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Electric vehicles are on a roll, with charging stations popping up in cities nationwide, federal subsidies for car buyers and much anticipation around the rollout of new cars.
But proponents of another type of vehicle say they are quietly laying the groundwork for an alternative to the electric car, and they wish they were getting more attention and federal support.
Vehicles that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel emit about a quarter less carbon dioxide than gasoline engines and very low levels of compounds harmful to public health. Filling up on natural gas currently costs about one fourth to one half as much as traditional gasoline per mile driven. Fueling a natural gas vehicle can take only five to 10 minutes, compared to up to eight hours to recharge an electric car, and vehicles can go much farther on a tank of CNG than an electric battery.
So natural gas companies and other proponents—including energy mogul T. Boone Pickens—are calling for a "level playing field" in terms of government subsidies and urging consumers and automakers to consider natural gas vehicles.
But while the fuel for CNG vehicles may be cheap, the infrastructure is not. It can cost more than $1 million to install a commercial natural gas fueling station, whereas an electric car can plug into a standard household outlet. Even a 480-volt fast-charging station, which can charge a Nissan Leaf's battery in under an hour, costs about $20,000.
Nebraska's governor urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday to block TransCanada's planned Keystone oil pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, saying it could hurt a regional water source.
The State Department could issue a presidential permit for the $7 billion project, which would boost U.S. dependence on Canada's controversial oil sands. Momentum for Keystone picked up last week after the department said the project would have only limited impact on the environment.
The State Department should deny the permit on the grounds that the line could put the Ogallala Aquifer at risk, the Midwestern state's governor, Dave Heineman, said in a letter to the president and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The aquifer in Nebraska is a main source of water for farmlands in the Midwest.
The State Department said in last week's environmental review that an oil spill from the line would affect a limited area in Nebraska's Sand Hills region, which is part of the High Plains aquifer.
Heineman said he does not oppose pipelines in general, but disagreed about the risks.
"This resource is the lifeblood of Nebraska's agriculture industry," he said in the letter. "I am concerned that the proposed pipeline will potentially have detrimental effects on this valuable natural resource and Nebraska's economy."
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns echoed Heineman's request. "The proposed route is the wrong route. It's clear to me, after traveling throughout the state, that most Nebraskans agree a better route is needed," Johanns said in a release.
The historic earthquake that shut down Dominion Resources Inc's North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia last week may have shaken the plant more than it was designed to withstand, the U.S. nuclear regulator said on Monday.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it has dispatched a special team of inspectors to the Virginia plant that was rocked by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake last week, after initial reviews from Dominion indicated the ground motion may have exceeded the plant's design parameters.
The North Anna plant cannot be restarted until the operator can show that no "functional damage" occurred to equipment needed for the safe operation, the NRC said.
"The company and the NRC will continue to carefully evaluate information to determine if additional actions may be necessary," the regulator said in a statement.
After the earthquake last week, Dominion said the North Anna reactors, which entered service in 1978 and 1980, were designed for an earthquake of up to 6.2 magnitude, but the NRC does not use that scale to measure seismic design specifications. Instead, the commission looks at ground motion measurements.
Dominion spokesman Rick Zuercher said on Monday that more will be known about whether the quake exceeded the station's design by midweek as further analysis is done on seismic plates from the station's containment building.
A solar project heralded a year ago by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn as helping create "hundreds of sustainable, green-collar jobs and providing an economic boost to the entire state," has had trouble getting financing, and has drastically scaled back its short-term ambitions.
At the time, the proposed Rockford Solar Project in Rockford, Ill., was to have been the Midwest's largest solar farm, but Pin Ni, the chief executive of Wanxiang America, a leading partner in the joint venture building the facility, told Midwest Energy News that in terms of financing, "we're in the middle of nowhere."
The difficulty experienced by even Wanxiang, a company known in the business world for having deep pockets, may illustrate just how tough solar developers will find the Midwest, especially as the economy continues to struggle.
BP Plc has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said on Tuesday.
The payouts amount to roughly 25 percent of the $20 billion fund, known as the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was set up a year ago following the April 2010 spill.
So far, 947,892 claims have been filed from all 50 U.S. states and residents of 36 countries. So far, nearly all of the successful claimants come from four states: Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
"The Gulf Coast Claims Facility has largely succeeded in its primary objective: to compensate those individuals and businesses who can demonstrate financial harm due to the oil spill," according to a report by the fund released on Tuesday.
While the fund touts its progress, Feinberg and BP face persistent criticism from individuals, several state attorneys general and community groups who believe payouts are being made too slowly and that some spill victims with valid claims are being turned away.
Critics also contend that the fund is pressuring claimants to accept small amounts now, in exchange for their agreement not to sue BP and its partners later for more.
Tuesday's report acknowledged problems. "The compensation program has not been perfect," it said, "but several midcourse corrections have been made."
CALGARY, Alberta—Canada moved ahead on Friday with new regulations for cutting emissions from coal-fired power plants as environmental groups decried one project that they said won a speedy approval just in time to avoid the tighter rules.
Despite being in one of the worst regions in the country for geothermal power, two Michigan cities are nevertheless finding ways to save on energy costs by tapping the earth's natural heat.
In the Detroit suburbs of Wyandotte and Dearborn Heights, local officials are using federal grants and city funds to help reduce the upfront cost for residents to convert to geothermal heating and cooling.
Geothermal systems can cost several times more to install than traditional central air conditioning or natural gas furnaces, but the additional costs are paid back through utility savings in five to 10 years, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Geothermal energy works by digging wells to a spot in the earth where there's a relatively constant core temperature of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Water or an antifreeze solution is circulated to the spot through a closed loop of plastic pipes. During the winter, the fluid collects heat from the earth and carries it through the system and into the building. During the summer, the system is reversed, and the building is cooled by pulling heat back into the ground.
The systems work by using ground-source heat pumps, which take the place of a furnace or air-conditioning unit and use less electricity.
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In Dearborn Heights, Ron Amen is spearheading a project to convert the city's 33,000-square-foot senior center to geothermal heating and cooling. In a large grassy area next to the center, crews would drill wells to service the building and up to 400 neighborhood homes, said Amen, the city's director of community and economic development.
There were times when Arlyn Schipper could almost feel heroic on his family farm in the heart of America's corn belt.
His 4,000 acres, planted almost entirely with corn, were helping to feed a nation — or at least help put fuel in its gas tanks, as his crop was processed into corn ethanol.
Schipper still sees it that way. It's just that he feels the country has moved on, or as he put it: "The country has turned on us."
America's debt crisis, and the challenge of finding $1.3 trillion in budget cuts, has forced Congress to re-examine 30 years of government subsidies for corn ethanol.
Meanwhile, drought and famine in the Horn of Africa have exposed a new negative consequence of biofuel production: the global food crisis. By competing with food crops for land, large-scale biofuel production has constricted supply and so boosted food prices globally. This has led to a backlash against biofuels such as corn ethanol from environmentalists and development charities.
"Ten years ago this was the greatest thing since apple pie – ethanol. A lot of farmers invested in this, and a lot of farmers invested in ethanol plants. Everybody wanted it. Our country wanted it. It was a renewable resource," said Schipper. "And now that we have got all of this money tied up in this, it's kind of turned on us."
Many will feel that corn farmers have had it pretty good. And the ethanol industry still has a mighty hold on America's corn belt. The country is projected to produce 14 billion U.S. gallons of corn ethanol this year at 200 refineries spread across the Midwest.
The financial effects of the Fukushima nuclear power crisis continued on Wednesday as Germany's E.ON announced that plans by its government to shut the country's reactors in response to the Japanese disaster would result in up to 11,000 job losses.
As fears mounted that the nuclear shutdown would significantly increase Germany's industrial operating costs — weakening its competitiveness in an already fragile global economy — E.ON announced a swing into the red, a dividend cut, the redundancies and profits warnings for the next three years.
Germany's biggest utility, which on Friday announced an average 15 percent price rise for its five million domestic UK gas and electricity customers, took a €1.9 billion ($2.7 billion) charge relating to plant closures and a new tax on spent nuclear fuel rods, pushing the group to its first quarterly loss in 10 years — a second-quarter deficit of €1.49 billion ($2.1 billion)
E.ON was reporting a day after German rival RWE reported its own swing into deficit, reporting that €900 million ($1.28 billion) of decommissioning and tax costs dragged it to a €229 million loss ($323.3 million).
This week's utility results are adding to concerns about the cost of closing all 17 of Germany's nuclear reactors by 2022 and making up the shortfall by doubling renewable energy output.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured Canada's foreign minister on Thursday the United States was on track to decide on TransCanada Corp's bid for a $7 billion cross-border pipeline by the end of the year but gave no hint which way the decision would go.
Clinton met with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, who said he told her the Keystone project was "tremendously important to the future prosperity of the Canadian economy."
"We are leaving no stone unturned in this process and we expect to make a decision on the permit before the end of this year," Clinton told reporters in a joint appearance with Baird after their meeting.
Keystone XL, which would take petroleum from Canada's oil sands to refineries in Texas, faces opposition from environmental groups and some U.S. politicians who say it would bolster more oil sands development, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and raise the risk of oil spills in the central U.S. states, site of a massive aquifer.
The State Department has said last week it will issue a final environmental assessment on the project in August and then government agencies will have 90 days to comment on it before a final decision is made.


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The phylogeographic population structure of the Cape sea urchin, Parechinus angulosus
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa's coastline is in the region of 3650kms and encompasses many different and dynamic marine environments. To enhance our current understanding of the population structure and gene flow patterns of intertidal zone marine species in this region, this study sets out to investigate the phylogeographic population structure of the Cape sea urchin, Parechinus angulosus, using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data collected in 2007 and 2008. Individuals were sampled from 18 geographic locations between southern Namibia and Durban, covering nearly the full extent of the species range. Sequence data were obtained from a 790bp region of the COI mtDNA gene (n=510) and a 182bp region of the nDNA SpREJ9 gene (n=145), respectively. The mtDNA data revealed 283 polymorphic sites (36%) defining 195 haplotypes, of which 160 were unique and 35 shared among individuals. Haplotype diversity (h) was found to be high both overall (h=0.95) and for individual localities (h=0.75-0.98), with nucleotide diversity (π) being low overall (π=0.013) as well as for individual localities (π=0.0033-0.0254). AMOVA revealed significant population structure among sampling sites in the Namaqua Province biogeographical region, as well as between three of the four respective coastal biogeographic provinces/regions. Gene flow was bi-directional among sampling sites in the south coast Agulhas and East Coast Province biogeographical regions, while gene flow in the Namaqua Province appears to be dominated by northwards movement. BAPS identified a significant break in the Cape Point region, which was also reflected in the gene flow patterns and parsimony networks. This broadly corresponds to previously identified biogeographic regions as well as genetic breaks for other marine species found along this coast. Fu's Fs statistics showed strong signal(s) of population expansion for individual sampling localities as well as for the data set as a whole, while MDIV estimated a time since expansion ranging from 7733-4759 years ago. The nDNA data revealed 54 variable sites (29.7%), defining 72 alleles of which 50 were unique and 22 shared among individuals. Many of the alleles (69.4%) were restricted to single sampling sites, with Betty's Bay on the south coast being the most diverse from a genetic viewpoint. Allelic diversity was high overall (h=0.86) while nucleotide diversity was low (π=0.025). No nuclear sub-group structure was identified by BAPS, although the parsimony network revealed shallow genetic structure between the Namaqua and Agulhas Provinces, with significant pairwise ФST values also recovered between their individual coastal localities. This points to at least one major barrier to gene flow for Parechinus angulosus along the South African coast, namely Cape Point. Several additional, smaller hindrances to gene flow along the coast were also identified, most of which are congruent with findings from studies on both other and sea urchin species. As a standalone study this research elucidated many aspects regarding the phylogeography of the Cape sea urchin, P. angulosus. However, it is when viewed in the broader context of invertebrate phylogeography along the southern African coastline that this research will provide its most critical insight.
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England hopes to qualify for his first-ever NCAAs in 2014 at 174-pounds for the Tigers
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- by Amanda Nusbaum, Mizzou Staff Writer
Being the best at the end of each year is the short-term goal for most student-athletes. Along the way, they strive to help their teams succeed and push their teammates to do their own best. While they may have dreams of someday pursuing their sport professionally, most exhibit determination and discipline that allows them to focus on the present and help them reach their current goals. Wrestling requires a special kind of discipline that hones in on the amount of willpower one must have in order to train, make weight, and ultimately win each match. When your arm is raised at the end of a match as a sign of victory, you hear the roars of the crowd carrying you and your team all the way to victory. It's those moments that we live for.
Mikey England has been wrestling for 18 years. Starting at the age of four after hanging around Mat Club watching his older brother wrestle, England recalled how difficult it was at first.
"I didn't win much when I was little. Actually, I lost my entire first year. As I got older, I started to win more and more each year until junior high and high school when I really caught up success-wise. It became a lot more fun after that, although my practice habits changed as I got into the more difficult competition."
England's high school career was noteworthy, with four state placements within the Iowa 2A division and a career record of 174-26. Choosing to stay in his home-state for college, England took to the mat as an Iowa State Cyclone for his first three years of college. After two seasons of wrestling with the Cyclones, he made the life-changing decision to transfer schools.
Feeling like he could do more with his talent, England went looking for a program that would allow him to have a chance to compete at the end of the year "when it really matters [in NCAAs]." One factor that highlighted Mizzou in his search was the fact that they graduated quite a few wrestlers in the 174/184 pound weight classes. England also noted that the program has been on the rise for years as a collegiate powerhouse.
"They really showed up and had some upsets at Nationals last year. I knew they had an awesome staff, I just needed to make sure the coaches were right for me."
The closeness to home was also a factor in his ultimate decision to transfer to a school almost 300 miles south of where he started his college career.
"I'm partially doing this for my family," England noted, "because they all rally behind me and stay with me through everything. They get really excited and will come watch me wrestle anywhere. Aunts, uncles, brothers, cousins...it's so great to have them support me like they do."
At Mizzou's home-opener versus the Ohio Bobcats, his family's voices were heard well above the rest of the crowd. When England walked into the lobby of Jesse Auditorium post-dual, he was greeted by a slow clap, hugs, and finally a dog pile initiated by his brothers.
Since transferring to Mizzou with a 32-20 career record, England has tacked on another eight wins to just three losses.
"Last year I worried a lot about the results, so this year I came in with a different approach. I was just going to work as hard as I could and stop worrying about the things I couldn't control."
Now, like many Mizzou student-athletes, he spends what is seemingly 90 percent of his time wrestling, training, or thinking about wrestling and training.
"I was more prepared than the other incoming wrestlers because I had already done the college bit. To me, transferring was a big life change because I moved farther away from home than before - far away from my friends - and I did so all for the sake of wrestling."
Wrestling is more than just a sport. It can affect and inspire even the most unknowledgeable spectators. The Tiger Style philosophy insures that each student-athlete holds himself to the highest esteem and to believe wholeheartedly in himself and in his team. Mikey England has proven that Tiger Style Wrestling is something he is fully prepared to dive in and live out during his remaining time at the University.
"When I think about the end of the year, I picture myself celebrating [with my family]. That's a huge motivator for me."
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Cheap lunch in Calabasas?
Okay, I know about all the decent expensive places, what about any good eats for lunch on the cheap? I've looked for down and dirty kind of fast food places - like japanese noodles, or korean or such - you know the kind you find in a strip mall. No luck. Am I just destined for high priced chains, etc?
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I'll have to try that another day - menu on sporq.com says closed Mondays.... :(
re: Diana
Another great find at Gelson's - the half sandwich and 2 sides deal. It's less than 6 bucks and it's enough food to make you full! For the sandwiches, they don't charge extra for things like avocado and you can choose any side from their deli case that's less than (I think) $7.99/lb. Their salads are good, their fruit is fresh, and they wrap it up well if you want it to go. Half chicken sandwich with fries from Wolfgang Puck Express in Gelson's is also so good but may be to "mainstream" for some. Hope this helps!
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Gosh, I love Gelson's. My mother got one of those sandwiches from the deli and two sides to go before the last time she had to drive back home from here to gold country (up north). She said it was wonderful to stop halfway and dig in, and it was so big that she could only finish a half of the sandwich and one of the sides.
We like the Jessica's antioxident salad, or something with quinoa. The sandwiches on foccacia are great, too.
I used to work in Calabasas and unfortunately, the cheapest eats are at the deli section of Ralph's in the Commons or at Baja Fresh or Subway across the street. At Ralph's, I highly recommend their carnitas.
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Ah, do you mean Sharkey's? That place is decent.
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No, NORTH of the freeway. I used to work on Agoura Road there next to the Albertsons and now that I think about it, the sushi joint there next to the GNC and Sharkey's has a bento-box lunch that's pretty cheap (they only offer it if you buy it to-go).
But the strip mall I'm actually thinking of is north of the freeway on Las Virgenes. The Mexican joint is called Santa Fe Cafe and is a popular spot with the nearby fire and sheriff stations.
re: SauceSupreme
Okay I fail at reading comprehension.... I don't think I've ventured north of the freeway. I'll add that to my list!
I didn't know about the bento box - I'll add that too, thanks!
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I tried the Hanami Sushi bento today. The sushi bento - came with miso soup, not so good when it's like 110 degrees outside.... But the sushi was great for the price, $7. Thanks for the tip!
There's a really great little lunch place in the Vons shopping center off Valley Circle at the freeway...It's a health food store called Health Nut...They have terrific sandwiches, and great salads. Their house made salad dressing is also amazing! I've been going there for over 25 years!
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Ah I just found that place for the first time a couple weeks ago. I had the chicken salad wrap, I think - It was fine but a little skimpy.
I know it's not Calabasas, and it's like a ten minute drive, but one day, treat yourself to the salad bar at the Whole Foods in Thousand Oaks. It really is an *experience* and worth every cent spent on the gas and time to go there. Bars and bars of fresh salad ingredients; bars and bars of prepared salads; massive section of hot food options... I wish I were closer now!
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we are, and perhaps you haven't been to Santa Monica to compare?
There were about two bars and a deli counter out on the floor, then the other half of the deli along the wall with the pizza area/sushi area. About as big as Woodland Hills
Now in SM, they have about four bars of prepped foods, an island style deli on the floor, pizza area, sushi area, bakery, circular cheese counter, prepped cold fish salad area, pre packaged mediterranian food/health food to go area and more. All in what seems to be a smaller store. maybe it's just crammed fuller.
re: Diana
funny i go to the SM one all the time. i don't find it particularly large at all. average. i'm talking strictly about the do-it-yourself salad and hot bars though, not including what's available at sushi/prepped food/pizza counter areas, which may very well outdo TO.
perhaps i have memory issues as i haven't been to TO in a while, but i recall there being three or four bars and each one being much wider than any i'd seen before... correct my memory please if i'm just totally off base.


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REGINA — SaskPower is not adding a smoky smart meter failure in Regina this weekend to its tally of nine meter-related fires that have occurred across the province.
"There was meter incident in Regina on Saturday," said SaskPower CEO Robert Watson. "It was not caused by the smart meter. It was a failure in the socket as far as we can see. The smart meter did not burst into flames or anything like that."
On Saturday morning, Regina Fire and Protective Services was dispatched to a multi-family complex in Harbour Landing for a report of an electrical fire.
There, firefighters found a smart meter that had overheated and caught fire, said fire marshal Randy Ryba.
The fire was contained to the meter itself and its mounting bracket, he said. The building experienced light smoke damage to its siding.
"The meter that we've viewed did not burn up, no," said Watson.
SaskPower crews attended the scene as well.
"The meter did fault," Watson added.
"There was some smoke within the meter, but there wasn't any major fire issue as far as we can see."
Watson said he is not considering this most recent smart meter incident as the same as other meter-related fires because, "As far as we can see the meter reacted properly in that it was contained within the meter."
SaskPower is currently conducting an internal review of its smart meter program; the Crown Investment Corporation is running a concurrent investigation. The company has recalled the 105,000 already-installed meters, and is replacing them with the old-style meters.
That model had an average fail rate of 62 per year over the past five years or 0.01 per cent, said Watson.
"That type of number is quite reasonable, quite frankly. For whatever reason the meter stops working," he said, offering ground shifting that affects wiring and socket malfunctions as examples.
The smart meters have had a lower failure rate so far at 0.009 per cent, but it's the effects of their failures — "The way they seem to burn and smoke," said Watson — that is "unacceptable" to SaskPower.
The company is swapping out all of the smart meters with the older version over the next six to nine months, but not before its employees receive additional training on safety issues.
SaskPower and the provincial government have said they are hoping to recoup at least part of the program's $47-million cost thus far from meter manufacturer Sensus. While Watson couldn't provide an update on discussions with the vendor, he said, "We're very optimistic we can come to a resolution."
Work on a joint SaskPower-SaskEnergy smart grid that will enable both Crown corporations to implement wireless meter reading is about 75 per cent complete. SaskPower could not provide its monetary contribution to that project to date.
Watson said the company intends to continue this work with the hope of finding a different smart meter model to implement in the future.


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July 31st, 2013 | 6:00 PM
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Hannah Schardt is mom to two children: 4-year old daughter Rebecca and 6-year-old son August. She's also Senior Editor of the award-winning, kids' nature magazine, Ranger Rick. We connected with Hannah to learn about her family, career, and inspirations:
Plum District: How did you get started?
Hannah: Soon after I finished journalism school, I moved from the Bay Area to DC to be with my now-husband. After we got married, I started at National Wildlife, the adult magazine of the National Wildlife Federation. When the job at Ranger Rick came open, I jumped at the chance. I grew up reading Ranger Rick and my kids love the magazine, so it seemed like a perfect fit.
Plum District: What do you like about working on Ranger Rick Magazine?
Hannah: It's a rare job that lets me combine the two things I'm always thinking about anyway: kids and writing. Also, I love animals but don't have an extensive background in biology, so every article I research and write is full of surprises for me.
Plum District: What inspires you?
Hannah: I love to listen in when my kids are talking to each other. It reminds me of how children's brains really work and inspires me to write stories that appeal to those brains—not just to my own. Their conversations are also usually really funny.
Plum District: What advice do you have for other (working) moms?
Hannah: Figure out what is really important to you and let some of the other stuff slide. That may mean that your hair is always in a ponytail or your kitchen floor doesn't stand up to close examination, but if the kids are happy and your partner still wants to hang out with you, you are doing fine.
Ranger Rick and Ranger Rick Jr. teach kids about nature through engaging wildlife content that's free of distracting advertisements. Each issue contains spectacular animal photos and fun facts that instill in kids respect for the natural world around them. Children also love reading Ranger Rick's wildlife learning adventures, which reveal dozens of nature mysteries and marvels. And perhaps most importantly, Ranger Rick presents parents and their kids with an opportunity to bond through joint learning, as they read inspiring wildlife stories and enjoy the magazine's entertaining, nature-themed activities.
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Meet Parent Entrepreneurs, Erin and Mark Sarpa, of Frecklebox.com
July 31st, 2013 | 3:00 AM
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Mark Sarpa and dad-friend, Scott, own a personalized printing company. Inspired by their kids and business, they came up with the idea of creating truly unique, personalized children's gifts that educate and entertain. Mark brought on his wife Erin – a designer – as Creative Director, and the three of them developed Frecklebox.com, a website that makes it easy to customize kids' school supplies, books, activities, and more.
Frecklebox.com offers many themes for boys and girls (from animals and fairies to robots and sports), and all of their imaginative designs captivate children while also teaching them how to spell their name (kids love seeing their name in print!). Once you've designed your custom gift, you can 'preview' it online before purchasing, and then enjoy fast shipping within 2-3 business days.
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Meet Mauria Finley, Mom of Two and Founder of Citrus Lane
July 30th, 2013 | 3:00 AM
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Mauria Finley was once a first-time mom, spending months planning for every last detail of motherhood.
In search of trusted baby products, she reached out to mom friends to find out which brands they loved most. The response was overwhelming; her inbox was flooded with recommendations for everything from breast pumps to swaddle blankets.
In 2011, she started Citrus Lane with a clear vision: to help new parents share information and discover the best products to meet their kids' ever-changing needs. A monthly box subscription service, Citrus Lane delivers an assortment of toys, books, snacks, and practical solutions for newborns up to kids age 5. It's like a care package for moms and dads on their parenting journeys – from pregnancy to preschool. Citrus Lane buyers use extensive product research and feedback from the community to make sure they deliver only the best to you and your family.
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Yes To: Award-Winning, Natural Skin Care for Your Family
July 23rd, 2013 | 1:00 PM
Yes To's nutrient-rich skin care is a go-to for moms nationwide and has been highlighted in major publications including Women's Health, Parents Magazine, and more. Today, we have a special offer on their award-winning products, plus recommendations for Yes To products your family shouldn't live without!
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3. Yes to Cucumbers Natural SPF 30 Stick: Perfect for your active kids! Keep one in your purse and give one to your child so you can block the sun's harmful rays during spontaneous trips to the playground, park, and beach. Applies smoothly and rubs in nicely.
4. Yes to SPF Lip Balm: An all-natural, nourishing way to smooth and protect lips. Kids love the taste of their various flavors; moms love their color-tinted options. Buy individually or save up to 40% when you buy a set!
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Master Chef Toni is Back! Two New Kid-Friendly Recipes + Camp Discount
July 23rd, 2013 | 3:00 AM
Exclusive Plum Offer: Enjoy 30% OFF one full day of CTCA's International Cook & Play Summer Camp when you register for a full week! Simply mention Plum District at sign up.
Last month, we introduced you to Master Chef Toni Wiliard-Young – mom of four and Owner/Operator of Chef Toni's Cooking Adventures (CTCA). Her recipe for summer veggie-filled Pasta Primavera was much loved by little chefs and moms — and we hope you loved it, too!
Today, Chef Toni is back with two more flavorful, kid-friendly recipes that give you just a taste of the curriculum for her International Cook & Play Summer Camps. Designed for kids ages 4-13, these culinary adventures explore a different culture through food each day – from Mexico to Africa to Russia and beyond. It's a unique and exciting opportunity for kids to experience food, art, culture, and more — plus, they'll learn how to eat healthfully, which can be a challenge during summer vacation.
Camps run from July 8–Sept 6. Pop in for a full day (9am-5pm), half day (9am-1pm or 2-5pm), or take a drop-in Saturday class! To save up to 30% on CTCA's International Cook & Play Summer Camp, mentioning Plum District when you enroll.
And now, Chef Toni's recipes — designed for your master-chef-to-be:
An Asian-inspired dish that's the perfect balance of veggies, protein, and carbs to keep your little ones energized throughout the day.
1/2 pound of fresh Chinese egg noodles
5 tbsp canola oil
2 tbsp each oyster sauce, soy sauce, and rice vinegar
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp sugar
1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 red bell petter, seeded and thinly sliced lengthwise
1/4 pound Shitake mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced
1 zucchini, trimmed and cut into matchsticks
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, minced
1. Bring a large pot 3/4 full of water to a boil. Add noodles, cook for 2 minutes, drain, and rinse well with running cold water. Place noodles in a bowl, add 1 tbsp of the canola oil, and toss to coat evenly (to prevent from sticking).
2. To make the sauce: in another bowl, whisk together 3 tbsp water, oyster sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar. Set aside.
3. Heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat until very hot and add 2 tbsp of the canola oil. Add the onion and bell pepper and stir-fry until tender (about 2 minutes). Add the mushrooms and zucchini and continue to stir-fry until golden brown (about 2 minutes). Using a slotted spoon, transfer the vegetables to a bowl.
4. Return the wok to high heat and add the remaining 2 tbsp canola oil. Add the ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant (about 5 seconds). Add the noodles and cook until heated through (about 5 minutes). Return the vegetables to the pan, add the sauce, and continue to stir-fry until all the ingredients are well combined and heated through (about 1 minute). Transfer to a warm serving platter and serve at once!
Note: For a heartier dish, add peeled and deveined shrimp or strips of boneless, skinless chicken breast or pork loin to the pan after stir-frying the ginger and garlic. Toss until cooked through before proceeding.
A Russian-inspired dish with robust flavors that'll delight your kids and fuel their growing bodies. Tastes great the next day, too!
1 pound chicken breast (cut 2 inches long and 1/4 inch wide)
3 tbsps butter 1 small onion, finely chopped
1 pound mushrooms caps (domestic or wild), thinly sliced
1/2 cup beef broth
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tsp flour
2 tbsps fresh dill, minced
2 tbsps parsley, minced
Salt and freshly grounded black pepper
8 ounces medium egg noodles, cooked
1. Heat large non-stick skillet over high heat and sear meat on all sides (about 1 minute). Work in small batches so meat does not give off liquid. Remove to a plate.
2. In a clean wide skillet, heat butter. Sweat onions and add mushrooms and saute over until deep golden (about 20 minutes).
3. While this is cooking, blend broth, mustard, heavy cream and sour cream together. Lower heat, add flour and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Whisk in liquids, and any meat juices and simmer, without boiling until sauce thickens (about 5 minutes). Place meat in sauce and heat, without boiling until meat is warmed through.
4. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in dill and parsley and spoon over noodles.
Chef Toni
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Introducing Plum District Coupons
July 22nd, 2013 | 1:34 PM
We're thrilled to announce that Plum District Coupons are officially here! Plum Coupons are our new kind of offer that cost $0 (that's right – they cost nothing!) and can be redeemed anytime.
Join us in our launch today and browse our handpicked selection of Plum Coupons on mom favorites like personalized back-to-school essentials, restaurants (including Buca di Beppo!), award-winning kids' food, canvas prints, MLB tickets (and other pro sports), and more.
When you see a coupon you want, simply click 'Save Coupon' and it will be added to your account for you to redeem whenever you're ready!
Click here to browse today's coupons, and check back often – we'll be featuring Plum Coupons regularly!
We're in the News! Plum Partners with Mom-Founded Company, Red Apple Reading
June 27th, 2013 | 6:10 PM
We recently paired up with Red Apple Reading (RAR) to offer a discount on their online program that helps kids learn and retain valuable literacy skills. RAR mom-founder, Tammy Bennecke, is thrilled to have connected with Plum's mom audience to make her reading program an accessible, affordable option.
"What first had me interested in working with Plum District was their tagline: For Moms. By Moms," Bennecke said. "I'm a mom, and I want to get the word out to other moms (and dads, too!) about Red Apple Reading. It seemed like a great fit."
Tammy's goal is to get Red Apple Reading into the hands of more young readers this summer, and we're excited to help her accomplish her mission.
We're Going Back to Our Roots & Expanding Our Family
June 18th, 2013 | 3:00 AM
We're Going Back to Our Roots and Expanding Our Family
I first became of member of Plum District 3 years ago, as a new mom of two little girls. During this incredible time in my life, I hungered for advice from other moms. Over the years, Plum District has introduced me to new products which were a true lifesaver in my busy days of early motherhood. I've also visited many, many new places around the San Francisco Bay Area with my girls, based on offers and introductions from Plum.
When I decided to join Plum District as CEO last year, I reached out to hear from you and understand what you love about Plum District. I met with 80 Plum moms here in our San Francisco office, and heard the same thing over and over: you love Plum's great deals on activities in your neighborhood.
So today, I'm thrilled to announce that Spotivate has joined Plum District. Spotivate was founded last year by two dads, Tony and Jorge, who struggled to find the best things to do with their families each weekend. Now, by bringing Spotivate into our own family, we are going back to what made Plum District special – for both you and me. Stay tuned and keep checking back; we'll be bringing you more of what you love.
– Susan Kim, Plum District CEO & Mom of 2
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June 14th, 2013 | 10:00 AM
Meet Amy Norman and Stella Ma, Founders of Little Passports
June 13th, 2013 | 12:10 AM
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Featured in Real Simple, Disney FamilyFun Magazine, Parents Magazine, Daily Candy Kids, and more, Little Passports subscriptions take your child on exciting adventures around the world. Each unique, monthly kit introduces kids to a different country's geography, history, culture, and language.
With a Little Passports subscription, kids will follow globetrotting characters, Sam and Sofia and their exciting travels abroad. Each month, kids will receive a country-specific kit filled with souvenirs, a map, stickers, games, and online activities from Sam and Sofia's adventures. Kits also include a travel letter from Sam and Sofia that's sure to inspire their inner explorer!
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In this 11-minute timelapse video, freelance designer Dei Gaztelumendi illustrates a cover for comic book magazine Xabiroi from start to finish. In a post on his personal blog, Gaztelumendi says that he was given free reign to choose the subject of the cover, and so he decided to add to his "Post-Apocalyptic Kids" series. This kid, he says, is the toughest yet, and fittingly so -- the illustration was also made as a gift to a friend who lost his leg in a motorbike accident last year.


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5. Six senior players made the cut at the Masters, along with 48-year-old Jose Maria Olazabal. Does this end the argument that the power brokers made Augusta National too long and too tough after the most recent design changes?
PASSOV: Well, yes. I can see that when the course is wet, the old guys will struggle with the length. Firm and fast in the sunshine this year, everybody was in the game. This was a very strange Masters, when names like Lyle and Mize make the cut -- geezers who aren't even competitive on the Champions Tour -- yet Mickelson, Garcia, Donald and a slew of others are sent packing on Friday. I thought it was great -- like Masters of the pre-lengthening era -- when guile and experience could get a Charles Coody or Gay Brewer through, long past their competitive primes.
BAMBERGER: It doesn't end the argument at all, because by making the course so long and, in places, so tight, it robbed the fun factor. That's the problem -- the course just isn't as fun.
VAN SICKLE: The course played firm and fast this week despite Monday's downpour. That allowed the shorter hitters, including the seniors, to show their skills. The firmer the greens, the more the local knowledge and shotmaking skills of the seniors gives them an edge. Make the course long, wet and soft and I'm not betting on Larry Mize.
SENS: Not to mention 51-year-old Jeff Knox, who played as a marker with Rory on Saturday and shot 71. Experience will always play a huge role at Augusta. But given how many first-timers were in contention this week, shouldn't the question be, Does this end the argument that experience is less important than young nerves and outrageous length?
GODICH: The strong play by the senior citizens shows how significant experience is at the Masters. It also speaks to what a special place Augusta National is. Age doesn't matter; these guys get inspired when they set foot on the grounds.
MORFIT: Augusta is a second-shot course. It just so happens that Bubba's second shots are always shorter than anyone else's. I'm pretty impressed with Miguel Angel Jimenez -- fourth place! Age 50! I ran into European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley out there, and you know he was impressed, too.
RITTER: We had a great mix of youth and experience on Sunday's leaderboard, and it seems like it's been that way for a while. What more do you want? I've been lucky enough to witness five Masters and I like the setup. I realize the course changes are an easy target for those who saw it (or played it) in different eras, but times change, players and equipment evolve, and Augusta National felt they had to do it, so we should accept it and move on. And by the way, if they make a bunch of changes to the course I love next year, I will be infuriated.
LYNCH: More seniors made the cut because more seniors play here, all of them with significant experience on the course. But ask the seniors who were humbled at the bottom of the leaderboard on Friday night if they think it is bogus to suggest that the course has been made too tough.
6. Neither Tiger Woods nor Phil Mickelson played the weekend at the Masters for the first time since 1994. Did you miss them?
VAN SICKLE: Real golf fans didn't miss them. Casual golf fans -- and those who are Phil fans or Tiger fans but not really golf fans -- missed them. But look at all the heroics that began right away on Thursday. This Masters was too full of action to care who wasn't playing, although a slightly more dramatic last six holes would've made it a better TV show. Even better, we've identified one of the two players American golf needs to replace Phil and Tiger -- Jordan Spieth. Maybe Rickie Fowler's showing means he might be the other half.
MORFIT: Terribly. Tiger's absence was like a phantom limb. And then for Phil to miss the cut -- geez. Oh, well. There's always next year.
LYNCH: The vibe was very different all week. The electricity just wasn't there. This Masters provided a partial glimpse of a world to come when neither Tiger nor Phil are factors, and it wasn't pretty.
GODICH: I watch the Masters to witness great golf, creative shotmaking, wizardry on and around the greens and the occasional train wreck. We get that every year, even when Tiger and Phil aren't playing. Though the traditional back-nine Sunday duel never really materialized, I'd say the Masters delivered another fabulous show.
SENS: Anyone who says this Masters was better without Woods and Mickelson on the weekend should see my shrink, the one I've been seeing to help me overcome my Lee Westwood problem.
PASSOV: Had Adam Scott and Rory McIlroy challenged Bubba down the stretch -- and throw my favorite, Miguel Angel Jimenez, into the mix -- and I would have missed them a little. When the final nine holes turned into a snooze-fest, I missed Tiger and Phil a lot.
RITTER: I missed Tiger right up until Thursday morning's tee times and I missed Phil right up until Saturday afternoon's tee times. But judging by the sagging TV ratings, many people felt differently.
BAMBERGER: I did, much more than I could have guessed. I missed Tiger's smoldering intensity. Phil was different, he played hard and missed a cut. It happens. But I was surprised to find I missed T. Woods.
The Tour Confidential roundtable continues Monday on our new weekly show hosted by Jessica Marksbury. Tweet her your questions @Jess_Marksbury.


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PARIS (AP) - A French court has ordered a paternity test for a multimillionaire who former Justice Minister Rachida Dati claims fathered her 3-year-old daughter.
The birth of the child while Dati was in office from 2007 to 2009 made headlines and set off guessing games about the identity of the father.
A Versailles court official said Dominique Desseigne, 68, was ordered Tuesday to take a genetic test. The official wasn't authorized to comment and asked not to be named.
Paternity tests are voluntary in France, so Desseigne, the widowed owner of the famed Champs-Elysees establishment Fouquet's, has a choice whether to submit. He has been quoted in the past as saying he won't. But text messages, emails and photos can also be used to prove a relationship.
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The formal surrender of Japan was held in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945 – weeks after two atomic bomb blasts brought an end to years of carnage.
World War II was over, but not for Hiroo Onoda. A lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese army, Onoda spent 29 more years hiding in the Philippine jungle.
Over the radio in 1945, Emperor Hirohito called on Japanese to endure the unendurable – forfeiting the cause that led millions of his countrymen to their graves. Onoda, isolated on a small Philippine island, never got the message. And when the Japanese government spent a small fortune trying to alert stragglers like Onoda about the war's end, he dismissed it as enemy propaganda. He stuck to his gun and headed back into the bush.
Trained for intelligence work, he went to the Philippines in 1944 as U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was starting to liberate the country from Japanese occupation that year. His orders were to monitor Allied bombers flying over.
And for Onoda, who continued beyond belief to follow wartime orders, loyalty was not only blind but deaf.
He emerged in 1974, emaciated but still sporting what remained of his old uniform. Onoda, who died Thursday at age 91, was the last Japanese soldier to come out of hiding in the Philippines, having survived on thievery, asceticism and undeviating will. Onoda said he thought of nothing but accomplishing my duty.
To many Japanese at the time, he embodied pre-war virtues of endurance, obedience and sacrifice – qualities increasingly antiquated as the country transformed from the devastation of war into an economic powerhouse and a hive of materialism.
At the time of Onoda's surrender, the Japanese ambassador to the Philippines declared him the paragon of the Japanese soldier.
Other Japanese soldiers from World War II lived on for decades, guerrilla-style recluses in the jungles of Guam and Indonesia, but Onoda stirred the deepest emotional and nostalgic response. Where other army stragglers stayed hidden reputedly out of fear of execution, Onoda remained committed to his mission.
The cost was extreme. When he left the jungle at long last, he met a world where Richard Nixon was the U.S. president, where the Cold War and the nuclear age dominated politics, where skyscrapers towered, and where TV was inescapable.
He returned to his home region in Japan and settled in with his octogenarian parents who had long believed him dead.
A teacher's son, Hiroo Onoda was born March 19, 1922, in Kainan, Japan. He completed high school and worked for a Japanese trading firm before he was called to army service.
The Japanese invasion of the Philippines began shortly after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, and its occupation for the next several years led to atrocities including the Bataan Death March. Onoda, a graduate of the imperial army intelligence school, was assigned to Lubang, an island about 90 miles southwest of Manila, in December 1944.
Just two months earlier, MacArthur's forces had begun retaking the Philippines, starting with Leyte island. By March 1945, Manila was officially liberated, although scattered resistance continued until the war's end.
Onoda and a few other soldiers went underground, waging a low-level guerrilla campaign while still in their old fatigues. One of the men surrendered a few years after the war and others were killed in gunbattles with the Philippine police – reinforcing his belief that the war was still on.
Eventually, the 52-year-old Onoda formally surrendered to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Onoda presented his rusted samurai sword, and Marcos returned it after pardoning the old soldier for crimes he may have committed.
Onoda and the men with him admitted to stealing rice, bananas and cattle, and were suspected at times of killing and wounding Filipinos who came upon the soldiers.
Onoda's story became a sensation. He received a hero's welcome in Japan.
Tired of soldiering, Onoda decamped for a ranching enclave in Brazil populated by dozens of Japanese families.
In 1976, he married Machie Onuki, 38. They later led a school in northern Japan that taught wilderness survival skills to youngsters, who called him Uncle Jungle.
Onoda, whose ghostwritten memoir was called No Surrender, bemoaned what he called a lack of self-reliance among contemporary Japanese. He once told Reuters that he advised parents to let their children play in the soil and dirt, even when it was raining.
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By Daniel Gates | 11:05 am, May 24th, 2013
LeAnn Rimes has premiered the music video for "Just a Girl Like You"!
The song is off Rimes' new album Spitfire, which debuts on June 4.
Given the controversy that often swirls around the singer, it's nice to see her getting back to music.
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Do I need to make another pie crust?
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- shpitzlefan Nov 26, 2008 11:18 AM
I was too lazy to cut the butter into cubes- instead, I tossed the sticks into my food processor whole. Of course, the dough had to mix for much longer than the recipe instructed, and a portion of it (about half) got really soft and creamy. It's chilling now, but should I toss it and start over? Does overmixing guarantee a tough crust?
Thanks for all your help...
re: morebubbles
I would do it by hand as well
re: janetms383
I've never had any luck making pie dough in a food processor. I prefer my old faithful pastry cutter (which I chill before using, along with the bowl and other ingredients).
I agree with the other posters--soft and creamy is not what you want to see in a pie dough. Using it for decorative cutouts is a good suggestion--but a whole pie crust made from it won't be tender or flaky.
re: JasmineG
I love it when I see people thinking outside the box. Great idea for finding a use for the "mistake" and avoiding wasting food. You could also roll it out, cut cookie shapes or make twisted forms and deep fry the dough before sprinkling sugar on top.
Last week, Cook's Country TV had a fairly easy recipe for pie crust. You don't have to worry about overworking it. I made this recipe yesterday and I am very pleased with the results.
No-Fear Pie Crust (paraphrased recipe)
Cook's Country TV
From the episode: Easy As Pie
This pie dough can be pressed into a greased pie plate and placed in the fridge up to 2-days. It can also be wrapped in two layers of plastic wrap and stored in freezer up to 1 month. Once baked, the pie shell can be stored at room temperature for up to 1-day, if tightly wrapped with plastic wrap.
Makes a single layer 9-inch Pie Shell.
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon table salt
8 Tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick - 1/4 lb), softened, but still cool
2 ounces (3-1/2 Tbs) cream cheese, softened but still cool
1. Lightly spray cooking spray into a 9-inch Pyrex pie plate and set aside until needed. Pie plate must be coated with cooking spray or this crust will stick.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and salt. Set aside until needed.
3. Using an electric mixer set on medium-high, beat softened butter and softened cream cheese in another mixing bowl. Stop mixing once or twice and scrape down bowl and mixing blade with rubber spatula. Beat about 2-minutes until butter and cream cheese are completely mixed.
4. Set mixer on medium-low and add flour mixture to butter-cream cheese mixture. Beat until mixture looks like coarse cornmeal, about 20-seconds. Scrape sides of bowl with rubber spatula.
5. Set mixer on medium-high and beat dough about 30-seconds, until it forms large clumps.
6. Take 3-tablespoons of dough from mixing bowl and reserve for later use. This will be used to form the fluted rim of the pie crust.
7. Turn out the rest of the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Form dough into a ball and then flatten it into a circle about 6-inches across.
8. Place the pastry dough circle into the center of the greased 9-inch pie plate. Using your fingers (or the bottom of a drinking glass), press the dough into an even layer on the bottom of the pie plate. You can hold the pie plate up to the light to see if the dough is in an even layer.
9. Use your fingertips to press the dough up the sides of the pie plate. Make sure the dough is an even thickness throughout the pie plate.
10. Take the reserved 3-tablespoons of dough and roll into a 12-inch rope of dough on a floured surface. Cut the 12-inch dough rope into 3 even pieces. Roll each of the pieces into an 8-inch dough rope. Lay the three 8-inch dough ropes, end to end, around the top rim of the pie plate. Make sure all pieces of dough on the rim and bottom of pie plate are pressed together into a single layer. Form a fluted dough edge on the rim of the pie plate.
11. Cover pie plate with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 1-hour before baking.
12. Preheat the oven to 325-degrees F. Use a fork to lightly poke the bottom of the pie crust. Bake empty pie crust (without using weights) on a middle oven rack until golden brown. Baking time 35 to 40 minutes.
If large bubbles form during cooking, wait until the pie crust is done and cooled. Then press down the bubbles with a kitchen towel.
re: Antilope
I also saw that episode, and was intrigued by the pie crust. But, the question I have is can you fill it and bake, such as with a fruit or custard filling? Or is it only good to bake and fill afterwards with an unbaked filling?
re: Antilope
@Antilope Thanks much for writing out the recipe. Wondering if anyone has actually used it? Can it be doubled? or should one just make 2 batches?
If I recall correctly, Martha Kostyra (Martha Stewart's mother) had a similar recipe and Martha S. commented that her mother always put sour cream or cream cheese in her doughs, for tenderness & flavor.
I'm tagging on to report the opposite problem: also made butter crust in food processor, cut up the butter, and then after a couple minutes it stopped processing, but it was not yet "a ball of dough" like the recipe said--it was more like some dough (enough to obstruct the spinning blade) and lots of crumbly bits all around. At unsticking it several times, I mashed it together by hand and stuck it in the fridge. Will it be ok?
I wonder what went wrong. Maybe my food processor is too small?
re: Produce Addict
You DEFINITELY don't want your pie crust to be a ball of dough! Even having some dough is a little much. You want it to be mostly all those crumbly bits, then you can pour it all into a plastic bag, mush it together, and refrigerate.
re: JasmineG
um, i did that, and tried to roll it out and it was still a crumbly mess that couldn't be rolled into one smooth crust. ultimately i threw it all out and now have a pile of sliced apples and no crust. why do pies bedevil me so?
re: Produce Addict
Add a T at a time of ice-cold water until it sticks together.
re: Produce Addict
Some food processor dough recipes call for water to be added at the time of mixing, others add water afterward (using a spray mist or other technique) so without knowing how your particular recipe is written it's difficult to offer suggestions.
I might suggest opening another thread on the forum with the specifics of your particular needs outlined, to include recipe steps, and see what develops.
re: Produce Addict
I agree with Jasmine. Did you pulse, or leave the processor running? Always pulse, then check consistency of dough. Add a Tsp. of liquid at a time if it's still too crumbly and not holding together. You want to be able to make a little dough ball with your fingertips, to test that the dough is ready. Moist, a little crumbly is what you're going for. Check out Crisco's video on how to make crust. There are some other good viideos on line, too, about making crust. I think YouTube has some.
Try freezing your butter in a stick and then grating it on the large holes of your box grater into the flour. The Cooks Country recipe is excellent - I have used it before.
re: pigtails
pigtails, please do report back with your thoughts on the vodka crust - i've heard mixed reviews and i always like to know what my fellow CH'ers think!
re: goodhealthgourmet
The vodka crust is amazing. It's unbelievably flaky and tender and EASY to work with. I follow the directions precisely (down to the number of seconds in the food processor) and it works. It will look much wetter than a traditional pie crust (I was freaked out the first time I tried it). It rolls out like a dream-- doesn't crack or split, and you can use a lot of flour in the rolling process and it doesn't seem to hurt the texture. The only down side to the crust is that it doesn't hold a crimp well after it's baked, so I don't bother with fancy crimping anymore, and it does take a little longer to cook and brown. But overall, it's the greatest advancement in pie crust EVER!
re: chococat
I also freaked out the first time I tried the CI vodka crust, thinking there was NO WAY it was going to be a flaky or tender. But I perservered, and it was amazing. I was immediately sold. I use the recipe exclusively now, and I find that adding a bit more flour (1/4c) during the second flour addition and flouring it liberally when rolling it out helps it hold the crimp. I used the crust on 2 pies at Thanksgiving, and got absolute rave reviews - many pointed out that it is almost like a puff pastry, but with substance like a traditional pie crust.
For those who have had trouble with pie crust in the past, you should definitely try this recipe - it's easy and virtually fool proof.
re: goodhealthgourmet
Regarding the "Is it ruined?", "Yes it is." questions and answers...I think it totally depends on the crust you're making. I've overprocessed dough with sugar and butter it it, chilled it, and had it turn out fine. If you're making the kind of dough with lard or Crisco or butter that you expect to be flaky, you need to have the crumbly kind of dough and certainly not a ball of "soft and creamy" dough. I just finished making two pies with a sugar crust and both were almost sticky and very soft. I patted them into disks between layers of plastic wrap, refrigerated them, rolled them out, and they're perfect.
re: pigtails
I just came from a Thanksgiving gathering where I had the best holiday pie made with this crust. My friend made a pumpkin chiffon pie. The crust was great, almost like puff pastry in texture, and for a refrigerated pie, didn't get soggy at all. My friend said it is soft, that she used a lot of flour rolling it out and that she chilled it in the pan before baking it. She made it with all butter, substituting more butter for the shortening in the recipe.
re: Melanie Wong
i've made a crust for my apple pie and it was bad! i chilled my butter and used my trusty pastry blender. cutting frozen butter is hard, i had to push through the butter through the butter with my other hand. i was told to stop at pea sized and that visible butter is what it is a all-butter dough. i think i didn't cut the butter enough. when it baked, it was fluffy but lots of the butter ran off, resulting a tough crust. i have always used my processor with cold butter, and stir in the iced water by hand. i don't know what i did wrong! help!
re: jeniyo
I don't make pie crust very often, but the recipe in this link - http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/5757... - was very easy. Uses the mixer rather than the FP, and I was amazed at how tender and flaky the crust was.
re: jeniyo
I haven't tried the recipe myself, so can't offer personal experience other than liking the result! however, my friend said she cut in the butter using her food processor.
when do you need the dough? Toughness comes from developing gluten, but if the dough rests sufficiently AND further handling is gentle, the gluten should relax and not be a problem. I suggest wrapping the "mistake" very well and stowing it in the freezer for a later recipe. Make another batch for right now.


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