food Spotlight column right now, it will appear whenever the vibe hits me.   Here is the first installment of Soul Food Spotlight w]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wow.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to work with Liza Fromer yesterday.  Liz is amazing; as another TV person I can appreciate how effortless she makes it look.  It]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[We have NO plates!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Imagine Gord, Everyday Exotic prop stylist, is always mumbling that we dont have enough plates for the show.  

Funnily enough this IS often the cas]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="171">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 17]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eats Beats and Tweets @Nyood recap]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This whole idea started while one night working the line at Nyood.  I spent most of the night sending tweets about what was happening at the restauran]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Last Night!!!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tonight is the last night of Eats Beats and Tweets @Nyood for Wintercity.

Last nights premier event was the first of its kind and a very interestin]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TONIGHT - Eats Beats and Tweets @Nyood]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Eats Beats and Tweets @Nyood.  What??? You dont know what Eats Beats and Tweets @Nyood is all about?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="174">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 16]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="180">
			<title><![CDATA[More winners on set!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Check it out - we had another set of auction winners visit the set of Everyday Exotic this week. They&#039;re big fans of the show, and were great fun]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="179">
			<title><![CDATA[Conan on Fire]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Conan is giving it to the man.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="167">
			<title><![CDATA[Toronto Street Food - WTF!?!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In Korea, it&#039;s easy to find undeniably Korean street food with all sorts of accompaniments. In Malaysia, it&#039;s rendang and roti chanai with f]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="178">
			<title><![CDATA[Pigs with Spots.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alex on our set recently came back from New York and went on and on raving about The Spotted Pig, where she apparently had an amazing meal.  She was s]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mariah On Set!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So it seems that Mariah Carey is taking some time out of her busy schedule to come holla at me while Im shooting new episodes of Everyday Exotic.  Wel]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="169">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 15]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madd Plates...]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Love love love the sight of madd plates lined up.  Big party at Nyood last night, check the commotion.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="175">
			<title><![CDATA[A Day in the Life...]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So another day in my life is almost complete.  Here is some behind the scenes footage of me getting ready to shoot another &quot;act.&quot;  Lots of p]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jungle Man on Real Frequency Show]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Big up to Flow 93.5 for spinning Jungle Man last night.  

For those that dont know, my first musical endeavor before Bass is Base was a hip hop gro]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="152">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 14]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="151">
			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 13]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="168">
			<title><![CDATA[Gash-head]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As I posted earlier today, I busted my head open.  Excuse the gory pic but hey, life is just like that sometimes.  The gory details of the accident wi]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prediction for 2010!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Last year I did pretty well on my predictions.  Scroll down about 29 pages and see the blog titled &quot;Predictions for Food and Music in the New Yea]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 10 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="159">
			<title><![CDATA[Merry New Year!!!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here is to 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mad Skillz 2009 Wrap up.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Another classic.  No picture.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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		<item id="156">
			<title><![CDATA[What To Do With Leftover Turkey?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a limit to the number of cold turkey sandwiches someone can eat. Here are three alternatives for the extra bird.

Open any food magazine th]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 12]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Extravaganza of Gifts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[AGA Stainless Cooker - Will last a lifetime.
Powermat for charging batteries - One stop charging station.
CK Belt - Need a new one. 
Exercise bands]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Holidays]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Best wishes...I will be back to show you my presents.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wanna know whats up?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Should Be...]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I should be on one of these going somewhere t shirt worthy with my family.  Ahhhh...one can wish cant they.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sometimes all you need is a 2 minute break!!!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hope everyone has as much fun over the holidays as I am in this pic.  Back to work.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 11]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eatalia!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In case you have not had the chance to check out our newest restaurant in Burlington called Eatalia, well here it is. 

For reservations call 905 63]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Olympic Torch]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Easily 40 vehicles and a security detail that would make the President jealous.  The Olympic torch ran by Eatalia yesterday courtesy of &quot;Johnny.&]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday to me. Hehehehe.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The pic says it all.  Yesterday was my Bday. Thanks to everyone for the kind blessings.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 10]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Holiday Gift Guide on Plato Putas]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Those peeps over at my other favorite food blog are doing a series with Chefs and food personalities on the things they look to for the Holidays for g]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Labelization Situation]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A lot of details in TV land that make everything look seamless and dynamic all at the same time.  For a food show like mine it comes down to even the ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 9]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congrats to Krysten and Kathy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While toiling away in TV production land we were joined by a couple of auction winners.  Turns out that for charity as well as the experience Kathy ou]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continuity So What???]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I could do it but I would suck.  That is why we have two of the best in the game making sure that it is done properly.  

So what hand did you grab ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guerilla Shooting Styles!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So as you can see this television shooting is a highly technical affair.  In this pic we are shooting a scene for the show and the Director of Photogr]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 8]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 7]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winning Dish]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It is official news, I won the ET Canada Food Network Chef Challenge - Round 1.  

My strategy going in was &quot;put the cold thing on the hot thin]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food Network Hosts on ET Canada all week!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is a little sneak peak at what is happening on ET Canada tonight.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Entertainment Tonight in Mexico]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well the secret mission is finally being revealed today.  Starting today (Nov 16th) and going until Friday November 20th, Entertainment Tonight will b]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 6]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Picture Says It All!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Trust is a figment of our desire.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Look How Hot Kultura Is!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[These two photos were shot at Kultura Social Dining for Canada&#039;s #1 Fitness Magazine - &quot;Inside Fitness&quot;! Check out the December 2009 / ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 5]]></title>
			<link>http://www.rogermooking.com/blog/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salide Mex-hee-coh]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mexico was fantastic, very excited to unleash the Mexico secret to you all.  Look out on November 16th for the official announcement and release.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chucks Week Off!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This picture of Chuck Hughes explains the kind of week it has been so far in Mexico.

The secret mission will be announced soon.  Keep checking in t]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chuck Hughes Can Rock The Mic!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This dude is a real MC, master of ceremony, this pic says it all.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mariachi Show!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is definitley one of those moments where a really interesting and challenging suggestion led to a beautiful combination.  (Big up the 2 Leslies f]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cameras everywhere!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Secret Mission Chronicles continue - Its starting to feel like an episode of Lost for all the cameras and people following every move we make.  So it ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mooking Mariachi]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Had a blast doing the performance with the Mariachi band yesterday.  I will send another update with more info soon...look out for it.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What is Slow Food Anyway?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bombarded; I feel bombarded with information about the &quot;Slow Food&quot; movement. Tree-hugging types love it; they keep hosting conferences about]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mariachi Rehearsal]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tonight Im playing Who Oh Why and Umeus from my Soul Food CD.  So what we envisioned would be a fairly simple thing turned into a 6 hour jam.  Love th]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photography of REAL food!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Stuie was at a photo shoot yesterday with a food extravaganza feel.  Of course he killed it.  I wish I was not rehearsing with Mariachi band and at th]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Meet Nadia G!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ladies and gents it is my pleasure to introduce to you Nadia G from Bitchin&#039; Kitchen.  If you dont know who she is already...you will soon.

Na]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Secret Recipe!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[These are all the ingredients that go into the magic dish I learned this week.  The most amazing family showed us the most famous dish of this region ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Best Tortillas Ever!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now by no measure can I say that I am a Tortilla officianado but...the best Tortillas ever were to be had from this little hut in a Mayan village.  
]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mexico Cenote (pronounced Say-No-Tay)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The secret project continues, todays mission took us on a journey past a Cenote in the middle of the rain forest.   The cenote, meaning sinkhole, was ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 4]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top Secret Mexico]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Im in Mexico doing some top secret missions for tv land.  I cant say what it is Im doing here but the secret will be revealed in a couple weeks from n]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Halloween is a &quot;Pain in the A**&quot;]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Although I would rather suggest the words passionate, persistent and exciteable I have been accused of being a &quot;pain in the a**&quot; on ocassion]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thuggin&#039; it out on set]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today we are shooting a bunch of stuff but wanted to give a sneak peak on the inner workings of a hard day on set.  This is one of many outfits I had ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 3]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How many people does it take to shoot a plate of food?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While no one is looking, I secretly peruse one of the tool kits on set - I see glue, plasticine, black marker, cotton swabs, several sizes of painter&]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chef Series Part 2]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Discover Your Inner Chef Recap!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Where to begin with this one.  It was my very first time entering the City of Oshawa in Durham Region and it reminded me in many ways of parts of Edmo]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cateringland Once Again!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Seems that the restaurants have become quite the place to go to for catering events, private dinner parties, and corporate functions.  This week we di]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First Installment of &quot;The Chef Series&quot;]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Monday is always overwhelming, all that work has piled up over the weekend and everyone is calling you to answer questions or do stuff first thing ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FLOW 93.5 - 5 Spice Pumpkin Pie Contest!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ridiculous laughter all morning at FLOW 93.5. I was there to judge a 5 Spice Pumpkin Pie contest, and it was quite interesting. I gave JJ and Melanie ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TVO Foodie Nation Recap!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well, it would be redundant for me to recap the entire panel discussion that covered food magazines, food democracy, food supply, the word &quot;gourm]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monopoly with real $$$ recap!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nuit Blanche Monopoly with cold hard CASH was a resounding success.  Being locked up in the fishbowl of the Toronto Stock Exchange with a huge crowd o]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Superstars]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last night at Kultura we had several special guests in the house that we had to entertain.  There was once again another opportunity to take pics of m]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bass Blast!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Woah.  A good friend of mine who used to do all the original artwork for Bass Is Base back in the day sent me one of our original photo shoot pics fro]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food Network Freaks]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some self proclaimed Food Network Freaks who happen to love Everyday Exotic came in for dinner at Nyood last night for a birthday dinner.  Check this ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recipe Testing Land]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is one of many many many recipes that I have been testing with the tv kitchen team.  I dont know exactly how many recipes we have been through bu]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Best Cooker Ever?!?!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My daughter has been asking to help out in the kitchen at home every time I start fiddling around in front of the stove.  So I set her up off to the s]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AIDS  Walk Recap!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today was the 21st Annual AIDS Walk for Life.  For those of you who are not familiar with this event, it is a fundraiser for the AIDS Committee of Tor]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Golf???]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Although not much of a golfer it seems that I can cater to golfers quite well.  This top secret catering event was on many acres of beautifully manicu]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Muskoka Sunrise]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Im at a secret location for a private catering event up in the Muskokas today.  This is what the day looks like if you own a private island with the m]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Elora Mill]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The old Elora Mill next to the Elora Gourge is the newest Food and Beverage project we have taken over.  This week I spent some time at the restaurant]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plates O Rama]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some people have foot fetishes, are freakish about their car, some people love shoes, other go nuts for design; for me I love the sight of a whole bun]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food Terminal]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This week one of my pitstops was to hit the Food Terminal.  For those of you who are not familiar with the Terminal, this is the landing ground for al]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AIDS Walk Launch]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The AIDS Walk For Life is fast approaching.  To launch the fundraiser; Kultura hosted an event.  In the house was Measha Brueggergosman, Fritz Helder ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Huh?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So while in Asia I had the experience many times of being in the middle of a conversation where the only words I could understand were &quot;Roger Moo]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Memories of...]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So I spent a hot minute reminiscing about some Singapore highlights.  Singapore is paradise as long as you dont need to pee in the street, spit, smoke]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fish TV???]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[OK so just when you thought you saw it all something else shows its face.  

In Korea the home shopping network sells EVERYTHING.  I mean insurance,]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Korean BBQ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So at home in Toronto there is a Korean BBQ place that always has a lineup, many people I know back home dont like to go there saying &quot;if I wante]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dok Buk Ki on the Street.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So it seems that Koreans are obsessed with Chilies.  

One of the most common street foods is this noodle dish tossed in a spicy sauce.  It is very ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bibimbab Korea]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So Im in Seoul Korea and on a mission for some Korean food (go figure).  Once again there were so many things to check out Ive gotta do the Korea blog]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roti Chanai]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After many suggestions I went on a hunt for some Roti Chanai and my hostess with the mostest knew the spot to go.  Attached to a mall called The Curve]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Juicing Cane.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Petaling Street blog #4. 

Hmmm...this will be the last Petaling Street blog, I could go on but it is time to move on although there is so much good]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roast Chestnuts.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Petaling Street blog #3 locked and loaded.  

Although I didnt try these nuts I stood and watched the roasting contraption with a certain fascinatio]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Only $4!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As promised here is installment #2 of Petaling Street Food.  

So after the Satay adventure I continued to not shop and strolled by this very busy &]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Street Food!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ok so let me precede this blog with the fact that there was so much happening on Petaling Street that Im gonna have to do about 8 different blogs to g]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - On the street]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So today was spent transferring from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.  Also had the opportunity to tool around the streets with a good friend an]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gluttony is a Sin?  Really?!?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ok so you have heard it all before.  Gluttony is a sin and what not.  Then I showed up at this place called Gluttons Bay in Singapore and if this is a]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Honeycomb on the breakfast line.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So let me just say that this morning I walked into the hotel dining room for a breakfast buffet that was one of the most awesome sights I have witness]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Now thats a Ferris Wheel!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just woke up to a beautiful sunrise in Singapore.  The hotel I am staying at is overlooking the Harbor and the largest Ferris Wheel in the world.  Jus]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Draughtmaster Wrapup!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After 2 months of competitions all over Canada in bars, pubs and the like; the National Draughtmaster has been selected.  From the outset there was a ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Feel the Vibe]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ive been on a mission lately to find a new source of inspiration.  There have been so many things going on lately that it all seems to sometimes turn ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Perspective]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You need a new perspective to get a new perspective.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CSI:Burlington]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Who knew that Burlington was that thuggin&#039;.  

Turns out that on Fathers Day someone stole away with all the audio equipment for the demonstrat]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Vintage Grille]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The elements were not on our side.  The tent went up the night before and the rain still soaked the ground of the venue but the people in Niagara are ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sound of Music Festival Catering]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What a crazy night with the catering in Burlington for the new restaurant.  Once we got there and finally setup a slew of city inspectors and official]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Furniture Designer?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Seems that I can now add Kitchen Furniture Designer to my repetoire.  Tonight is the  launch at Casalife of the &quot;Island Dining Table&quot; that w]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Walk much?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ahem...

Let me begin by explaining that it was 4am, there was an unusual amount of sleep blurring my vision, an incredible sense of urgency, and a ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[This is on some next shit.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You have to check this out.  It is a youtube remix.  Thats all i will say.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Everyday Exotic Wins a Set Design Award!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Big congrats to the whole Everyday Exotic team as we have been fortunate enough to win the Gold Remi Award for Set Design.  The Gold Remi is an Award ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ah...My Vespa...]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Such fond memories of my Vespa last Summer.  I donated it to a Show Kids You Care Charity and the winner Lee Ann is the new proud owner of my baby.  I]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Whats on the menu?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Once again the good folks over at Garland have let me in to the test kitchen to run down a batch of new recipes for my new restaurant.  Hmmm...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salute Wrapup!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Salute Event was a blast.  A bunch of Food Network Chef&#039;s including Anna Olson, Lynn Crawford and myself along with Chef Claudio Rossi descended ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sunday Brunch at Kultura]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite meals on the planet has to be Brunch.  Proud to annouce that Kultura has just launched our unique brand of lunch with Slow]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Whats Next???]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Always trying out different things in recipe testing land.  Making all sorts of experiments and testing for many different things at the moment.  Here]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Summer in Toronto]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I keep going on and on about the front doors at Nyood being open.  Let me fess up, I was thinking about this the other day (my obsession) and I realiz]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Who you calling SCRUB!?!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It was my first, and hopefully last, time in the operating room at Toronto East General Hospital.  We were launching the Salute event and it was the f]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Table Manners]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I came across this while doing a private catering event last night.  Not only is this an amazing reminder to the kids who it was meant for but I have ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stand By Me]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the words of one of the singers in this video clip &quot;No matter who you are, no matter where you go in your life; at some point you gonna need s]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shhh...Im recipe testing for a new location.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Went down to visit the good people over at Garland to work on some recipes for a secret project that will be dropping soon.  I went down with my boy N]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fashion Show at Nyood]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At Nyood last night we hosted a fashion show.  We cleared out all the tables and transformed the space into a runway for a lingerie show.  As always, ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wine and Cheese Wrapup]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon was a blast at the Toronto Wine and Cheese show at the International Center.  I did 2 cooking demos of a couple recipes from the Soul F]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Project Runway Fashion Finale]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last night I ended up at the Project Runway Finale at Fashion Week here in Toronto.  Iman, the host of the show was there along with the final 5 desig]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It seems that Spring may be upon us.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I will be dedicating the next few recipes, which we are developing right now, to the bounty of spring in our region.  One of my restaurant suppliers h]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Caviar]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the midst of researching the intimate details of Caviar, it seems that it works really well as a moisturizer.  Ahem.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Something about this image just gives me a good vibe.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[W.O.W.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have fallen in love with Clara; she is 93 years old and recounts the tales of cooking meals during the depression.  I think this may be my favorite ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speed Cooking]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Not for the faint of heart but definitely an event to behold.  Arguably the freshest meal on the planet.  Dont watch this video if you have a weak sto]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Practicing for my Garland Cooking With The Stars show at CRFA.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After an incredibly long story that I am not willing to repeat right now it seems as though my practice machine for the Garland event isnt hooked up y]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fernando]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One our our most illustrious interns, Fernando is with us for the last day today.   In his honor we are playing the song &quot;Fernando&quot; all day ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blog on Blogging...huh!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Im quite flattered that you are all loving Everday Exotic.  Some foodies are posting up blogs after trying recipes.  Check it out.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flying our friendly skies!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Not that it ever gets old but i have had the great fortune to have heard my songs play on radio, tv, in movies, and all types of different places.  It]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Balance]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It seems that I have bitten off a lot in the past year and now have to pace my chewing.  The restaurants are incredibly demanding on a daily basis, TV]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ive been in New York for a couple of days now.  It seems some sort of flu bug caught me and the first day and night was spent familiarizing myself to ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big up to Bryan and Lee!!!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vroom Vroom, its seems as though I have been chosen as an ambassador of some sort.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women of Baycrest at Kultura]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Had a crazy fun night at Kultura for the Women of Baycrest Charity Launch Event.  Aside from a whole bunch of plates lined up my next favorite sight i]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kung Hei Fat Choy - Chinese New Year - Year of the Ox]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today is Chinese New Year and it is the year of the Ox, which is my sign.  It is customary for children to receive little red envelopes with money for]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lunch with a view of The Falls!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Luncheon this afternoon was a resounding success.  One of my favorite things in the world is to see a whole bunch of plates lined up and ready to go o]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Niagara Ice Wine Festival]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This weekend I am a guest chef at the Niagara Ice Wine Festival cooking for 150 guests.  They will be shuttled around the Niagara region tasting wines]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My Great Great Grandfather, Noel Simonette, was born a slave.  Today is a miraculous and unbelievable day in all of our histories.  We are celebrating]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blast from the Past]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today in London a lady came up to me while I was autographing CD&#039;s and handed me a copy of a Bass is Base album that I had signed for her in &#03]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today was like back in the day on the tour bus, minus the tour bus.  Me and my team carted around in a couple of SUV&#039;s on our way to London for m]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Contest Winner - Sarah Laconte]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My contest winner for the Vervegirl contest wasa forced to spend the day with me riding around.  We went shopping today to prep for the London show th]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inspirational People]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela, went from being a prisoner to a president in the same country fighting for his exact same beliefs.  Jay Z, went from being a street hu]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Powerful]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Music has such a powerful effect on the body and mind.  Some believe that the Egyptians harnessed the energy created by sound to build the pyramids.  ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Calm]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Storm is on the way.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Too Many Options]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I blame coffee companies for proliferating this incredible self importance and entitlement that is rampant.  Not only is my non fat soy frappe dappa c]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speechless - Majority Report 2009]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This kid is out of control.  You have to give this a listen.   

The music is the instrumental of &quot;Minority Report&quot; and is argubly the mos]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 09 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Little Gordon Ramsay video]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You guys have to check out this video of this kid immitating Gordon Ramsay doing Kitchen Nightmares.  It is probably one of the funniest things i can ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kosher Salt]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kosher Salt, Whole Black Peppercorns, Gunpowder Green Tea, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Eggs.  It is amazing the amount of things I can whip together w]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inspirations]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My top 5 inspirations for any creative project would have to be People, Simplicity, Honesty, Shapes, and Textures.  In music these things come togethe]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter Wonderland]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am not the one trapped eating butternut squash all winter long.  But the beauty of winter is the abundance of root vegetables.  Beets, Parsnips, and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Waste]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I hate to see food go in the garbage.  If you were to ask my restaurant cooks what I am most often complaining about, they would probably all chime in]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Researching Recipes]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am forced to create an alarming amount of menu items and recipes on a daily basis.  Between the restaurants which change menus seasonally, the telev]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inspirational Music]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I love all kinds of music and I have a feeling that I am not alone.  When I was a teenager music was a lot more segregates.  The headbangers listened ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My Inspirational Roots]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[of the first things I learned how to do in the kitchen was wrap wontons for soup.  My grandfather left China looking for Gold and happened upon becomi]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Common Sense]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Common sense seems to be at an all time low.  Maybe generations of focus on formal education has caught up with us in the most unforeseeable of ways f]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sweet and Savory]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I LOVE combining sweet and savory in a meal.  A lot of Chinese cooking demands it and I grew up eating and learning a lot of Chinese cooking technique]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 08 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fruit in the Winter]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pears, Clementines, Grapefruit, and Blood Oranges are running things in winter.  Roasted pears will work great with pork, as dessert, or in a winter c]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Predictions for Food and Music in the New Year]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[1. Barack Obama will be the new US President.  Supremacist groups will wish they would have never let us vote.  
2. Foodies will realize that all coo]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food as Fun]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As a young kid whenever my mom dropped a bunch of paper, sticks and pencils in front of us to play she would always make some kitchen glue.  Add some ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Music To Cook To]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After Soul Food of course, my mood will drive what im listening to while cooking.  Sometimes I need some of that nostalgic hip hop like EPMD, Public E]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Studio Toys]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Homework Studio where I recorded a good portion of Soul Food has the MOST equipment, instruments, and musical toys of any studio I have worked with in]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hands On!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The best kitchen tools ever created are often taken for granted.  The shops have all the gadgets and doo dads that claim to change the world as we coo]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Let&#039;s Do It!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s been a pretty crazy few months.  I am excited to be finally launching my site and it is going to be very rich with new info all the time.  R]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 08 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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