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		<title>Culinary Memoirs: What&#8217;s the Point?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 12:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Becoming a Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Bertelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny how things work out. You pick up a book in a bookstore or a friend presses you to &#8230;<p><a href="http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2012/05/23/how-to-become-a-food-writer/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gherkinstomatoes.com&#038;blog=4369594&#038;post=26099&#038;subd=cbertel&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Bertelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The writing of cookbooks often becomes fraught with injured egos and accusations bordering on the libelous. William Verral’s Recipes from the &#8230;<p><a href="http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2012/05/18/recipes-from-the-white-hart-inn/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gherkinstomatoes.com&#038;blog=4369594&#038;post=26035&#038;subd=cbertel&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Bertelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Springtime stirs up feelings of wanderlust in me, banishing the tiresome plague of cabin fever. I want to throw a &#8230;<p><a href="http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2012/05/16/pylgrymes/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gherkinstomatoes.com&#038;blog=4369594&#038;post=26106&#038;subd=cbertel&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Imam in Paris: Al-Tahtawi’s Visit to France (1826–1831) by Rifa’a Rafi’ al-Tahtawi, Translated by Daniel L. Newman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Bertelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“For readers interested in early encounters between European and Arabic culture, An Imam in Paris: Al-Tahtawi’s Visit to France (1826–1831) provides an alluring &#8230;<p><a href="http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2012/05/14/an-imam-in-paris-al-tahtawis-visit-to-france-1826-1831-by-rifaa-rafi-al-tahtawi-translated-by-daniel-l-newman/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gherkinstomatoes.com&#038;blog=4369594&#038;post=26030&#038;subd=cbertel&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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