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		<title>Eastside Grill in Northampton</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/03/07/eastside-grill-in-northampton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Yogi Berra said, &#8220;No one goes there anymore. It&#8217;s too crowded.&#8221; I always liked the EASTSIDE GRILL (19 Strong Ave., Northampton, 586-3347, www.eastsidegrill.com), but the combination of its no-reservations policy and its popularity made for long waits. Often, by the time I sat down I felt there was nothing the place could do to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Black Walnut</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/03/06/burning-black-walnut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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We were in Seattle on vacation when I got the call. A summer storm, a series of microbursts, and the 100 year old black walnut tree in our back yard was uprooted and fell on our tenants’ roof. It was still raining in Massachusetts, so I called the tenant and my stepson and the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Piazza Ristorante &#8211; Amherst</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first tasted Mauro Aniello&#8217;s food in Cambridge in the mid-1970s when he worked at a pizza place in Harvard Square. Later, he had his own restaurant in Boston&#8217;s North End. By 1983, he&#8217;d sold that and moved to this area, where he opened Pinocchio&#8217;s in North Amherst. I live nearby and my wife and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sabrett&#8217;s Onion Sauce &#8211; An Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/02/15/sabretts-onion-sauce-an-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In New York this past weekend, I had a chance to try the Sabrett&#8217;s onion sauce on a dirty water dog. It was more tomato-y than I remembered, tasting like there was a shot of ketchup in it. The onions were completely cooked through, but not mushy. No taste of vinegar, but sweetness that could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mosaic Cafe &#8211; Mediterranean and Moroccan Food in Northampton</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/02/08/mosaic-cafe-mediterranean-and-moroccan-food-in-northampton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A clean, well-lighted place. Hemingway was talking about a Parisian cafe filled with late-night drinkers, but the term can easily apply to MOSAIC CAFÉ (78 Masonic St., Northampton, 585-1155). For one thing, it is a clean and well-lighted place, recently redone from Bill Streeter&#8217;s Silver Maple Bindery, which formerly occupied the spot. For another, given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venus Redux</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/01/26/venus-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You always wonder whether a restaurant is consistent or has changed since you wrote about it. I&#8217;ve been sending people to Venus in Easthampton, calling it, &#8220;perhaps the best restaurant in the area.&#8221; Mostly, the feedback is good&#8211;no place is perfect, after all&#8211;but I was talking with a friend the other day.
In my first review, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sakura &#8211; Buffet Sushi in Northampton</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/01/21/sakura-buffet-sushi-in-northampton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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When I first heard about a new all-you-can eat sushi buffet in Northampton, I was wary. As someone once said, the words &#8220;discount&#8221; and &#8220;sushi&#8221; should never appear in the same sentence. Buffet sushi sounded awfully close. However, I took the plunge and stopped in one day, and I&#8217;m glad I did.
The Chen brothers, Jimmy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wok Hai and Frozen Pizza</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/01/14/wok-hai-and-frozen-pizza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All it takes is a morning of winter thaw and I&#8217;m immediately remembering the beach. Summers when I was a boy, my family went to Far Rockaway beach. Rows of tiny bungalows, a boardwalk and a beach. For an apartment house boy, it was heaven. The boardwalk extended from Beach 1st street to around Beach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbonade Flamande &#8211; Take Two</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/01/10/carbonade-flamande-take-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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 So this week I did something any restaurant cook does on a daily basis. I made the same dish again, wanting it to taste exactly the same. I was supposed to bring it to my cousin&#8217;s last week, but we cancelled because of snow. So, for this Saturday, I wanted to make the same dish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 in the Pioneer Valley &#8211; Restaurants and CSAs</title>
		<link>http://blog.russelnod.com/2010/01/02/2009-in-the-pioneer-valley-restaurants-and-csas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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2009 was not a good year in which to open a restaurant, but even so more than a few intrepid souls took the plunge.
In Northampton, LOCAL (formerly LOCAL BURGERS) combined the American staples, hamburgers and fries, with the current obsession for local produce and was swarming with customers. SAKURA, on King Street, introduced a buffet [...]]]></description>
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