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A little while ago, I mentioned that all of the HHS Mandate lawsuits that the government dismissed as being premature, are now at full gestation.
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Views of a new Catholic in an old world on the joy and inexhaustible meaning found in the Faith
A little while ago, I mentioned that all of the HHS Mandate lawsuits that the government dismissed as being premature, are now at full gestation.
Here's an example of that fact from the University of Notre Dame website. [Read more...]
A week ago, I shared an op-ed piece written by Fr. John Jenkins, CSC. Fr. Jenkins is the President of the University of Notre Dame. Today, the Cardinal Newman Society reports that he will be attending the upcoming March for Life with approximately 700 students and faculty from South Bend. Details below, [Read more...]
On the heels of the story that hit the news stands at 11AM, the President of the University of Notre Dame, explains clearly what the lawsuit is about, and just as importantly, what it isn't about. This hit my inbox from the Washington Examiner,
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Today the University of Notre Dame filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana regarding a recent mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That mandate requires Notre Dame and similar religious organizations to provide in their insurance plans abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilization procedures, which are contrary to Catholic teaching. The decision to file this lawsuit came after much deliberation, discussion and efforts to find a solution acceptable to the various parties.
Let me say very clearly what this lawsuit is not about: it is not about preventing women from having access to contraception, nor even about preventing the Government from providing such services. Many of our faculty, staff and students — both Catholic and non-Catholic — have made conscientious decisions to use contraceptives. As we assert the right to follow our conscience, we respect their right to follow theirs. And we believe that, if the Government wishes to provide such services, means are available that do not compel religious organizations to serve as its agents. We do not seek to impose our religious beliefs on others; we simply ask that the Government not impose its values on the University when those values conflict with our religious teachings. We have engaged in conversations to find a resolution that respects the consciences of all and we will continue to do so. [Read more...]
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With the first offering from Novalon Games nearing completion, OBJ Enterprises (OTCBB: OBJE) joint venture partner Source Street, LLC, is implementing an online marketing initiative to spread the word about the new Phantasmic gaming app.
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The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example t...
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Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Hello Everyone, traveling to a new locale for vacation and was curious as to what the best bowl of noodles are in the bay area. A couple of places that I'm considering:
Izakaya Sozai
Ramen House (in oakland)
If there are any places off the radar that are worth a visit, feel free to drop a line as it would be appreciated. Also, sortof random, my boss raved about Flour & Water, is it worth the wait/price? Thanks for all the advice.
Flour & Water is good and the prices are competitive but I wouldn't go except with a reservation or very late.
highly recommend izakaya sozai. note that they take reservations a day in advance. earlier is better, as they make a limited amount of ramen. i personally think it's one of the best in the bay area, easily on par with the south bay stuff.
would also recommend ramen house, and get there early. totally differnt ramen experience. it's pricier, but also much more "clean" tasting; good quality ingredients, and it doesn't overload you with a fat/sodium bomb (not that i don't enjoy that too)
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The best new Ramen place in the Bay Area is Kaiju Eats. It is for people who really has a taste for fresh ingredients and high quality flavors. It is not one of those ramen houses that has all the broth and noodles already prepped in the back and they slap it together when you order. This place really takes the times to give you great quality food prepared upon order. My new favorite. Worth the wait when there is a line. Check it out!
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Yes, I was surprised to find that little place become such a favorite so quickly, especially as that seemed to be a cursed resto location. It's not a bad little place, though I'm not sure I like it as much as Supermom. So far I've only had one bowl of ramen, and I thought it was just okay, a bit too salty for me (but it should be noted that my salt tolerance is pretty low). But it's great as a sort of bargain Japanese quick eat. I had a curry dish once that was cheap and tasty. Don't know if it's good enough to wait in line for, though.
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Supermom62 posted the same exact thing on 2 threads, so that makes me quite wary. I'm willing to try the place. We've been to the new-ish Izakaya Goku (16th between Dolores & Guerrero) a couple times for ramen, which was really good. The service is just okay (the hostess made me furious the first time we went there).
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any other recent reports on kaiju?
Sorry I just joined chowhound and confused by how many conversations keep popping up to respond. Not as good as you young kids. But the most outstanding ramen places are: Kaiju Eats in SF, Orenchies in Santa Clara, and Ramen Parlor. These are places that have really unique flavors and good customer service.
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i wasn't given a chopstick to eat with my ramen. i was the only one in the biz. doubt this is good customer service. tea cup only 1/2 filled initially.
wrote a review on y... stating egg noodles used (waitress told me herself when i asked). i.m.o. this isn't real japanese ramen. "owner" responded to review with an offer to refund my $14 for the K.O. ramen or some kind of take out in kind compensation.
doubt i will return. food was "tasty". yes. just don't know what was home made, what was commercially made (base, bouillion, sauce, etc.), that's the reason i ate everything to get a "read". broth seem too dense to be homemade.
portion small too.
Izakaya Sozai is decent for San Francisco but that's not really saying much. The bowl I had used some black pepper which made it sorta interesting, but the underlying broth and noodles and chashu were about on par with Yamadaya in Japantown, another place which is decent but not great.
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Reg hack hacked off by iPhone 5 repair notice
Attention iPhone 5 owners: your Cupertinian earslab may be defective. "Apple has determined that the sleep/wake button mechanism on a small percentage of iPhone 5 models may stop working or work intermittently," a notice posted on Apple's support website informed us iPhone 5 owners on Friday. "iPhone 5 models manufactured …
I think this has been known for a while
Last summer I started having problems with my sleep/wake button taking several presses to work sometimes. It would be fine for a while, then take multiple presses for a few days, then go back to working again. I googled and found that others had the issue and Apple replaced their phone, so I figured I should do it before my warranty ran out. Haven't had the problem once with the replacement.
I guess this means they're going to replace even those phones that are out of warranty (one year in the US, I think the EU mandates a longer warranty over there) Sounds like good customer service to me...
Re: I think this has been known for a while
Not necessarily a "known for a while" problem, buttons have failed on phones for years through wear and tear (I've had mine fail, waaaay outside warranty though so replaced myself). This one's a bit different in that they know there's a high chance it'll fail through a manufacturing error.
Still, most companies would just leave it and wait for customers to complain.
Are you sure you're not just holding it wrong ...?
Re: Eh?
You meant pressing it wrong no?
Re: Eh?
I think he meant buying it wrong.
If your iPhone serial number is on the list, Apple will fix it no questions asked. The smart-a**es at the genius bar aren't going to do anything but set up the repair.
Genius Bar
Usually staffed by 19 year old droids.
Re: Genius Bar
Read that as 'roids
Re: Genius Bar
Teenagers usually know far more about current tech than anyone else.
Re: Genius Bar
"Teenagers usually know far more about current tech than anyone else."
Possibly so, but how about the concept of customer service and people skills? Not so much, I think.
Re: Genius Bar
If that bunch of numpties are geniuses I am unfuckingbelieveable
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> If that bunch of numpties are geniuses I am unfuckingbelieveable
No, you're not unfuckingbelieveable. What is unfuckingbelievable is that in this day and age there are idiots not bright enough to differentiate between marketing hyperbole and reality.
Re: Genius Bar
Teenagers usually know far more about current tech than anyone else.
Kids Can't Use Computers... And This Is Why It Should Worry You
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"Teenagers usually know far more about current tech than anyone else."
Oh hell NO.
They just think they do.
Re: Genius Bar
"Teenagers usually know far more about current tech than anyone else."
You've never seen the "tracer-t" guy then...
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"You've never seen the "tracer-t" guy then...
Cheers for the link, best laugh I've had all week.
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Judging by the new influx of trainee programmers and admins we get, no, they don't know more.
Start talking about processor branching efficiency, cache sizes and optimisation of code for specific platforms and their eyes generally glaze over. They might remeber the spec sheet more easily, but that isn't knowledge about how the tech actually works.
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"You've never seen the "tracer-t" guy then..."
Ow! My brains!!!! Somebody just stabbed them with so much wrong information. It'll take weeks to push that brain damage back out again now!
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It's easy to confuse kids' abilities for testing and destroying with genius. The only rival to this illusion is their ability to complain about what they've destroyed. Clearly these youths belong in the QA department and not a bar!
Don't get too excited ...
I took my daughters phone into a genius in Vancouver's Apple Store, told him the phone was not powering off, my friendly genius was helpful and smiling and said no problem, he would check it out. I thought great, how helpful and friendly. He came back and said it had water damage and that it would not be covered under warranty and it would cost $279. I said I would think about it ..
All this genius wanted to do was open the phone and check for water damage so he could ding me, I walked away feeling very deceived by this genius, he had no intention of wanting to help me in the first place .. out of principal, I won't give Apple $300 just because of how this genius deceived me with the pretence of wanting to help. He should of been honest upfront with what he was doing in the back room .. it becomes harder and harder to defend Apple and this is another reason why. These genius's are complete morons when they do things like this.
I am going to wait for the iPhone 6 to come and then decide whether to buy another iPhone or maybe I will go with an Android.
Re: Don't get too excited ...
@rapidwiz - "All this genius wanted to do was open the phone and check for water damage so he could ding me,"
I've heard this repeatedly about genius bar service. I buy all my gear at Best Buy instead, and get their no hassle warranties. Those guys love to help me. Cracked screen, water damage - they don't care. Handed me a brand new Motorola phone that was $100 less than my old, cracked Samsung two weeks ago. For the $100, I got a new two year warranty and found myself an Otterbox Defender series for the phone. And i had a much faster, nicer phone than the Samsung for free, with KitKat as the first update.
Re: Don't get too excited ...
I had a problem with the home button on my iPhone4. I walked into the shop and asked "How much would it cost to fix?"
"Oh, we can't tell you that. You have to book an appointment." Not impressed, but I played along with their game. Came back two days later, waited 30 minutes (they were well behind) only to be told: "It's out of warranty, you'll need to buy a new one." What? I waited two days just to be told that? Why couldn't the floor staff have some done simple pre-screening and saved us all some time and hassle?
Totally not impressed...
Re: Don't get too excited ...
The most important thing to remember about ALL phone shops not just Appoo is that they are above all SALES outlets, the (mostly) kids that work in them are at the sharp end of a huge sales operation. Sales people( I have been one though not for Appoo) are not necessarily the most ethical folks out there and even though Appoo's sales staff are not paid on a commission basis they are under high pressure to sell,sell,sell.
They don't know you or care who you are as long as there is a chance of flogging you a replacement in preference to you having it repaired, that is what they will try to do.
From experience in Spain, Vodaphone, Movistar and Jazztel will tell you anything you want to hear whether or not it is true and getting out of one of their contracts is almost as difficult as getting out of one of the old fabled Rank Xerox copier contracts so they don't care as long as they get the sale and their commission.
They know we need our phones and if you are already in the shop expect to be the victim of selling techniques.
Re: Don't get too excited ...
Maybe it DID have water damage that caused the fault.......?
Re: Don't get too excited ...
Surely you knew it was out of warranty so would be chargeable? The difference is Apple will sell you a replacement phone (even out of warranty) for a low price - think it was about £120 when I had a 3GS repaired (due to accident damage).
Now if you have Applecare Plus you get 2 incidents of accidental damage covered within the first 2 years with just a small excess - so smash the screen and get an as-new / new phone for about £50.
Re: Don't get too excited ...
From experience in Spain, Vodaphone, Movistar and Jazztel will tell you anything you want to hear whether or not it is true === A precursor to becoming a politician ?
Re: Don't get too excited ...
"Oh, we can't tell you that. You have to book an appointment."
Phobamacare soon!
Re: Don't get too excited ...
Apple's "water" sensors are nothing more than bits of paper that turn pink when exposed to water, for example condensing humidity after coming in from the cold in cold climates, or going outside from over-air conditioned buildings in hot climates.
False positives - it's not a bug, it's a feature.
Re: Don't get too excited ...
"Appoo"? Really?
And they said satire was dead!
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"Apple's "water" sensors are nothing more than bits of paper that turn pink when exposed to water, for example condensing humidity after coming in from the cold in cold climates, or going outside from over-air conditioned buildings in hot climates."
Uh, and that condensate causes water damage. It's not really unfair to blame it on water damage when condensation has formed INSIDE the device.
As questionable as Apple's ethics are, this is a perfectly normal exercise in self protection. And Apple aren't the only ones doing it. Practically every phone has them, digital cameras have them, and even some external HDDs have them. Even our old VHS player manuals all talked about possible condensation damage if moving between hot and cold areas. It's not rocket science - just plain old regular guy science.
In my experience, and this applies to all retailers, good service can almost always be obtained if you flirt with the staff. Not in an over the top, camp, way - just a little light flirting. Works with British Gas. Works with Orange. Works with Apple. Works whether you're male or female - people like to be liked, and if they think that they're liked then they can be persuaded to help out even beyond the strict letter of their job description.
I know this to be true because I've worked in a support role, and I've had occasion to try out my tricks (especially when I had an iPhone 3G - not a very good phone, but the Geniuses always replaced it for free (5 times no less), even when it was out of guarantee). I found when I worked in a support role that most people, even the nicest, sweetest people you could ever hope to meet, came storming in in high dudgeon and initiated the conversation with a complaint. No hello even. I was seen as being an obstacle, a minion to be defeated, on the way to getting their problem resolved. Needless to say, this got my back up and ensured maximum obstreperousness. When I was seen as a friendly facilitator and, yes, when I was flirted with, I became very, very helpful indeed.
Of course, sometimes there is just plain bad service - the trick doesn't work all the time. But you'd be amazed how far please and thankyou can stretch.
Preload the engagement...
If I were an apple employee of any grade - even low grade ones who have to dance around and hug and stuff at the beginning of a work day and someone rocked up saying "I've already written, and had published an article that about your dodgy button, now fix my phone" I'd either immediately pass the buck to my supervisor or get if fixed, tuning a blind eye to damp patches, termites, bent corners and so on give it a good polish. Good call on the planning front.
Obviously I'm not a low end apple employee - lets see how Genius they really are.
Re: Preload the engagement...
When I was a support assistance, if some lousy hack had plonked his testes on the counter with a supercilious 'do you know who I am? I'm a bigshot journo and I'm gonna write bad things if you don't do what I want', I wouldn't have passed the buck. I'd have just mucked him (or her) about as much as I could (with a smile, of course). It's amazing how much you can muck a rude customer about without endangering your job.
Similarly, as stated previously, it's amazing how far above and beyond the requirements of your job you can help someone who is nice, and treats you nicely.
Lol, I used to work in a bar back before the reality star explosion of 2000ish.... Had no end of "famous" people going "Do you know who I am?". "Sure, you're the guy* that has to wait like everyone else".
I'd love to work in that Apple store, just to throw the "do you know who I am" card back at you.
*Usually footballers of the local premiership club, trying to impress their dates/partners.
No need to flirt.
I've found that being honest, reasonable, polite and friendly is the best way to get somewhere. And you know what? When people are the same to me, I'm more inclined to go the extra mile for them, than if they came in screaming and ranting.
"Do unto others as you would have them do to you."
"Do you know who I am?"
"Is there a doctor in the house? This man doesn't know who he is"
To a degree, culturally dependent.
My daughter spent a year at a German university and came back with a distinctly German attitude to life, i.e. regulation says this, therefore this is what happens. Because that would be amtlich. She then spent a year in Italy and had problems getting the post, so she went to the post office to explain to the staff why the regulations say the post must be delivered, she was not getting the post, this must be attended to. No post.
The correct technique, of course, would have been to go to the post office, burst into tears, explain she was a poor student who did not seem to be getting any letters from her mummy, and promptly several staff would rally round and the problem would be solved. Because that would be simpatico
The question with a genius bar is how you suck up to a 19 year old sufficiently to get what you want without obvious urinary extraction or (if you are male, white and middle aged and the genius is female) being arrested.
"...sweetest people you could ever hope to meet, came storming in in high dudgeon and initiated the conversation with a complaint. "
Many reasons for that.
- Most staff are ignorant twits
- Most staff have their own attitude
- People are not happy about being ripped off.
- Most staff view a legit complaint as another chance to rip you off again
- Most retail business these day are about thinking the customer owes them a living
Yes, there are plenty of customers out there running their own scams or are such miserable wankers that no amount of placating and silver platter service will mollify them. But most people just want what they paid for and to deal with something that isn't working, costs them time and money not covered by any warranty.
The customer owes the staff no apology for a problem created by the company. To expect such is pure hubris. Something else customers are getting tired of.
THAT'S why they show up in high dungeon.
I've been on both sides of this from a lowly stock boy up to million dollar deals hanging in the balance.
And yes, starting off civilized goes a long way. But the onus is still NOT on the customer.
Back on topic: "just works" eh?
"Most retail business these day are about thinking the customer owes them a living"
About 25 years ago, having been made redundant, I ended up in a sales job. The above is is almost word for word what they were preaching to the newbies. Each area of a specific size "owed" them a million quid per year and it was our "job" to get that money. All the "training" was about various ways to get that money, almost no time spent on teaching us about the product.
Fortunately, a week or so later I found a real job.
"Do you know who I am?"
When people try that line on me, I usually will respond with "If you really are important, then why are you here in person rather than have someone else take care of it for you?"
2 up and 3 down? Thanks for proving my point.
The customer owes the staff no apology for a problem created by the company. To expect such is pure hubris. Something else customers are getting tired of.
You can't turn it OFF and ON again? We're doomed!
Unfortunately this is a big deal...
Even if you can somehow wake the device and use it with the faulty button, these devices need to be reset quite often to work right. I work for a company where we have hundreds of these things.
I think the genius bar works just like any other bar. After a few drinks people feel like geniuses, charming, bulletproof, etc., while the truth is far from it. Only at Apple's version a few pints could only improve them.
Genius Bar Droids
Yes, and the really pretty efficient one is called Ann Droid.
The Few
I like the fact that despite Apple coming out with the standard spin of only a very small number of devices being affected, everyone I've read about online says that when they've entered their serial numbers, they're one of these chosen few. Anyone been told they're not within the range?
Even happened to my iPhone 5 after I'd sold it on, luckily Apple carried out an out-of-warranty free phone replacement to the new buyer.
Re: The Few
I would guess that the issue showed up after they start shipping them, and if it took many months to appear (as it did with me) they could have 100 million out there with the potential for the issue.
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"only a very small number of devices being affected"
Ah, of my favourite lines.
Only a small number are affected. But, when cornered, yeah, it's "only" 100 million" out of a total 5billion devices sold across all product lines over the entire life of the company, so not really all that many in the great scheme of things.
The following day, shouted from the rooftops, "LOOK, WE SOLD OUR MILLIONth iTHINGY IN A MONTH, that's HUUUUUGE SALES GROWETH, ARE WE CLEVER"
Typical Wannabee Hack....
Everyone is a hack nowadays.... If you can comment online somewhere, you can pull the "press card". What makes a "hack" more influential than anybody else? Because they have a few articles on a two bit so-called IT website that is more satirical than serious? Get a life!!!!! If I was Apple, I would tell you to do one as you are a nobody that is not going to influence anybody to buy what you suggest....
Oh shit, I have just done what I said not to do..... Oh what a frigging carry on.... Oh & what sort of IT "hack" still has an iPhone 5??? That handset is SOOOOOO 2 years ago and a successful "hack" would have a 5S or a decent Android device, or even - SHOCK HORROR!!!! - a Windows Phone or Crackberry!!!!!!
Re: Typical Wannabee Hack....
Not sure whether sarcastic. Still, 9/10.
These buttons are infamour
But being an Apple 'not bovvered'is the norm.
Dare to discuss it and tat 'you hate Apple' rears its magic head.
I guess the failures are simply accelerating with this one
The question is, did they wait until most were out of warranty to reduce options. You betcha !
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Two high school sports weekends remaining and then the school year is over. And Saturday Lansing Catholic and Grand Ledge both host regional tournaments in both baseball and softball. The only Regional winner I see out of the group is Lansing Catholic baseball and if the Cougars win two games Saturday their quarter-final would be Tuesday at MSU's McLane Stadium.
Lansing Catholic won its district in softball, but I don't see the Cougars winning the Regional. And yet ace pitcher Frankie Rider is back from an early season injury and she made a big difference in the district's last weekend. I don't think Grand Ledge baseball can win twice even though the Comets are home. Grand Ledge is 28-5 but the Comets have deficiencies that have hurt them, especially on defense.
Two girls soccer teams were looking to win regional titles Friday night-- Lansing Christian and Mason and both were facing tough games. Eaton Rapids has a shot to win a softball Regional Saturday. Next week we get to the finals in soccer, golf, softball and baseball. Boys golf has the best chance to provide championship teams with a number of good teams and players in the area faring well at the regionals this last week. This is what's left of the school year for the area high schoolers. Enjoy.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
The Camo Cake
Last weekend my husband turned 25, and as is tradition, I had to make him an awesome cake! (see
Last year
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year before
This year he asked for chocolate, extra
. One of the things that would make me a bad food blogger (if I were one) is that once I find a recipe that I like, I stick to it. But since this was a birthday cake I knew I couldn't use my old faithful
Black Magic Cake recipe
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this Dark Chocolate cake
that I had bookmarked awhile back.
I did use my old trusty
, butter cream and fondant recipes, though.
I wanted to make this cake
because, as some of you know, DH is a big bird hunting fan, and, like any good redneck, has a green truck, a brown dog, and lots of
. (He doesn't wear it in public though, only for hunting! I'm thankful for the little things :)
This cake was *really* tasty. Now choosing which chocolate cake to make is going to be hard!
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Zebra Cake aka the cutest cake I've ever made!
Yesterday my best friend turned 26, and today we're having her big birthday bash! She asked me to make the cake (I'd already been planning to do so!) and mentioned she liked purple fondant. This was the first thing that popped into my head:
I LOVE how it turned out. I'm seriously proud of this cake and I hope she loves it!
Inside is black magic cake with chocolate ganache filling and
this buttercream,
which is my new favorite buttercream recipe!
I know that pedestal looks bad, but the cake wont be served on that :) It was just for decorating purposes!
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Black Magic Cake
I had been planning on making strawberry cupcakes for Mother's Day dinner, but my brother (who was pretty adorable in trying to plan the perfect mother's day dinner) thought everyone would like Chocolate better. So I turned to my trusty favorite allrecipes.com at the eleventh hour and found a chocolate cake recipe that used ingredients that I already had on hand.
It came together quickly and easily, and was pretty darn tasty! The chocolate flavor was really light, so next time I make this cake I plan to toss some mini chocolate chips into the batter before cooking to add some more chocolatelyness.
Black Magic Cake
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup strong brewed coffee
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 9x13 inch pan.
In large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center.
Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Batter will be thin. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and finish cooling on a wire rack. Fill and frost as desired.
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We celebrated mothers day yesterday with my family, and I figured it was the perfect excuse to play in fondant. I've never made fondant before, I
think I've ever even tasted it, but
posted a
very easy recipe
for it last week and I figured it couldn't hurt to try it.
I had imagined a cake with daisies on it, but
didn't have the fondant cutters in the flower shape I wanted, so I bought a leaf shape and handmade the flowers instead.
Leave my countertops alone! They're antiques!
This was really, really easy to make, and I love the results. (it tastes like solid sugar. Not a bad taste, but very sweet!) And it's super fun to play with, like play dough for grown ups.
There was a lot of touching involved, so I was a little squeamish about it, but you hands have to be coated in Crisco at all times, so that was enough of a barrier that I was okay with it :)
Here is my final result:
I'll post the recipe for this cake soon. It was really good!
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Amazing Carrot Cake
Last Saturday was Dimples' birthday, and as is tradition, I needed to make an awesome cake. Last year, much to my dismay,
he requested funfetti
(what adult wants a funfetti cake for their birthday?!). This year he requested carrot cake.
I was a little nervous because I've never made a carrot cake before, but I knew Dimples' aunt had an awesome recipe, so I emailed her to request it.
I multiplied the recipe 1.5 so I could have three layers of deliciousness. I didn't quite have enough frosting, so I had to make do. a This really is the best carrot cake I've ever had!
2 cups sugar
1 cup corn oil
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup canned drained unsweetened crushed pineapple
3 cups packed grated peeled carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup shredded sweetened coconut.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. butter 2 9 inch cake pans with 2 inch high sides. Line pans with waxed paper. Beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt into sugar mixture. Beat to blend. Puree pineapple in processor until smooth. Add to batter. Stir in carrots, walnut and coconut. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to racks. Cool 15 minutes. Cut around sides of pan to loosen cakes. Turn cakes out onto racks. Remove waxed paper. Cool cakes completely.
Cream Cheese Frosting
2- 8 ounce packages of cream cheese
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Beat cream cheese and butter in medium bowl until smooth. Sift powdered sugar into mixture. Beat until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Place 1 cake layer on platter. Spread 3/4 cup frosting over top. Top with second cake layer. Spread remaining frosting in swirls over top and sides of cake. Chill until firm, about 1 hour. Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover, chill. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.
So, happy birthday hun! I'm looking forward to making you many more birthday cakes :)
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Shamrocks and gold! Cookies, that is.
Okay, so my adorable husband thought my "gold" cookies were lemons, but hey, I don't spend a lot of time around leprechaun gold so I did the best I could.
This is only my third attempt at Royal Icing and I'm loving working with it more and more every time I try it.
I used my
absolute favorite sugar cookie recipe
A Year in The Kitchen
and the
Royal icing recipe and tips
Annies Eats
. I'm sure I'll never need another sugar cookie or icing recipe, as this is a most delicious combo (which usually isn't the case for highly decorated cookies).
I tried sprinkling sugar on a few, and I liked the look, but my poor arms were tired (and it was nearly 11pm) so I gave up. Those sprinkled ones went the fastest, though. People love sparkles!
Also my pictures were taken at 6 am. That has nothing to with anything...I just wanted to share because the beginning of daylight savings is coming and with it comes the end of me being coherent at 6am!
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Al's #1 Italian Beef
- Dmnkly Mar 15, 2010 02:40 PM
Popped by Al's in Scottsdale for opening day today and had a pretty damn good Italian Beef. The place was a zoo with a line of close to 50 people out the door at one point and it took close to half an hour to get a sandwich in hand, but considering the crush they got on day one, I'm impressed by how well they handled it.
There's no mistaking the fact that this is a franchise operation. They have about as much authentic charm as a Disney attraction, the logo is plastered everywhere and every IB is weighed out on a digital scale. But I guess every crusty old beef stand in Chicago was clean and new at one point, right?
For those unawares, when folks talk about the best Italian Beef places in Chicago, Al's is always on the very, very short list of top contenders. It's a little polarizing due to an unusually heavy spice/herb blend, but is generally regarded as one of the city's finest even among those for whom it isn't their cup of tea (my preferences tend towards the naturally sweeter end of the spectrum). Of course, all of this applies to the original Al's on Taylor street, and not to the numerous Chicago area franchises, which aren't very highly regarded by those who care about such things.
As for Scottsdale, there are nits to pick for hardcore beef nerds, but there's a whole lot more right than wrong going on here. Admittedly, it's been a couple of years since I've hit Al's on Taylor, but a few differences stuck out to me. The spice blend didn't seem quite as aggressive here, while the chile heat was actually stronger. Consistency and flavor of the beef was great -- a lot better than my last (admittedly substandard) visit to the Taylor Al's, actually. There's a whole lot less of it, but I believe it's a significantly cheaper sandwich. I also got a lot more sweetness, perhaps owing to the fact that the place was a madhouse and the beef was turning over very, very quickly rather than sitting for a long time in the juice (this is a good thing). The bread is baked on the premises, and gets a touch gummy when saturated but they've done a mighty fine job of preparing the kind of bread in-house that I imagine is rather difficult to source outside of Chicago. Peppers were sweet and juicy, and the giardiniera was the signature shredded Al's style, celery and fennel swimming in hot red oil. Mine wasn't quite as oily as I typically expect in Chicago, but a side of it one table over looked about right, so I might've just gotten a dry scoop.
Bottom line, while it generally isn't quite Al's on Taylor, this particular IB-obsessed Chicagoan would proudly put forth today's sandwich as a fine example of his fair city's most notable contribution to the pantheon of world sandwiches. Great job, fellas.
re: Phoenix99
14740 N. Northsight Blvd. Scottsdale, AZ 480-443-1200
Adding map link for a planned visit this week:
Al's Beef
14740 N Northsight Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Just returned this afternoon for lunch with Rubee and her fella to introduce them to the joys of Italian Beef. Sadly, while decent, the sandwich wasn't up to my previous visit's level. Flavor was nice, but the beef was a little tough and dry this time around.
We went for a very late lunch... didn't sit down until almost 2:30... so this was not entirely unexpected to me. Off-peak at an Italian Beef place is always dangerous. Oftentimes, the beef ends up sitting in the hot juice for a very long time, which is a common cause of the tough and dry beef. It's a common pitfall, and the best beef places are careful to avoid this. I don't know for a fact that this accounted for the difference, but I'd bet on it.
In any case, you could do a lot worse than today's offering for a first time beef, but it would appear that they're not careful not to let the beef simmer for too long. As such, I'd strongly encourage anybody who goes to try to hit them during the peak lunch rush. You might wait a bit, but I suspect you'll have a much better sandwich for it.
Great to meet Rubee and her husband, and hope to meet more of you folks before long!
re: Dmnkly
First off, I probably have eaten 100's of Al's Italian beefs in my life and even in Chicago there is great variation between the different Al's locations with the original on Taylor Street being the best by far. I don't want to measure it against a Chicago location as I think that is unfair but I made it over this week during the lunch rush and the sandwich was probably the best Italian Beef that I have had in Phoenix...and most of the Beef that I have out here has been pretty weak. I also think that the sandwich that I had was better than some of the Al's locations in Chicago so that works for me. I was always a Mr. Beef and Johnnie's fan back home but when I want a beef out here then I would happily go over to Al's. An Italian Beef must be dipped that is the essence of the sandwich otherwise it is basically a French Dip...my preferred order is a Beef wet which is double dipped. The version that Crsin talks about at Andreoli is a great sandwich and it is Gianni's interpretation of the sandwich but that is not a true Italian Beef...that being said if I go there for lunch that sandwich is part of my order 75% of the time and Gianni's giardiniera is killer.
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Don't want to drift too far, but I'm curious, Molto, what do you think of Luke's on Indian School and 16th? It's obviously not like the top-flight places in Chicago, and it isn't as good as the new Al's, but I've had a couple there and thought they were quite good. Al's raises the bar for Phoenix, but I was pretty thrilled to find one that solid out here.
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Thanks for inviting us for an Italian Beef Dmnkly! For a novice, I was quite happy with my sandwich, and would order it the same way again - dipped, with both sweet and hot peppers. E didn't have his dipped, and I much preferred mine. I can see why Chicago natives crave this institution.
Al's Beef
14740 N Northsight Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
I've never even been to Chicago, and have very limited experience with the italian beef (so excuse my IB ignorance), but I did enjoy the sandwich. Neither the beef nor the giardiniera were as flavorful as I was hoping for (both were still tasty), and the sandwich was surprisingly greasy (I expected some oil from the giardiniera, but not like this), but I did like the bread, particularly once down to the--excuse my revolting phrasing here--"nether regions" which had absorbed all the juice; I should've ordered it dipped. Overall, though, it came together to make a pretty good, substantial sandwich.
I have to mention, though, that the day before I had scarfed down an Al Capone from Andreoli. Although some of the basic ingredients were there--roast beef, giardiniera--I would venture to guess that this is not what Chicagoans would necessarily recognize as a standard IB. That said, it was a damn fine sandwich that, while somewhat anemic looking relative to Al's, packed a far more flavorful punch in all of its components.
re: Dmnkly
Okay, okay, it's sounding like I made the cardinal amateur mistake forgetting to ask for it dipped. "Flat" is an apt way of describing what I ate, but it sounds like you and Molto believe the dip will remedy this, which makes sense. I'll give Al's another, proper shot and reserve my opinion 'til then.
I'm far from an Italian beef sandwich expert, but holy cow Al's is good! We tried it last week after reading this entry. Easily the best I've had in my limited experience. Even my wife, who doesn't really eat red meat, thought it was outstanding. i was reminded today when she called and asked me where Al's is located (I got it to go last week), so she could stop by for lunch today.
I just saw a Man v. Food two weeks ago with a segment at Al's in Chicago. It looked so good. Then i discovered we have one right here in town. I wish they made the onion rings at the one here.
Great place for a sandwich. Dipped definitely makes it. I had mine with hot and sweet peppers. IMO, much better than Luke's.
re: barry
Barry - Clearly we're on the same lunch restaurant rotation. (The Grind, Al's) I also saw that epidose of Man vs. Food and was excited to try Al's. I had mine dipped, with giardinera (sp?) and provolone....excellent. Good flavor, and I loved the soggy flavor of the bread that sopped up the juice. I with the giardiniera had a little more heat, but that's neither here nor there.
I wasn't a huge fan of the fries, but given the size of the sandwich I could have done without them anyway.
It's 5 minutes from my office and my waistline is concerned that this is going to be a frequent lunch destination...
re: ejs1492
I agree about the fries. Some people love that just cut potato thing. The menu says the fries won a top 10 in the country award or something, but I wasn't that impressed.
re: barry
Based on all the postings I tried Al's today for an early lunch. Wish I had seen your postings on the fries before I ordered them because I felt they were underwhelming and not worth the calories and fat. The sandwich was very good and I can see that it would not be the same sandwich if it were not dipped. Went for the hot peppers which added a mild zing. The regular Al's sandwich is pretty good sized and certainly filling. I was surprised at the number of people order the chicken and even hamburgers. Why would you do that here? Anyway, good recommendations and I'll be putting Al's into my lunchtime rotation.
I had lunch at al's yesterday. the italian beef sandwich is exactly like the one I have eaten many times at the original location on taylor street in chicago. imho chicago's best italian beef sandwich bar none. i actually enjoyed it more here in the valley because the scottsdale location is clean and cheerful. the original chicago location is a dreary dive.