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		<title>Pantry Spring Cleaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always find the change of ‘SEASONS’ inspirational on many different levels in the culinary world.  The transition from winter to spring is one of the most exciting times in the restaurant kitchen with the vibrant colors of oranges, rhubarb, grapefruit, artichokes, asparagus, and morels finding their way on the shelves of the walk-in cooler.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foraged at the peak of perfection &#8211; Chanterelle Mushrooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend an early morning text message set the wheels in motion for a day that still seems just a little surreal, a very good friend and colleague invited me to be part of a mushroom foraging party.  Of course I jumped at the opportunity; it has been a few years since my last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/foraged-at-the-peak-of-perfection-chanterelle-mushrooms/</link>
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		<title>Winter Comfort Food &#8211; Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In gathering ingredients today to spend some quality time in the kitchen, it seems that I should be counting my blessing that work currently has me in California especially when it comes to the recent national weather reports.  Mother Nature’s onslaught of cold and snow sure has delivered a whopping punch across our nation slowing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/winter-comfort-food-slow-roasted-pork-shoulder/</link>
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		<title>New meaning for &#8216;Meals on Wheels&#8217; &#8211; Food Truck craze is growing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it is about time, I have finally been bitten by the bug that is rapidly spreading across our nation – Food Trucks!  Not your run of the mill, greasy spoon or the stereotyped ‘taco truck’, I talking restaurant caliber food trucks.  I am completely amazed, intrigued and a huge fan of this new movement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/new-meaning-for-meals-on-wheels-food-truck-craze-is-growing/</link>
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		<title>SF Chronicle &#8216; Taster&#8217;s Choice&#8217; &#8211; PANCETTA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each week the local San Francisco Chronicle produces a highlighted food section for their newspaper. Besides covering the expected topics of new restaurants, restaurant reviews, wines and the local ‘scoop’ for chef’s / restaurateurs, just to name a few of the articles another section I enjoy reading is “Taster’s Choice”.  Here a well rounded group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/sf-chronicle-tasters-choice-pancetta/</link>
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		<title>Dungensee Crab for Christmas Eve 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve 2010, and we are on the road traveling to Twentynine Palms, a desert region of southern California.  I have the cooler packed with a handful of culinary surprises for dinner tonight, the biggest surprise being fresh Dungeness Crabs which just came in from the fishing boats working the waters of the San Francisco [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/dungensee-crab-for-christmas-eve-2010/</link>
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		<title>Dungeness Crab for the Holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2010 draws to a close there are a few final magical culinary moments that will always stir up excitement in the restaurant kitchen.   In October and November the world turns its focus to the Piedmont region and the town of Alba, which is considered Italy’s truffle capital. In the United States, the cooler temperatures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/dungeness-crab-for-the-holiday/</link>
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		<title>November Oyster BBQ at Tamales Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally gained my right a passage into a very special event that happens only once a year during the second weekend of November.  It seems over the previous year’s one little thing or another always seemed to throw a ‘monkey wrench’ into the plans, plus the fact with home being in Colorado it presented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/november-oyster-bbq-at-tamales-bay/</link>
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		<title>Napa Valley Harvest 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At one time or another we have all heard the saying, ‘Location, Location, Location.”  These words certainly define my new culinary endeavors and lifestyle.  Life and the pursuit of new adventures have brought about opportunity and change in regards to my world where food is concerned.  Over the past seven years, I have been fortunate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.volpifoods.com/napa-valley-harvest-2010/</link>
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		<title>End of the Summer Gathering of Family and Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been more than a few occasions over the recent years that have provided the opportunity for family and friends to share in celebration marking the ‘official’ end of summer.  I decided this year to take charge of planning and the gathering of troops, so with that being said in last weeks blog I [...]]]></description>
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