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	<title>Food for the Thoughtless by Michael Procopio</title>
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		<title>Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[goddaughters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What mattered, I suppose, was that a throng of teenaged girls loved it. Well, they loved the cake pops certainly. They ate what was underneath when there were no more of them to devour. What (seemingly) took forever to produce was gone in no time.

Just like my goddaughter's little girlhood. <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2012/01/goodbye-twelve-hello-thirteen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>(Not) My Grandmother&#8217;s Panna Cotta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the only desserts my grandmother ever made herself were the uninspired, quivering kind: raspberry Jell-O, Royal brand chocolate pudding, and the most boring of all, panna cotta. Or panna cot' as she liked to call it. <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2012/01/not-my-grandmothers-panna-cotta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year, Happy Old Year.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mushrooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first act of the New Year&#8211; make that my third act of the New Year after flushing the Old Year down the toilet and washing my hands with soap and hot water&#8211;  was to bake a loaf of bread. &#8230; <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2012/01/happy-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Practically Imperfect in Every Way.</title>
		<link>http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/12/practically-imperfect-in-every-way/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=practically-imperfect-in-every-way</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dragons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Poppins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pistachio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poached pears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ricotta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writer's block]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a difficult relationship with &#8220;perfect&#8221; ever since I witnessed a measuring tape belonging to Mary Poppins refer to her as practically so in every way. We have the same initials, Mary and I, so the self-imposed pressure to emulate her &#8230; <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/12/practically-imperfect-in-every-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Proper Thanks</title>
		<link>http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/11/giving-proper-thanks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=giving-proper-thanks</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not much of a holiday person. While the essence of Christmas is a lovely thought, I can&#8217;t bear suffering through six to eight weeks of blinking lights and enforced good cheer. New Year&#8217;s Eve is nearly always disappointing, filled &#8230; <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/11/giving-proper-thanks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rosemary&#8217;s Baby Food</title>
		<link>http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/10/rosemarys-baby-food/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rosemarys-baby-food</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[evil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great 20th century poet/philosopher Pat Benatar once remarked that &#8220;hell is for children.&#8221; Jean-Paul Sartre, a lesser-known thinker from the same century, wrote that &#8220;hell is other people.&#8221; I would like to take these ideas to the next, logical &#8230; <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/10/rosemarys-baby-food/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not Dead, But Resting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Food Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear kind readers and gentlepeople, This is just a little note let you know that Food for The Thoughtless is not dead, but merely taking a much-needed rest. The author (pictured above) needed lots of sleep during the month of &#8230; <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/10/not-dead-but-resting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/08/twitter-etiquette/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=twitter-etiquette</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delicate matters such as venereal disease, marriage problems, interfamily issues, and the consistency of one's stool are just a few examples of things that are best not discussed on Twitter. Unless, of course,  you are Direct Messaging your doctor or marriage counselor.  <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/08/twitter-etiquette/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Die, Vampire, Die.</title>
		<link>http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/08/40-cloves-of-chicken-recipe/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=40-cloves-of-chicken-recipe</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have our demons-- ghosts that haunt us, ogres who hide under our beds, vampires that swarm around our heads. I know I've got them and, if you're the least bit introspective, I know you've got them, too.

Or, if you happen to be one of those people completely untroubled by the monsters of self-doubt, I'd love to know how you've managed it, though I probably won't believe you. <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/08/40-cloves-of-chicken-recipe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Danish Modern</title>
		<link>http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/07/danish-modern-cocktail/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=danish-modern-cocktail</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Procopio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I struggled with the naming of this drink. "The Melancholy Dane" first came to mind, but it's not exactly what the Crown Prince had in mind when he asked me to cheer up his country. One look at the cherry sunk at the bottom of the glass inspired "The Drowning Ophelia", but even that was still a bit grim-- almost necrophilic. <a href="http://foodforthethoughtless.com/2011/07/danish-modern-cocktail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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