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		<title>Closing the Blog on RVAfoodie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t really see this coming either. My resolution for 2012 was  basically to &#8220;keep my eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.&#8221;  Pretty  innocuous, up-beat, and more of a mantra to enhance my parenting skills  with positivity than anything to do with my food and social commentary. But, here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unrequited Reatuarant Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I have any regrets about quitting this blog (there are lots, actually), one of them would be that I haven&#8217;t yet been to Selba, Enoteca Sogno, lunch at The Citizen, Lehja or Mama J&#8217;s with Karen, Asian Galaxy, Mas Tapas in CVille, Mediterranean Brick Oven, or Phoenix Garden Vegetarian Noodle Soup House on Brook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words</title>
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		<link>http://www.rvafoodie.com/2012/01/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/</link>
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		<title>Meat Cuisine Still Reigns Supreme?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jenna Sneed says she sees a growing number of customers coming to her restaurant, Fresca on Addison, looking for lunch or dinner that won&#8217;t kill them. Never mind that Sneed&#8217;s focus is on a cuisine that hasn&#8217;t killed any animals, she&#8217;s witnessing a growing demand comprised of health consciousness customers who&#8217;re following their doctor&#8217;s orders. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rvafoodie.com/2012/01/meat-cuisine-still-reigns-supreme/</link>
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		<title>Pumpkin Smashing Therapy Session</title>
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		<link>http://www.rvafoodie.com/2012/01/pumpkin-brain-therapy-session/</link>
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		<title>On Fire</title>
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I find Sebadoh&#8217;s ballad&#8217;s more beautiful than sad, though Lou Barlow can come across as a self-obsessed drama queen.  This song isn&#8217;t exactly my story, but I might occasionally identify with a line or two in there.  If you do find the song morose (I don&#8217;t), try this one on for size to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Empress: Romancing the Throne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When one of Karen&#8217;s upcycled furniture customers gave her a gift certificate for The Empress, I crossed my fingers that she&#8217;d take me with her for dinner.  I&#8217;ve come a long way in my regard for The Empress. Hearing numerous friends rave about the food, the service, the coffee and the specialty lemon-aides definitely made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rvafoodie.com/2012/01/the-empress-romancing-the-throne/</link>
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		<title>Strawberry Street Wine Shop(ping)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who missed the Portuguese wine tasting at The Empress, there&#8217;s still time to play along at home (and Genevelyn will likely have more, maybe at C&#8217;est La Vin in Shockoe Bottom).  If you&#8217;re looking to pick up bottles from that event, The Empress has got&#8217;em.  But, for big box shoppers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leftovers: Pics and Blurbs</title>
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Lunch special at The Phoenician: Falafel, spinach and feta fatayer (pie), fattoush salad, and a great lemon tahini sauce (not pictured).

Before eating at Rocoto Chicken in El Jardin Market on W. Broad, you are presented with a serving of fried cracked corn kernels.  Stay for the&#8230; everything else.

These two bottles of wine were given to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aaron Hoskins Invites You to The Empress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest blog by Aaron Hoskins, head cook (and social &#8220;media darling&#8221; ;o) at The Empress.  He talks up his exciting menu for this Tuesday&#8217;s Tasting, transitions and changes, and exceeding expectations.   

A few weeks back, one of the lovely servers here at The Empress had an exchange with a [...]]]></description>
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