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I’ve had a 1982 Tofu Cookbook for probably 10 years and have never used it until today.
I have no idea why one would use tofu in cookies, but I thought I’d see what it was all about. I thought I would bring this strange goody to a potluck tonight. As it turns out, the recipe is completely vegan and I turned it into sugar-free.
I had to delete the entire recipe after the first batch came out of the oven. These are not potluck-worthy. Shoot! I wonder if by substituting white whole wheat flour for regular flour they got heavier? They are okay, but really not very sweet and kind of cakey and dry. If anything, by substituting honey for sugar, I expected them to be quite moist.
I enjoy using organic tofu once in a while, but I’m going to use it as a main ingredient for now on, not a cookie ingredient.
If you are interested in an 80’s tofu cookbook, this one seems to have some pretty interesting recipes, many of which I would like to try sometime. I just wouldn’t recommend tofu cookies.
(I would love it if someone out there proved me wrong and provided a delicious tofu cookie recipe!)
Cookbook: Tofu Cookery, by Louise Hagler
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Dr. Joe Ferrara, PhD, talks about the importance of diet and hydration in skin care. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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Estée Lauder, the flagship brand of The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., today named world-renowned makeup artist Tom Pecheux Creative Makeup Director.
A favorite of top photographers, stylists and fashion editors around the world for his sophisticated take on Parisian glamour, Pecheux will work closely with the Estée Lauder brand to help set artistic direction for the next generation of Estée Lauder makeup and communicate his point of view on modern beauty to consumers, press and fashion and beauty influencers.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with Tom Pecheux,” said Jane Hertzmark Hudis, Global Brand President, Estée Lauder. “Tom will add a new energy, style and fashion edge to Estée Lauder makeup. His intuitive sense of color and expertise in global beauty trends will help us redefine modern color in a bold new way.”
Beginning in Spring 2010, new, high-impact color products influenced by Pecheux will appear at Estée Lauder counters. Pecheux’s makeup artistry will be featured in new advertising campaigns with Estée Lauder model Hilary Rhoda.
Pecheux began his career three decades ago by assisting the legendary makeup artist Linda Cantello but it was through his close creative relationships with Mario Testino and Carine Roitfeld at the start of the 1990s that Pecheux established himself as a leading force in makeup. Philosophically, Pecheux believes that make-up should flatter rather than conceal or embellish.
“It’s a great privilege to work with the Estée Lauder brand,” said Pecheux. “We are both dedicated to making women look and feel beautiful. I know this will be a great creative partnership.”
Throughout his career, Pecheux has consistently worked with the finest fashion photographers, including Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Craig McDean, Peter Lindbergh, and Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. He has also created striking runway looks for leading fashion houses including Marni, Ralph Lauren, Derek Lam, Givenchy, Balmain, Yves Saint Laurent and Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Pecheux is a regular contributor to top fashion magazines, including Vogue (Italy, Paris and U.S. editions), Vanity Fair and V magazine. He has also created memorable advertising campaigns for Michael Kors, Burberry, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Givenchy, Balmain and Yves Saint Laurent.
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What do you think of when you read the following title: Center for Consumer Freedom?
I was sitting at a restaurant the other day and an interesting commercial came on the big, annoying screen above the bar. Click here for the link to the commercial. It was another silly skit defending high fructose corn syrup. First of all, I could care less whether HFCS is exactly the same or different from white table sugar! Does that in any way excuse it from wreaking havoc on our health? Ironically, the only thing the corn people can say about their beloved HFCS is that it’s the same as sugar–as if that solves the problem. The problem is that it exists in the first place, is needlessly but highly prevalent in foods and beverages and is linked to obesity. But I am getting off subject.
As I watched the commercial, I noticed this in the lower part of the screen: PAID FOR BY THE CENTER FOR CONSUMER FREEDOM. I thought to myself, Hm. That sounds legitimate. Perhaps we are blowing this HFCS-thing out of proportion?
The next thing I know, Jeff is busy Googling the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) on his iPhone. Annoying!
But I’m glad he did, because he shared with me what this Center is all about, and we laughed like little kids. What an appealing, creative, deceitful title. What a load of @!!#.
After looking at their website, I have to say that I probably disagree with EVERYTHING they say. It’s not that surprising when you learn that the Center is supported by over 100 companies, including “the restaurant industry, food companies and individual donors. The forerunner to the CCF was the Guest Choice Network, which was organized in 1995 by Richard Berman, executive director of the public affairs firm Berman and Company, with $600,000 from the Philip Morris tobacco company, ‘to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists …’”
Do you know what a “front group” is? It’s an “organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned. The front group is perhaps the most easily recognized use of the third party technique.”
Beware of the CCF: “For example, Rick Berman’s Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) claims that its mission is to defend the rights of consumers to choose to eat, drink and smoke as they please. In reality, CCF is a front group for the tobacco, restaurant and alcoholic beverage industries, which provide all or most of its funding.” (sourcewatch.org)
Go to the CCF website and see for yourself all the incredible health and wellness groups and activites they speak against! They attack preventative medicine, treating animals with respect, organic food, eating healthy and more. I went to their “About Us” section and almost choked on my tongue.
Here are some snippets:
- “Consumer freedom is the right of adults and parents to choose how they live their lives, what they eat and drink, how they manage their finances, and how they enjoy themselves.
- Unfortunately, Americans have been force-fed a diet of bloated statistics hyping the problem of obesity. Those statistics have been used by Big Brother government bureaucrats and greedy trial lawyers to justify a host of noxious “solutions,” like extra taxes on certain foods and lawsuits against anyone who grows, makes, or serves anything tasty.
- A growing cabal of activists has meddled in Americans’ lives in recent years. They include self-anointed “food police,” health campaigners, trial lawyers, personal-finance do-gooders, animal-rights misanthropes, and meddling bureaucrats.”
Down with those who campaign for health! Darned those crazy food police and do-gooders! Can you imagine the nerve of CCF saying these things?! Who could possibly be their audience, besides each other?
The name of their HFCS commercial is “sweetscam.com”. The real scam is that when people see the commercial, they may make the same mistake I did, but without investigating who the Center for Consumer Freedom really is–a front group who wants us to throw away our money and health on their food.
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I’m livid.
Imagine running an animal rights organization, and having slaughterhouses fund your research. Seriously, that would be absurd.
“But wait, if they are offering money for research, why not take it?”
It seems like some of the worst decisions ever made are because of money. But in this case (see below), I can’t help but wonder if there is more on the line.
This is not a joke. Read on:
“The American Academy of Family Physicians has a new six-figure alliance with the Coca-Cola Co.
Academy CEO Dr. Douglas Henley said Wednesday that the deal won’t influence the group’s public health messages, and that the company will have no control over editorial content. He said the new online information will include research linking soft drinks with obesity and will focus on sugar-free alternatives.
But critics say the Coke deal will water down the advice.
‘Coca-Cola, like other sodas, causes enormous suffering and premature death by increasing the risks of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, gout, and cavities,’ Harvard University nutrition expert Dr. Walter Willett said in an e-mail.
He said the academy ’should be a loud critic of these products and practices, but by signing with Coke their voice has almost surely been muzzled.’
Dr. William Walker, public health officer for Contra Costa County near San Francisco, likened the alliance with ads decades ago in which physicians said mild cigarettes are safe,
Walker has been a member of the academy for 25 years but quit last week. He said 20 other doctors who work with his local medical practice also quit because of the Coke deal.”
I discovered this disappointing information in several articles, the original source being the Associated Press. The above quote was found in the Topeka Capital-Journal online.
I had to check out the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). AAFP website
The AAFP claims to represent “more than 94,600 physicians and medical students nationwide.” Does this mean Coca-Cola Co. just hired 94,600 physicians and medical students?
I will repeat the words of world-renowned researcher, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard’s School of Public Health, Dr. Walter Willett, “Coca-Cola, like other sodas, causes enormous suffering and premature death by increasing the risks of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, gout, and cavities.“
By Coke’s dangerous nature and the fact that it provides us with nothing but health risks, these physicians have no business making alliances with Coca-Cola. These physicians are the very people who have the science to know better. What new information about Coke could we possibly benefit from? It’s never going to be a product with nutrients we need.
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Contact Information for Coca-Cola Co.
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I have been followed this cute asian girl, Michelle Phan make up and skin care tutorial for long a time ago. And I would to share with you one of her best DIY Homemade acne treatments from her youtube video tutorial. It is how she using toothbrush to have a clear skin. Or should we called it “Toothbrush Skincare Treatments“.
Well, it actually work for me and make your skin feel more smooth and soft. So, now you know that your toothbrush does not only make you teeth shine, but also make your facial skin feel great too. All you need to have is a soft electrical brush electrical toothbrush and any type of scrub or cream you want to to apply to your skin.
Why did this homemade skin treatments make your skins feel soft, smooth and make your skin blackheads free? It is because the toothbrush tiny brush help to remove the sebum, dirts and oil from your skin open pore. Hence, it make you skin become more clear from all of the unwanted stuff.
You can read it further more at Michelle Phan Xanga page regarding this Electric Toothbrush Skincare treatments.
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