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		<title>Favorite Queso de Bola Food for the Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course these foods aren’t limited to Christmas, but they seem even more delicious when eaten at this time of year. I ask several people what their favorite foods with queso de bola (QdB) are. The initial reactions are almost always similar: a sharp intake of breath with a simultaneous closing of the eyes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralyzed By Pastry at the Presents Perfect Shoot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m taking you behind the scenes of FOOD magazine’s Christmas issue shoot. Going to ABS-CBN is like coming home for me. It was here that I had my first job right out of college as a newscaster for Studio 23, and a mere four years later, it was also here that I began my career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Favorite Chocolate From Childhood Grows Up  With Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m starting and ending the week with chocolate. Chocolates ruled my childhood but among the scores of brown bars and silver wrappers scattered in my memory, one gold tin sticks out. From an overhead view, the tin’s top was the shape of a cocoa bean, its body extending down and straightening into a slim line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s That Girl On The Cover of the Magazine?</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7497/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fully Booked]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me a moment of immodesty. This is the cover of the August-September 2011 issue of Fully Booked&#8217;s Zine. And yes, that&#8217;s me on the front. It&#8217;s my very first cover and I&#8217;m so proud of how it&#8217;s turned out. Paul Mondok shot all the photos of me, and my friend and fellow writer Yvette [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCF Fans: Please Vote in the Globe Tatt Awards!</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/7248/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vote for Word Slayer and The One. Cast your votes. The Globe Tatt Awards seeks to honor greatness in social media, Filipino netizens who have tapped into their energy to build a fierce and unforgettable social media presence. Last month, the nominations were collected and tallied by the Council of Judges; and somewhere, some people [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Dessert Comes First 6th Anniversary Party: 100 Tickets Up For Grabs</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/3607/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DCF party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[100 tickets, 33 dishes and desserts, 11 raffle prizes, 1 epic anniversary party. When I threw the very first Dessert Comes First Party back in 2006, the website wasn’t even a year old yet. Five years later in 2011, Dessert Comes First is still here but it’s completely different from what it was back then. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Dates in February, Date #3: Dinner For 2 at Shi Lin</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/3561/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A meal for free at my current favorite restaurant. As a professional food writer, it’s incumbent on me to keep my restaurant preferences to myself. I write about so many aspects of the food industry and the brilliant people that make it run, so it’s really best to keep my mind open and my mouth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Dates in February, Date #2: Belgian Chocolate Hamper Delivered to Your Door on Valentine’s Day!</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/3534/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four lucky people will receive these Belgian chocolate hampers on Valentine’s Day. Absolutely FREE and delivered NATIONWIDE. It’s Valentine’s Day and you hear the doorbell ring. A courier is standing there with an enormous chocolate hamper for you. This is a deluxe hamper filled with creations from master Belgian chocolatier, Benoit Nicolay. As the genius [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Valentine Weekend Lovingly Crafted</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/3506/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I mix and match elements I love for a weekend full of love. I’m a girl who likes the red and pretty things in life, love and roses among them. As an ardent fan of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to do something spectacular to honor one of my favorite days of the year at one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tech Bloggers, 5 KitKats, 1 Food Blogger</title>
		<link>http://dessertcomesfirst.com/archives/3479/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like an odd combination, yes? Note: Read Technoodling&#8217;s write-up of this KitKat taste test. To my mind, I am no geek. I own a sufficient number of gadgets in order to go about my life: a Nokia C6-01, two iPod nanos (a 1st and 4th generation), a Canon Powershot G7, a Canon EOS 400D [...]]]></description>
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