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Manis Morsel:"Weally" Wonderful Weddings

   The probability that Weddings are and have always been catalysts in exposing differing points of view - in terms of style, cultural tradition and religion, to name just a few examples - is great.

Everyone seems to have an opinion about how the "perfect wedding" looks. Ask 100 people to describe the ideal wedding and you'll get as many versions.

The Wedding is an archetypal rite of passage, at once both a universal yet deeply personal one. It can signify the power love has to bring together, join energies, create new love and new life. It's an affirmation of our continuing belief in loves' ability to conquer all, even death.

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Birthdays at Mäni's on Fairfax

Since we track our 45 team members' birthdays, we like to sing them a happy birthday and light a chocolate truffle cupcake to celebrate their special day.

Then I was thinking, since we're getting pretty good at singing staff birthday greetings, why not sing a bit to our guests as well?

So whether  you're meeting friends at Mäni's on Fairfax for a birthday treat, or just there on your birthday, let us know, privately, quietly or however and we'll be happy to be happy with you on your birthday.  And if you're lucky, you may hear one or even two of our professional opera singers belt out some notes on your special day.

If you'd like to pre-order a birthday cake for someone special or yourself, let us know.  Whether you like to celebrate anonymously, or if you'd like us to sing to you or your guest, we're into it!

Larry

Low Carb or Healthy

This week we heard that the Atkins diet company aka Atkins Nutritionals has filed for bankruptcy protection after losing popularity in the low carb diet category.  It seems like just yesterday everyone would pass on bread, desserts, pasta, etc in order to be on a low carb diet.  Some customers asked us if we would have low carb cookies, cakes and meals.

We respectfully declined to be involved in any regimented diet that didn't consist of a well balanced diet from all four food groups: protein, carbs, vegetables/fruit and fat.  Because that's what Mäni’s is all about.  Healthy food, whole grains when possible, less refined ingredients. Carb are important, especially complex carbohydrates.  They give us the energy and stimina we need for our active lifestyles.

In the mid 90s (yes, we've been doing what people like for 15 years!) there was a low fat craze.  It was very similar to the low carb fad, but that's exactly what it was, a fad.  Here at Mäni’s we've never been too interested in fads or diets, except for one.  That's a healthy well balanced diet.  Our foods need to be natural, wholesome and nutritious. 

Often we are asked for nutritional contents, which is understandable.  But since we're a small from scratch bakery/restaurant we don't have lab analysis budgets. Our ingredients are always available. And we don't claim them to be part of any special diet.

So when people want a healthier meal or bakery item, Mäni’s is often the place.  Soon there will be another 'in' diet, but we won't cater to that, but we'll be here doing what we do best:  Serving up food and baked goods that's good and good for you.

Larry

Mäni's Morsels: "Let Us Eat Cake!"

Hey all you "Mani-acs" out there, have you ever thought about "mix-matching" Manis cakes and frostings? Did you know that you've always had the power to do just that?

Say you want the Chocolate Raspberry Fortress cake with the whipped cream frosting from the Strawberry Forever cake... no problem. You want the Vegan Carrot Raisin cake with the Chocolate Duo frosting? We can do that.

In fact, we'll mix and match our various frostings with any of our cakes and even switch out our different fillings!

So, if your favorite Manis' frosting isn't on your favorite Manis' cake, that's not a problem. All you have to do is let us know which frosting you want on which cake and your choice of filling, a minimum of two days in advance.