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		<title>Cooking and Gratitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Expressing thanks for our many blessings, chief among them good and ample food, should come naturally. But in our American world of plenty, it can be hard to feel honest-to-goodness gratitude when we sit down to eat. Few of us are wondering whether there will be food on our plates tomorrow; the only real issue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/12/23/cooking-up-gratitude/</link>
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		<title>Good Snacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having choices feels good, and options can free us. But in the realm of snack foods, we may have experienced too much of a good thing: more choices than ever before, with more highly-refined, processed foods among them. Every grocery and convenience store has shelves filled with snacks and prepared foods. Nearly all are made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/11/20/good-snacks/</link>
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		<title>Good Snack Recipes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are several good snack recipes that will give you a lift when you&#8217;ve fallen low. All can be made ahead so they are ready when you need them. Roasted Cashews Yield: 1 cup Ingredients 1 cup raw cashews 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt Recipe 1. Preheat oven to 325 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/11/20/good-snack-recipes/</link>
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		<title>Fad Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The truth is so often the reverse of what has been told to us by our culture that we cannot turn our heads far enough around to see it.&#8221; Howard Zinn Change is a norm we have come to accept and, within the food industry, change is the lifeblood of profit growth. For growth to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/09/12/fad-foods/</link>
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		<title>My Backyard Hens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I gave birth to my first daughter when I was 27 years-old and, according to an invisible cosmic plan, every seven years I welcomed another daughter into the world. With my youngest about to turn seven, and without any conscious pining for new life, I came up with the idea&#8211;perfectly on cue&#8211;of expanding my brood [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/07/07/my-backyard-hens/</link>
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		<title>Understanding Egg Labels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s worth taking a moment to consider how the tending of hens, our most abundant and reliable egg &#8220;producers,&#8221; has evolved in past decades because it connects to the quality of the eggs we consume. Background Factory farming began in the 1920s, and the timing is meaningful. This was just after the discovery of vitamins [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/07/07/understanding-egg-labels/</link>
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		<title>The Allure of Summer Pickles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You might feel as I do, that as the pace of our days has quickened, we rarely make room for anticipation in our lives. Experiences move past us one after another, with little time to hope or wonder about the future, and even less time to reflect on pleasures of the past. Yet in our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/05/23/the-allure-of-summer-pickles/</link>
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		<title>Pickle-Making Wisdom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on many summer days spent making pickles in the kitchen, here are my hard-won pickle-making tips: It is best to make pickles from small cucumbers, usually Kirby, that are the freshest you can find. If they are not recently picked, soak them in cold water to revive them. Fresh Kirbys are easy to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/05/23/pickle-making-wisdom/</link>
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		<title>Finding Love in Italy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was once swept off my feet while vacationing in Italy, la terra di amore, the land of love. As I might have expected (as you, by now, might expect) my irresistible suitor was not a &#8220;him,&#8221; but an &#8220;it&#8221;&#8211;the mercato, the Florentine farmers&#8217; market&#8211;and the language of our courtship was curiously slanted toward all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/04/29/finding-love-in-italy/</link>
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		<title>Using Sourdough to Lower the Glycemic Index of Everyday Baked Goods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is a departure for me&#8211;more technical than usual, and intended to address a specific health issue: the blood sugar spikes that come with eating everyday baked goods. I based it on experiments conducted in my own home kitchen, and I have written it for those with diabetes or blood sugar issues, or those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ellensfoodandsoul.com/blog/2011/03/30/using-sourdough-to-lower-the-glycemic-index-of-everyday-baked-goods/</link>
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