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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;CHICO AND THE MEN&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months back an old friend who was once a rising star in the world of competitive flair called me asking for help. When I say old friend, I mean a guy I&#8217;ve known for pushing 10 years now before Flair blew up into a huge media-frenzied, multimillion dollar business. He wanted to put [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; BAR&#8221;TREND&#8221;ING</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas. The Lakes, more specifically. 2:18am. I&#8217;m staring at a blank page made from tiny white lights that some computer geek dubbed &#8220;pixels.&#8221; Without a salient thought in my head, I drift off into speculating just how anybody came up with the word &#8220;pixel.&#8221; This month&#8217;s Cut Off is due to Rob Husted in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was scanning the FBA message boards and threw the brakes on when my eyes fell onto a blurb somebody cut and pasted off the Food Network website about the upcoming Throwdown with Bobby Flay Episode. There it was on their website for millions and millions of people to see: Tobin Ellis is a World [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; FLAY VS. ELLIS Throwing Down with An Iron Chef</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been watching television when suddenly some TV host or celebrity chef plays bartender and absolutely butchers a drink as simple as an LIT? Surely I cannot be the only bartender who struggles through show after show were a non-bartender makes a mockery out of the art of pouring cocktails. From upside-down muddlers [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere near Dakar, Africa. Seat 54H. I&#8217;m kicking back at 35,000 feet on a 17-hour plane ride back to the United States from South Africa with Christian Delpech struggling with exactly how to start an article about my trip to Johannesburg to open the world&#8217;s newest flair bar, Sequoia&#8217;s when it hits me: I&#8217;m kicking [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 00:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s genetics. Maybe it&#8217;s being into my seventeenth year behind the pine. In either case, my &#8220;bar ears&#8221; extend well beyond the well. Sure, I&#8217;ve heard the wisecracks. Who do you think came up with the name &#8220;Cut Off?&#8221; Duh. In fact, it was originally called &#8220;Cut Me Off&#8221; but Rick decided to change [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;THE ACCIDENTAL MIXOLOGIST&#8221; Part One in a Series: The Martini</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What To Expect From This Series Over the next year or so, from time to time, I will continue this series on Mixology I am calling &#8220;The Accidental Mixologist&#8221; from the perspective of an everyday bartender, that I hope will open some eyes and changes some minds. My hope is that I am not the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;THE SHOW MUST GO ON&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, let&#8217;s get this out of the way. Don&#8217;t Call It A Comeback. First of all, who said I retired? (Not me.) Second, why are you so surprised? Lest ye forget this old man was already a finalist in Legends, Quest, Cayman&#8217;s, Flips for Tips, and almost every other comp I&#8217;ve entered. And let&#8217;s face [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another year of getting people blotto has whizzed by and I&#8217;m sitting here wondering what I&#8217;ve learned from it that you would find either amusing or useful. But the truth is that nothing really comes to mind. Sure if I spent hours picking through the dark recesses of my frightening mind, I could probably dig [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut Off  &#8211; &#8220;Bottle For Hire, Part Two&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I walked you through the estimating, marketing and legal sides of hiring yourself out to bartend private events. I also offered a lot of suggestions dealing with how to add value to your events or your company. This month, I&#8217;m going to walk you through the operational side of planning and working these [&#8230;]]]></description>
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