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isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=14330</guid> <description><![CDATA[I promise that this asparagus post (unlike my previous one) will not offend anyone by mentioning any bodily functions, so feel safe to read on. This post is all about the unabashed joy of celebrating all things green this spring. The classic panzanella salad originated in Tuscany. It was a way to use up stale [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/05/asparagus-and-panzanella-salad/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Happy Birthday with Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mousse Cake</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/05/happy-birthday-with-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-mousse-cake/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/05/happy-birthday-with-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-mousse-cake/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:27:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cakes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chocolate Cake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family Birthdays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peanut Butter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Serious Eats]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=14265</guid> <description><![CDATA[My baby recently turned 20! Kind of scary and yet also awesome at the same time to realize that I am no longer the parent of teenage children. I have made the exact same Chocolate Cake for him for the past 19 years. To say that he is a child that does not handle change well is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/05/happy-birthday-with-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-mousse-cake/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Let&#8217;s get personal with asparagus</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/lets-get-personal-with-asparagus/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/lets-get-personal-with-asparagus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Potatoes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[asparagus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eggs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poached eggs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[potatoes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rösti potatoes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The effect of asparagus on urine aroma]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=13734</guid> <description><![CDATA[ It’s entirely possible that I may be jumping the gun a bit by writing about asparagus during the end of April. Here in Ottawa we will not be seeing any local crops until mid-May at the earliest.  However, given the winter that we recently crawled out of, I hope I can be forgiven for buying California asparagus [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/lets-get-personal-with-asparagus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Messing with the classics &#8211; A Modern Banana Bread</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/messing-with-the-classics-a-modern-banana-bread/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/messing-with-the-classics-a-modern-banana-bread/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:34:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Breakfast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cakes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quick Breads]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Banana Bread]]></category> <category><![CDATA[childhood memories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cook's Illustrated]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Noreen Gilletz]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=13701</guid> <description><![CDATA[I had a friend in seventh grade whose long straight shiny hair I envied. It reached down to her lower back and was a beautiful shade of butterscotch. I had short, wiry, curly black hair and would have given anything for hair like hers. She seemed so exotic to me. As I spent more time [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/messing-with-the-classics-a-modern-banana-bread/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Delicious Gluten Free Bagels&#8230; An Oxymoron?</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/delicious-gluten-free-bagels-an-oxymoron/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/delicious-gluten-free-bagels-an-oxymoron/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:20:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bread]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gluten Free]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bagel World]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bagels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cheddar Jalapeno Bagels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gluten Free Bagels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Montreal Bagels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Bagels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twister Bagels]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=13646</guid> <description><![CDATA[I consider myself to be something of a bagel aficionado. Partly because I have eaten my fair share (and perhaps several others fair shares as well) over my life span, and partly because I have baked hundreds of bagels myself, after learning the craft when I participated in the Bread Baker&#8217;s Apprentice Challenge. I will not delve into the hotly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/delicious-gluten-free-bagels-an-oxymoron/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Friendship and Barcelona: Part 3</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/friendship-and-barcelona-part-3/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/friendship-and-barcelona-part-3/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:17:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Appetizers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ciabatta bread]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Botiga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pan con tomate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tomato bread]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tomatoes]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=13575</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the best things I ate during my trip to Barcelona was discovered purely by accident. We had just finished our Architectural walking tour of the city and based on a recommendation from our guide we stopped in at La Botiga at 27 Rambla Catalunya for lunch. This was only our second day in Barcelona so [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/friendship-and-barcelona-part-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Friendship and Barcelona: Part 2.</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/friendship-and-barcelona-part-2/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/friendship-and-barcelona-part-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:22:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cava]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Champagne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GoCar Tours]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tapeo]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=13539</guid> <description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog may know that my drink of choice is Prosecco. However, when in Barcelona, we switched our allegiance and guzzled quaffed Cava. Made in the Catalonia region of Spain, Cava is the generic term for Spanish sparkling wine. I should explain here that Cava and Prosecco are very different from Champagne. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/04/friendship-and-barcelona-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Friendship and Barcelona Part 1.</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/03/friendship-and-barcelona-part-1/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/03/friendship-and-barcelona-part-1/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:59:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Antoine Gaudi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Context Tours]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Herbal Essence Shampoo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Boqueria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Modernista Architecture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sagrada Familia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.saltandserenity.com/?p=13455</guid> <description><![CDATA[I met one of my very best friends at summer camp when we were 13 years old. We first bonded over giggling about a certain boy we both had a crush on while washing our hair in the rain with Herbal Essence Shampoo. This was way before the days of acid rain, and our camp was in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/03/friendship-and-barcelona-part-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roasted Chicken Soup and Perfect Matzoh Balls</title><link>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/03/roasted-chicken-soup-and-perfect-matzoh-balls/</link> <comments>http://www.saltandserenity.com/2013/03/roasted-chicken-soup-and-perfect-matzoh-balls/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:37:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>saltandserenity</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Soups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicken soup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[March snowstorms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matzoh Balls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Passover]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roasted Chicken Soup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snowshoeing]]></category><guid
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