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	<title>Dining Chicago &#187; River West</title>
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		<title>Leah&#8217;s Notebook: News of Chicago&#8217;s dining scene</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/06/14/leahs-notebook-news-of-chicagos-dining-scene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Condolences to the family and friends of <b>Edna Stewart</b>, founder and head chef of West Side soul food spot <a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/2008/show_banner.php?restID=4888&#038;sCate2=" title="Dining Chicago: Edna&#8217;s Restaurant" target="_blank"><b>Edna's Restaurant</b></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>21 freebies for Mother&#8217;s Day in Chicago</title>
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		<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>
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		<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>Five ways to commemorate Earth Day in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/04/22/five-ways-to-commemorate-earth-day-in-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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Happy Earth Day! Today is the 40th anniversary of the first hippie-inspired, national environmental consciousness raising in 1970. Here are a few things you can do to mark the day.


Drink a Treetini.
For every one of the $9 cocktails &#8212; blended frin VeeV Acai Spirit with fresh agave nectar, club soda, a splash of white cranberry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti-ade: the hot new cocktail on the Gold Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/01/28/haiti-ade-the-hot-new-cocktail-on-the-gold-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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The Haiti-ade, a smooth new cocktail of Kraken Black Spiced Rum with cranberry and orange juices, is this week&#8217;s hot drink in Chicago. The complete proceeds from purchases of the $6.50 drink, through Sunday, Jan. 31 (or till the Kraken runs out), will go to the American Red Cross for earthquake relief efforts. 10 local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Chicago beer blasts to brighten your winter</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/01/25/six-chicago-beer-blasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Brighten your dull winter evenings at these upcoming winter brew-hahas.

Smoke Daddy  Weekly Beer Tastings, Wicker Park, 7&#8211;9 p.m. Tuesdays, no cover. 
The weekly tastings showcase new, rare and small-production brews with specials on pints of featured beers ($6) and beer flights ($10). Upcoming events: Jan. 26, Samuel Adams Imperial Series; Feb. 2, Two Brothers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Chicagoland restaurants and bars open on Christmas Day</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/12/21/50-chicagoland-restaurants-and-bars-open-on-christmas-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don't have to eat Chinese food on Christmas. ]]></description>
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		<title>Drink up, Chicago! October wine events offer global flavors</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/10/13/chicago-october-wine-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The October harvest of wine events continues. 



Osteria Via Stato Autumn Harvest Wine Tasting, River North, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, $20. 
Master sommelier and host of &#8220;Check Please!&#8221; Alpana Singh leads a tasting of 20 autumn harvest wines that pair well with fall ingredients, such as brussels sprouts, apples, pears, squash and pomegranate, exemplified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat this! Watermelon: More than dessert</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/09/09/eat-this-watermelon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
What it is: The sweet and juicy fruit of a vine, Citrullus lanatus, watermelon is related to cucumbers and squash. Botanically, it&#8217;s considered a &#8220;pepo,&#8221; or false berry. 
Traditionally large, green-skinned and red- or pink-fleshed with plentiful black seeds, there are today seedless and white-, yellow- and orange-fleshed watermelons and all kinds of sizes. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chef Mark Mendez: Open letter to a culinary student</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2009/08/28/chef-mark-mendez-open-letter-to-a-culinary-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Blogger:</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Guest Blogger: Chef Mark Mendez. I am angry, so forgive me if I rant. You gave notice after only two weeks on the job and then didn't show up the next day and really screwed me. I know why you quit; it was hard work, harder than you thought it was going to be. The funny thing is, you worked an easy station and never even worked on a busy night, funny right? The sad thing is you don't even know how hard it really is, or what it truly means to be a line cook. ]]></description>
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