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		<title>Gin + tonic + cake: what&#8217;s not to love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember that in the past couple of years, the Empress and I have had the onerous duty of judging the annual Allen &#38; Unwin Staff Bakeoff  (I recall waxing lyrical about it here and here).  Well, this year I can report that the duty was even more onerous, because the Empress was struck [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=2280&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to make a vegetarian smile, pt II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last entirely vegetarian dinner party I cooked was a wintry little number, but very satisfying, with a few  nicely contrasting elements I think. The mainstay was a mushroom ragu served on creamy polenta, paired with a side dish of a punchy green salad with lentils &#38; goat&#8217;s cheese. There are a couple of things [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=1847&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Vine Intervention, pt 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Till now, my appreciation of Vitis vinifera has been limited to a lifelong (and let&#8217;s admit it, rather passionate) love affair with the grape. I&#8217;ve admired the leaves from afar &#8211; on the plant &#8211; but cooking with them has never appealed. I know everybody loves dolmades, for example, but their vineleaf wrapping has always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=1620&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting figgy with it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About mid January each year I start stalking the grocery shelves for figs. I&#8217;m not sure what it is about figs that just gets my blood fizzling &#8211; the textural feast, perhaps? The soft, creamy interior with that slightly powdery skin? Or maybe it&#8217;s just that I pretty much always eat them with prosciutto, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=1547&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet &amp; sour: spicy cumquat chutney</title>
		<link>http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/08/27/sweet-sour-spicy-cumquat-chutney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Fiona&#8217;s comment about Indian food yesterday, plus the fact we had been given two kilos of beautiful Killcare cumquats by our friends the Nannas of Naremburn, I messed around with a few chutney recipes and came up with this spicy Indian-style cumquat chutney. I began with the recipe for spiced kumquat chutney here, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=1158&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Persian excursion</title>
		<link>http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/07/31/a-persian-excursion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best reasons for having a proper food writer as a friend is joining them for the spontaneous suburban sojourn in search of a particular dish or ingredient. The Empress took me the other day to Auburn in the mid-west of Sydney, where all things Persian, Afghan, Turkish &#38; Lebanese can be found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=1066&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Marmalade</title>
		<link>http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/07/19/lady-marmalade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband recently returned from a visit to his mum, Annie, bearing Gift: this jar of cumquat marmalade, made on a whim from the cumquats in her own garden and last week&#8217;s Good Living recipe (I think this recipe here is the one, right Annie? Let me know if not!). Anyway, it wasn&#8217;t till yesterday that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=999&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zest for life</title>
		<link>http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/06/02/zest-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to our earlier discussion of simple but essential kitchen gadgets, I hereby withdraw my remarks to Hughesy about the humble zester being interchangeable with a grater. For I now am in love with a six-dollar zester &#8211; it takes up no space, and is perfectly designed to take exactly the right depth of citrus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=663&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holus bolus &#8211; whole orange cake</title>
		<link>http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/04/26/holus-bolus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dimpled things in life are often the best. Why does the idea of making a cake using a whole orange &#8211; peel, pith, flesh &#38; all &#8211; appeal to me so deeply? Apart from the taste and texture of the purely gorgeous orange and quince cake we&#8217;ve made twice in the last couple of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=491&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quince prince</title>
		<link>http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/04/17/quince-prince/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fenella&#8217;s food feature has led me in a roundabout way to her friend Jamie&#8217;s garden blog, Garden Amateur - well worth checking out right this minute for his beautiful quince photos and prep &#38; cooking tips. Sean and I picked some quinces in Bathurst on the weekend, in the garden of a friend, and the weekend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=howtoshuckanoyster.com&amp;blog=6779636&amp;post=390&amp;subd=charlottewood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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