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		<title>Chicago helps the Gulf</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/07/19/chicago-helps-the-gulf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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Help wildlife and families affected by the BP disaster and enjoy some of Chicago&#8217;s best eats. A $50 donation to Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup gets you into a benefit hosted by some of some of the city&#8217;s hottest eateries. The event takes place 5&#8211;7 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Chicago hotel menu happenings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago&#8217;s hotel restaurants are sizzling this summer. Here&#8217;s a sampling:


Stetson&#8217;s Chop House in the Loop&#8217;s Hyatt Regency Chicago has added a $38 three-course set menu to  recently enhanced regular menu.  Served daily before 6:30 p.m. and after 8 p.m., the prix fixe offers a choice of French onion soup or caesar salad to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat this! Bruschetta, an elevating use for stale bread</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/06/16/eat-this-bruschetta-an-elevating-use-for-stale-bread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruschetta (pronounced "brus&#8242;ket-ta"), a popular appetizer or snack, consists of crusty grilled or toasted bread brushed with olive oil, rubbed with garlic and given any of a variety of toppings.]]></description>
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		<title>Pigging out at the peak with Chicago-made treat</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/27/pigging-out-at-the-peak-with-chicago-made-treat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Rockford, Ill., climber <b>Bob Peterson</b> reached the base camp of Mount Everest, a 60-mile trek, 9,000 feet of it uphill, he celebrated with an unusual local trail mix made in Chicago.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s The 39 Steps&#8217; a thrilling farce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much in the same spirit as <b>Charles Ludlam's</b> gothic spoof "<a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/11/24/the-mystery-of-irma-vep-a-rollicking-gothic-spoof/">The Mystery of Irma Vep</a>," this madcap pastiche by  <b>Patrick Barlow,</b> based on a concept from <b>Simon Corble</b> and <b>Nobby Dimon,</b> features four actors who reenact all the roles in <b>Alfred Hitchcock's</b> classic <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0780021967?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=60666-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0780021967" target="_blank">1935 film</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Eat for James Beard, Charles the Great Dane</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/11/eat-for-james-beard-charles-the-great-dane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out these Chicago benefit dinners.]]></description>
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		<title>Night out: &#8216;Computers Come Alive!&#8217; with new music</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/10/night-out-computers-come-alive-with-new-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catch the cutting edge of music with "Computers Come Alive!" The concert, a series of works influenced by or incorporating computer-driven technology, culminates <a href="http://www.fulcrumpoint.org/" target="_blank">Fulcrum Point New Music Project's</a>  2009&#8211;10 season of "Movies, Myths and Machines" and takes place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at the <a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/2008/show_banner.php?restID=4854&#038;sCate2=" title="Dining Chicago: Harris Theater" target="_blank">Harris Theater for Music and Dance</a> in Millennium Park, with special pre-show programming beginning at 7:10 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>21 freebies for Mother&#8217;s Day in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/04/21-freebies-for-mothers-day-in-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/05/04/21-freebies-for-mothers-day-in-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could take your mom out for the usual Mother's Day brunch this Sunday, May 9, but why not go where she'll get a little something extra?]]></description>
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		<title>Join the fight for life: Dine out on Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/04/27/join-the-fight-for-life-dine-out-on-thursday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/04/27/join-the-fight-for-life-dine-out-on-thursday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The single largest HIV/AIDS benefit in the country, the 17th Annual Dining Out for Life, takes place Thursday, April 29. A portion of your meal check at a variety of  Chicago and suburban restaurants will benefit AIDSCare Progressive Services, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Chicagoans with HIV/AIDS through housing, ]]></description>
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		<title>The best Chicago restaurants ever? Really?</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/04/20/the-best-chicago-restaurants-ever-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you add to the list? What would you leave off?]]></description>
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