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		<title>Chipping Campden: the chocolate-box village that aims for your sweet tooth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally planned to open with the following: “Last weekend I went to the Cotswolds.” On re-reading, I decided it was the most horrendously middle class statement I’ve ever made. But the fact still stands – I did indeed go to the Cotswolds last weekend – so I’ve tried to bury it in an equally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=852&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chin Chin Laboratories &#8211; London&#8217;s worst kept secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the thing about hidden gems &#8211; they never stay hidden for long. A couple of weeks ago, Chin Chin Laboratories was an unknown quantity, found only by chance if you happened to be wondering around the canal in Camden. Mention it now and people nod in wild recognition, with a fair few claiming to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=841&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a glass of fat in Chinese takeaways&#8230; Yeah, and?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who don&#8217;t pour over bizarre articles the Metro every morning,  I have some rather bad news. Are you sitting down? Ok, so. It appears that takeaways have fat in them. And not just a small amount. Oh no. They have &#8211; wait for it &#8211; a lot of fat in them. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=838&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Jamie&#8217;s Thirty Minute Meals turn us into a nation of chefs? I&#8217;m not so sure&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hold on to your hats, the unthinkable has happened. Jamie Oliver is to front a new series! On television! About cooking! Okay, so I&#8217;m being a bit unfair. I generally enjoy Jamie&#8217;s chuck-it-in-the-pan, apples-and-pears routine. But he seems to pop up on every &#8216;new concept&#8217; cooking programme, particularly ones commissioned by Channel 4. This latest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=833&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gourmet Mexican at Covent Garden&#8217;s new Cantina Laredo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was invited to sample Covent Garden&#8217;s new Mexican restaurant, American-born franchise Cantina Laredo, I made the fatal error of looking up bloggers&#8217; reviews: dry chicken; astronomical prices; dozens of idle waiters enquiring incessantly about your meal&#8230;put it this way, I may have been put off. Things didn&#8217;t get much better on arrival. Half 7 on a Friday night, Covent Garden [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=825&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A feast through the ages</title>
		<link>http://laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/a-feast-through-the-ages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If, like me, you salavated throughout Heston Blumenthal&#8217;s Feasts series (or at the very least had your interest piqued) then I have some great news. Bompas and Parr, the increasingly ubiquitous jellymongers, are hosting a similar culinary spectacular.  Only this time you can actually eat the food! The Complete History of Food, presented by Courvoisier [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=818&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quorn mania as the brand makes its way to Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I made a mammoth chilli using Quorn mince. I didn’t hate it – quite the opposite. It worked surprisingly well with all those strong flavours, and the texture held its own. But still – and this may be a little contentious among vegetarians – I am surprised at its popularity. Even that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=811&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bottled water is impure too</title>
		<link>http://laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/bottled-water-is-impure-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might be a tad controversial, but when I read this headline in the papers I felt a small frisson of delight. I have countless friends and colleagues who moan when they &#8216;run out of water&#8217; and have to traipse down the shops to buy more. My response? You can&#8217;t &#8216;run out&#8217; of water &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=805&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Real Food Festival and the country&#8217;s best brownies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 14:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve attended some very good festivals – food and non-food related – at the Earls Court exhibition centre this year. But after waking up early-ish Saturday morning and battling weekend closures on the Northern line, the thought of negotiating my way around stands at the Real Food Festival wasn’t all that appealing. Then I stepped [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=760&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heston Blumenthal takes over the world (well, Bray)</title>
		<link>http://laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/heston-blumenthal-takes-over-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Vanderkar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no escaping Heston Blumenthal. Television programmes, magazines, news broadcasts &#8211; you name it, his marble-shaped head features on it. Admittedly he&#8217;s had an impressive year. The centrepiece of his culinary wizardry &#8211; the Fat Duck in Bray &#8211; quickly shot back into repute after a food-poisoning blip, retaining three stars in this year&#8217;s Michelin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=laurenvanderkar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6300839&amp;post=752&amp;subd=laurenvanderkar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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