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  <item>
    <id>10845</id>
    <title>Holiday Beer Cheer 2007</title>
    <published_at>Fri Dec 07 14:08:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10845</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>CHOW rates this year's winter warmers</short_description>
    <long_description>CHOW rates this year's winter warmers.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/12/beer_105.jpg</img>
    <author>Kurt Wolff</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>10668</id>
    <title>Rules for Margarita Greatness</title>
    <published_at>Mon Aug 06 10:34:00 -0700 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10668</link>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>The perfect margarita is much more than the sum of its parts</short_description>
    <long_description>The perfect margarita is much more than the sum of its parts.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/09/rcp_perfectmargarita_105x10.jpg</img>
    <author>Michele Foley</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10654</id>
    <title>Great Wine in Minutes!</title>
    <published_at>Fri Jul 20 11:38:00 -0700 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10654</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Testing miracle wine enhancers</short_description>
    <long_description>Testing miracle wine enhancers.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/07/wine_enhancer_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Tina Caputo</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>10486</id>
    <title>Glassware: The Long and Short of It</title>
    <published_at>Tue Mar 13 09:05:00 -0700 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10486</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Glasses come in all shapes and sizes.</short_description>
    <long_description>Glasses come in all shapes and sizes.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/03/105_glasses.gif</img>
    <author>Rob Chirico</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>10477</id>
    <title>A Short Course in Mixology</title>
    <published_at>Mon Mar 05 15:34:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10477</link>
    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Get your drink right, from the ice to the garnish</short_description>
    <long_description>Get your drink right, from the ice to the garnish.</long_description>
    <img></img>
    <author>Rob Chirico</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>10465</id>
    <title>Between the Clorox and the Kitty Litter</title>
    <published_at>Wed Feb 21 13:38:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10465</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Can you find drinkable wine at the local convenience store?</short_description>
    <long_description>Can you find drinkable wine at the local convenience store?</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/02/badshopsgoodwine_105.jpg</img>
    <author>Anthony Giglio</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10463</id>
    <title>Good Label, Bad Wine</title>
    <published_at>Tue Feb 20 13:02:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10463</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Pretty packages are for suckers</short_description>
    <long_description>CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/02/labels_105.jpg</img>
    <author>Michele Foley</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>10453</id>
    <title>Wine Online</title>
    <published_at>Fri Feb 16 11:38:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10453</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Where to buy vino while surfing the Web</short_description>
    <long_description>Where to buy vino while surfing the Web.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/02/105_wineshop.jpg</img>
    <author>Michele Foley and Kristen Wolfe Bieler</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10433</id>
    <title>Thirsty Business</title>
    <published_at>Tue Jan 30 16:15:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10433</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Who drinks on the job these days?</short_description>
    <long_description>Who drinks on the job these days?</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/01/drinkjob_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Christy Harrison</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10418</id>
    <title>Bacon in a Glass</title>
    <published_at>Fri Jan 19 12:40:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10418</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Smoked beers are a toasty, rich quaff for winter</short_description>
    <long_description>CHOW's guide to smoked beers: rich, toasty-tasting ales that are made with malt smoked prior to brewing.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/01/smokedbeer_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
  </item>
  <item>
    <id>10410</id>
    <title>Well-Heeled Wines</title>
    <published_at>Fri Jan 12 14:45:00 -0800 2007</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10410</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Puglian wines get a lesson in New World marketing</short_description>
    <long_description>Puglian wines get a much-needed lesson in New World marketing.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2007/01/puglia_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Maggie Dutton</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10385</id>
    <title>Old Beer Is New Again</title>
    <published_at>Mon Dec 18 12:39:00 -0800 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10385</link>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Aging suds in oak casks comes back in style</short_description>
    <long_description>Aging suds in oak casks comes back in style.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/12/agedbeatification_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Joshua M. Bernstein</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10374</id>
    <title>Deck the Halls with Beer</title>
    <published_at>Tue Dec 12 12:05:00 -0800 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10374</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Holiday brews cheer the American beer market</short_description>
    <long_description>Holiday brews cheer the American beer market.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/12/holiday_anchor_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Heather Shouse</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
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  <item>
    <id>10365</id>
    <title>Bring On the Bubbles</title>
    <published_at>Wed Dec 06 14:45:00 -0800 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10365</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>It's always champagne season. A primer to help you enjoy it straight.</short_description>
    <long_description>A primer on champagne.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/12/champagne_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Anthony Giglio</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10206</id>
    <title>The Magic Numbers</title>
    <published_at>Tue Nov 07 15:26:00 -0800 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10206</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>One man blends his way to the perfect bottle of wine</short_description>
    <long_description>One man blends his way to the perfect bottle of wine.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/11/wineblendingd_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Daniel Duane</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10202</id>
    <title>Whiskey Primer</title>
    <published_at>Sun Nov 05 17:01:00 -0800 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10202</link>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Watch out for the revenuers</short_description>
    <long_description>Watch out for the revenuers.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/11/whiskey_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Jason Horn</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
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  <item>
    <id>10180</id>
    <title>Fancy Brewski</title>
    <published_at>Fri Oct 27 11:40:00 -0700 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10180</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>Beer cocktails mix it up</short_description>
    <long_description>Bartenders mix creative cocktails with beer.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/10/shandy_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Claudia Alarcon</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
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  <item>
    <id>10169</id>
    <title>Brewed in March, Drunk in October</title>
    <published_at>Fri Oct 20 12:21:00 -0700 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10169</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>How convenient that M&#228;rzen beers appear just in time for Oktoberfest</short_description>
    <long_description>How convenient that M&#228;rzen beers appear just in time for Oktoberfest.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/10/knock_it_back_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Jordan Mackay</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
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  <item>
    <id>10128</id>
    <title>Art of the Shock-tail</title>
    <published_at>Tue Sep 26 13:37:00 -0700 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10128</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>The cocktail goes carnivorous</short_description>
    <long_description>Bacon-infused vodka martinis, rum and steak sauce &amp;#8212;has it really come to this?</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/09/rcp_bacontini_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Brian Abrams</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
    </category>
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  <item>
    <id>10114</id>
    <title>Youth Culture</title>
    <published_at>Tue Sep 19 12:13:00 -0700 2006</published_at>
    <link>http://www.chow.com/stories/10114</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <short_description>With tequila, older is not necessarily better</short_description>
    <long_description>Unaged tequila is considered by many aficionados to be the best way to enjoy the spirit because the longer tequila sits in a barrel, the more it tastes like oak or charcoal and the less it tastes like the agave plant it was made from.</long_description>
    <img>http://www.chow.com/assets/2006/09/img_youthculture_105x105.jpg</img>
    <author>Amy Keyishian</author>
    <category>
      <id>66</id>
      <name>Drink</name>
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