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	<description>Observations on Everday Life in Scotland from a Stranger in a Strange Land</description>
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		<title>Banana Muffin Breakthrough!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 17:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first, I HATE baking.  Please don&#8217;t get me wrong, I don&#8217;t hate baked goods per say,  just any personal involvement in the act of baking.  Here is my beef with the whole thing: I can not stand how baking requires you to dirty multiple bowls, utensils, instruments &#38; pans to generate an expensive and labour-intensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty of Brisket</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2013/02/the-beauty-of-brisket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I owe the lovely owner of this next shop a huge apology for my tardiness in posting this blog, but it is still tres au courant given recent events. As I am a relatively superstitious person, part of my New Year&#8217;s preparation is to make sure everything in the house is fresh and clean by the time the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Skool Xmas 2012 &#8211; The Wonderbag</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2013/01/old-skool-xmas-2012-the-wonderbag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well contrary to popular belief, apparently I was very good this past year! I have been itching to share my excitement over the lovely things Santa brought me this year and have finally found a quiet moment to do so, so sit back &#38; relax as this is sooooo cool! From left to right let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Fish Van Man</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2012/12/my-fish-van-man/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2012/12/my-fish-van-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are blessed with the most ridiculous variety of world-class foods right here in my nook of the woods.  In fact, in my county of Fife alone you can get not only local farm produce and grains, but also dairy products,wild game, beef, pork, chicken and of course spectacular fish &#38; shellfish.  So in an effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poutine &#8211; Canadian Comfort Food</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2012/10/poutine-canadian-comfort-food/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2012/10/poutine-canadian-comfort-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I may have recovered from this trip just enough to share this journey with you.  The setting is relevant so bare with me a moment&#8230; I was returning from the most fun family reunion ever at Mont Tremblant, about an hour north of Montreal, Canada.  As per usual, I seriously kicked up my heels during [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Head&#8217;n Upstream &#8211; Recent Readings</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2012/10/headn-upstream-recent-readings/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2012/10/headn-upstream-recent-readings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I (like many folks of a creative bent) can get knocked off my perch with disheartening ease.  For me, this book was the most recent culprit.  It is well written, highly acclaimed and billed as &#8220;The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Reviews, Memoir, and More&#8221;. So naturally I thought, &#8220;Hey, this sounds fabulous for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crispy Kale Chips</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2012/05/crispy-kale-chips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now I know that these have been quite the rage amongst the healthy folk of North American in the past few years, but let me tell you a bit about the role of kale in the Scottish diet&#8230;&#8217;cuz we like own kale babe. For a quick refresher, kale is a member of the cabbage family [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Protected: Balsamic Bacon Chutney</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Red Pantiles of Fife</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2012/01/the-flying-red-pantiles-of-fife-2/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2012/01/the-flying-red-pantiles-of-fife-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The region or county that I live in is called Fife, more commonly know as The Kingdom of Fife.  Long before there was a notion of a land called &#8220;Scotland&#8221;, this peninsula of land was said to be the lower Kingdom of the Picts (or Painted Peoples) known as  Fib.  These ancient boundaries and names persist very much into the present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Kilda</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2011/12/st-kilda/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2011/12/st-kilda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Muir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to our new contributor Colin Muir for this first hand account of his visit to St. Kilda.  Colin works as a Stone Conservator at Historic Scotland and also specialises in close range 3D scanning of many of Scotland&#8217;s treasures. Smarty-pants extraordinaire, smok&#8217;n babe and my hubby, and you can read more about some of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cardamom Rolls</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2011/12/cardamom-rolls/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2011/12/cardamom-rolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession, I am having a food affair.  And it is all the fault of this woman; my friend Linn from Sweden.  While I am indeed totally committed to exploring and sharing Scottish ingredients and food with you, Linn&#8217;s cooking and even more so her baking is just too distractingly good &#8211; so I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recent Projects</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2011/11/recent-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2011/11/recent-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband has been travelling quite a bit as of late which usually gives me a chance to catch up on some reading.  However, while putting fresh sheets on my bed today the most recent pile of books got knocked off their various perches on and around my bedside table.  The ensuing mess made for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guy Fawkes Night</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2011/11/guy-fawkes-night/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2011/11/guy-fawkes-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot.  I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.&#8221; Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night, more widely known as Bonfire Night, where people up and down Britain gather in the frosty blackness of a November night to celebrate the joyous relief of an event that never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Food &#8211; Sausage with Peppers &amp; Onions</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2011/10/street-food-sausage-with-peppers-onions/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2011/10/street-food-sausage-with-peppers-onions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Cooking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is something about this blustery weather that is putting me in the mind of tailgates (will explain in a sec), outdoor continental markets and the boldness of the Autumn cook-out party.  In the more northerly of the US States cold, rainy or snowy weather is no reason why you should not stand outside (often around a keg of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Farm Shop Survey &#8211; Hopetoun House</title>
		<link>http://albaliving.com/2011/10/farm-shop-survey-hopetoun-house/</link>
		<comments>http://albaliving.com/2011/10/farm-shop-survey-hopetoun-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prompted by the autumn newsletter from this next Farm Shop, I thought it was about time to introduce you to my secret mecca of Scottish gourmet treats.  And what, you may ask would that entail?  Well, come with me for a wee shopping trip to the newly opened Farm Shop of Hopetoun House.  Now, before [...]]]></description>
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