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		<title>Chicken Parm</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/09/06/chicken-parm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#8217;s all about memory. After a weekend of seemingly endless stacking of wood, cooking various hot sauces, and cooking out of our out-of-control refrigerator, Monday night I wanted something comforting. Preferably nothing that looked like anything in our refrigerator. I wanted tomato sauce, melted mozzarella, and that deep fried crisp taste of an old-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eclectic Asian in Ware &#8211; Asian Gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/08/26/eclectic-asian-in-ware-asian-gardens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been spending a lot of time in Ware lately&#8211;business&#8211;and there is always the  issue of lunch. Since I&#8217;ve sworn off fast foods (with about 98.9% compliance), I&#8217;ve been trying the gamut of sub shops and such with little satisfaction. I stumbled on ASIAN GARDENS (123 West Street, Ware, 277-0724) a couple of weeks back. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eclipse Restaurant Northampton MA &#8211; Take Two</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/08/14/eclipse-restaurant-northampton-ma-take-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last restaurant article for the Daily Hampshire Gazette was for Eclipse Restaurant. Since my &#8220;retirement&#8221; I haven&#8217;t eaten out at all (if you don&#8217;t count shipboard meals during a week long cruise in Alaska). I was curious about what a non-professional meal would taste like. When my friend Paul and I decided to meet for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Being a Restaurant Critic</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/07/28/not-being-a-restaurant-critic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing Frank Bruni&#8217;s article on being an ex-restaurant critic, I couldn&#8217;t agree more.
I have been a retired restaurant writer for nearly two weeks now. In between, we spent a week on a cruise to Alaska and a weekend in Seattle, eating up a storm in both places. I was a &#8220;judge&#8221; in a shipboard cooking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Column-Restaurant Writing at the Gazette</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/07/16/final-column-restaurant-writing-at-the-gazette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be my last column for No Reservations. By my count it will be my 66th. Food coverage in Hampshire Life will be taking a different direction so I am moving on. I’ve enjoyed writing No Reservations and I’ll miss the comments from readers.
I&#8217;ll also miss the chance to write about the restaurants I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eclipse Restaurant &#8211; Northampton</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/07/12/eclipse-restaurant-northampton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I took her son, Gideon, and his son, Oscar, out to Eclipse for a treat last Friday night. ECLIPSE (186 Main St., Northampton, 584-6006, www.eclipse186.com) is the newest entry in the fine-dining scene in Northampton. Opened in the space formerly occupied by the Good Thyme Deli and then Bistro 186, it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Food</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/07/10/street-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating a not very together arancini at Pinocchio&#8217;s in Northampton, I realized that there is no street food in the town. Sure there&#8217;s pizza, and a bagel if you just get one and eat it, but where are the hot dogs? I&#8217;d kill for Korean tacos. Hell, I&#8217;d kill for Southwestern tacos, if I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zoe&#8217;s Fish House</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/06/24/zoes-fish-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When word spread that Jim and Rita Sands were reopening Zoe&#8217;s in the former Butternuts space in Hadley, people were excited. Zoe&#8217;s Fish and Chop House in Easthampton had ended its 13-year run in 2003, done in by high energy costs and shrinking margins. The site today is home to a medical center. For many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India House &#8211; Northampton MA</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/06/07/india-house-northampton-ma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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INDIA HOUSE (45 State St., Northampton, 586-6344, www.indiahousenorthampton.com), the venerable Indian restaurant, did just that. For one meal, my daughter-in-law Katie and I ate outside in the unseasonable heat. We started with vegetable pakora, four large fritters of shredded vegetables in a chickpea batter, and Chowpatt chaat, a salad of chickpeas, cucumbers, potatoes and tomatoes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Northampton Restaurants Overrated?</title>
		<link>http://www.russelnod.com/2010/05/29/are-northampton-restaurants-overrated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting in SD26 in Manhattan with my cousin and her husband.  Mitch started by saying that although it was a good restaurant, SD26 probably wouldn&#8217;t make the list of the top 50 restaurants in New York. He compared the restaurants in Connecticut where they have a house to those in Manhattan.
&#8220;In Connecticut, they [...]]]></description>
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