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		<title>Top 10 Chicago chefs&#8217; recipes for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our top 10 recipes from Chicago chefs.]]></description>
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		<title>10 top New Year&#8217;s Day brunches in Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Sop up your hangover this New Year&#8217;s Day with a hearty brunch and the hair of the dog that bit you. Cantina 46, Gold Coast, 11:a.m. to 4 p.m., $15. Start the new year off with a Latin-style pig roast. Guest chef Troy Graves cooks conchita pibil in a Cuban Caja box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Chicago restaurants open Christmas Day 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don't have to cook Christmas dinner. ]]></description>
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		<title>12 Christmas dinners in Chicagoland, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever your budget, there's a Christmas Day dinner for you in the Chicago area. ]]></description>
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		<title>15 Christmas Eve dinners in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/12/12/15-christmas-eve-dinners-in-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some, Christmas Eve is the main event of the holiday season. For others, it&#8217;s a night for wrapping last-minute gifts and prepping for the big day on the 25th. And then there are those for whom it&#8217;s just another night. Whichever camp you fall in, plenty of Chicago restaurants are open to serve you. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago&#8217;s Palmer House created American dessert classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1893, Chicago socialite Bertha Palmer directed the chef at her husband&#8217;s Palmer House hotel in the Loop to prepare a portable sweet treat that could be packed in box lunches for guests attending the World&#8217;s Columbian Exposition. The result was the brownie. In honor of National Brownie Day, here&#8217;s the original recipe, still made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>65 Chicago places to eat Thanksgiving dinner, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Side, South Side or in the Chicago suburbs, you don’t have to cook your own Thanksgiving dinner. Chicagoland restaurants offer bountiful holiday feasts. Call for hours and menu details. Reservations are highly recommended if not required everywhere. Many restaurants also offer complete Thanksgiving dinners for carry out &#8212; several days&#8217; notice is typically required. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday food porn: Sizzling scallops</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/10/07/friday-food-porn-sizzling-scallops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/10/07/friday-food-porn-sizzling-scallops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hand-harvested sea scallops sizzle at Naha in River North. After pan roasting with vanilla bean, citrus and spices, they&#8217;ll be paired with caramelized Belgian endive, Hamuka Farm hearts of palm and Tamworth bacon for a dinner appetizer, $21.]]></description>
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		<title>The Heartland Cafe: 35 years in Rogers Park</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/08/08/the-heartland-cafe-35-years-in-rogers-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/2008/show_banner.php?restID=274&#038;sCate2=" target="_blank"><b>Heartland Cafe</b></a> in Rogers Park celebrates 35 years of serving "Good Wholesome Food for the Mind and Body!" on Thursday, Aug. 11.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 40th anniversary, Lettuce Entertain You</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/06/02/happy-40th-anniversary-lettuce-entertain-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/06/02/happy-40th-anniversary-lettuce-entertain-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, perhaps the single most influential company in Chicago restaurant history, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday, June 10, at the place that started it all, R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park. Burgers will be $1.50 in tribute to the original 1971 price, and a DJ will spin &#8217;70s tunes all day and [...]]]></description>
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