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		<title>Beyond Festivals: Street Food Actually on Streets and Sidewalks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thy Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These last two weekends in the Bay Area have been a celebration of the best and the biggest of food on the go. La Cocina and Eat Real both showed that there are indeed thousands of people willing to stand in long lines in the full heat of summer to try any tasty treat served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chili and Change: Dispatch From DC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thy Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with 4 million other people in Washington, I&#8217;m trying to figure out how to keep warm and dry while waiting (and waitingâ€¦) to witness history in the making. Fuzzy boots and mittens with hand warmers and puffy rain pants are my own fashion statement for this inaugural ceremony. And while the 44th POTUS settles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLOW: For the Love of Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thy Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. &#8211; W. H. Auden Like the earth itself, our bodies are 70 percent water. This also happens to be the proportion of our water supply that the agricultural industry consumes to bring food to our tables. No conversation about sustainable food systems can exclude the topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pie and Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thy Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does an energetic, intrepid cook do with her anger about an unfair world? Just ask Colleen Hubbard later this weekâ€¦over a slice of her pie. On Sunday, July 13, Colleen and her friend, David Pistrang, will be serving up dish after dish of their favorite homey dessert at the Women&#8217;s Building. It&#8217;s a Pie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wartime Comfort</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Friday, April 25, is ANZAC Day. Short for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp, it&#8217;s a day of remembrance for the 8,000 soldiers who died during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. Still young in their nationhood, Australia and New Zealand sent soldiers to join the Allied forces, who were landing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corn Art: The Great Tortilla Conspiracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After successful runs last year at the DeYoung Museum and Galleria de la Raza, The Great Tortilla Conspiracy returns for another fantastic show at SomArts Cultural Center. Self-described as &#8220;the world&#8217;s most dangerous tortilla art collective,&#8221; the father and son team of Rene and Rio YaÃ±ez explores a wide swath of themes in their unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BO-DE-GA: Food Choices at the Corner Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thy Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bodega: The Bronx Laughs are few and far between for anyone who works in that tough corner of the food world where food security, public health, and urban development issues intersect. Fortunately, the dynamic duo of Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam have been making short, sharp, and extremely funny documentaries about shopping and eating in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOOD: The Food Issue</title>
		<link>http://tidbits.wanderingspoon.com/2008/02/11/good-the-food-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a decidedly new take on the happy meal, the folks over at GOOD have filled their upcoming March/April issue with stories and photos about food along with their usual provocative round-up of art, politics and culture from around the world. Excellent visual design and a refreshingly straight-forward take on sustainability distinguish their pages. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrimp to Die For</title>
		<link>http://tidbits.wanderingspoon.com/2007/12/23/shrimp-to-die-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Ed works crazy long hours making sure people are fed well. Fortunately, he also knows how to party. More to the point, he knows how to throw down one hell of a spread and mixes generous, powerful drinks. Thus, I blame him for my momentary lapse of politics. It&#8217;s been roughly a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art and Politics</title>
		<link>http://tidbits.wanderingspoon.com/2007/11/18/art-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often receive emails about my blog, and a recent one from Dan had me thinking for a very long time. Although I wrote a reply to him directly, I&#8217;d also like to encourage a wider discussion. On Nov 18, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Dan ______ wrote: Hi Wandering Spoon (aka Thy): While going through [...]]]></description>
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