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* My girlfriend will melt. She is a chocolate addict.
* This is much better than the pathetic Belgian chocolate I was planning to give her.
* The chances of me getting laid are higher than the percentage of cacao in these truffles.
Make a brother happy.
Thanks,
Evan
-They look delicious
-It'll knock the socks off the girl that gets it
-Whats better than winning something?
For the Joseph Schmidt Valentine Package:
1.My girlfriend is in Ecuador teaching English and becoming fluent in Spanish. She has been there since September.
2.My mother and my best friend are 1000 miles away.
3.My good friends who often throw a "single on valentines day" party are all out of town.
If I can't have the ones I love, I'd like to have the one thing we all love: chocolate.
Best,
Skyler
- In Japan, on Valentine's Day only the women give chocolate to the men. Men only give chocolate to women on a separate holiday, called White Day, which takes place in March. Call me impatient, but I like chocolate on V-Day, and I don't think my coworkers are going to give Obligation Coworker Chocolate to the foreign girl anytime soon. :p
(BUT, if I end up giving the chocolate to the workplace, it's bonus points for me!)
- That being said, I'm willing to make an exchange for random Japanese goods of your choosing.
- A professional pickup artist once told me that he could get women to be wildly multiorgasmic over the course of hours provided they get enough water and chocolate. Okay, so that's not a legitimate reason, but I thought it was funny and slightly creepy.
I'm secretly hoping Evan will win though, because his plea is adorable.
This was an interesting article. My ears perked up when I heard the Dominican Republic. Mi gente! I spent half my life out of the United States and grew up in the Dominican Republic. I did not know that cocoa beans were grown down there. I knew that there was sugar cane, cigar shops, and coffee plantations but never cocoa. I guess one learns something new everyday. Also you have inspired me to start a blog. I want to inspire people with my life story. These past few months have been awesome and I want to share it with college students my age to encourage them. Anyways sorry this post wasn't related to chocolate. Keep up the good work! Adios!
Josh
I am just getting to read your chocolate posting now and probably missed the deadline, but here are my reasons why:
- I had a dream about you this weekend (really) and since you skipped the flowers I guess a basket of chocolate will do
- I'm going to the Dominican Republic this weekend to visit my grandma. Since she, well, can't really chew - truffles would be a great thing to share with her
- I work at Sesame Street and I promise to send you a picture with Grover and the basket of chocolate :)
2. Because I'll make really good use of it - whether straight up, paired with Lagavulin or Dolce, combined with a chili pepper infusion for Mayan Cocoa, or added for a little flavor to a homemade cocoa butter massage bar that will melt on skin contact.
3. Because I'll send you a custom avatar in return since your Twitter icon needs pimped!
I’ve only been out of college for one month and have not yet conquered life, so I’m unable to post a YouTube video. Damn you six year old camera! I won’t let that stop me, so here it goes:
· I’ve been falling for a co-worker for six months. She may be the funniest girl I’ve ever met, and she has been reciprocating affection as of late. I would have asked her out by now if it weren’t for one reason -- she’s my boss. It may sound silly, but getting her a great Valentine is actually on my February dreamline.
· Chocolate is perfect gift for the above scenario. It can mean “I’m just being a nice guy,” or “I’ve been thinking of you lately.” Either way, it’s both effective and efficient.
· I work with her for 4 hours on Valentine’s Day, so it is a great opportunity to add “The 4-Hour Matchmaker” to your résumé ;)
Thanks a million!
JJ
1. I did a research project in the ninth grade about chocolate. It was one of those "learn to do a research project" courses, so I picked chocolate as my topic. I love chocolate that much!
2. The best chocolate I've ever had was stuff I picked up in Geneva @ a chocolaterie. Everything else since has just been "plain old chocolate". My location-independent plan is still about a year from completion so I'd love a taste of the good life (and chocolate from the DR definitely counts).
3. My wife doesn't like expensive chocolates! And I'm not kidding you here. She has the most sensitive palette of anyone I've known, but she still prefers "plain-jane" chocolate. I've fed her much of the standard imported Belgian and Swiss fare, but the only success I've had are the Red Lindt truffles (seriously, just the red). I've never heard of Joseph Schmidt until today. Hooking me up won't just make my wife happy, it's a definite new customer opportunity for Joseph Schmidt.
If you ever go to Brussels make sure to check out Pierre Marcolini's shops > http://www.marcolini.be/EN/accueil.html
Quite easy to find. From the airport jump in a cab and ask for "Place du Sablon" and you will find yourself in the epicentre of chocolate and antiques (different shops however ;-)
I am Belgian but now living and working in the UK. Luckily Green & Blacks is producing excellent chocolate over here... so I can always get my chocolate fix.
Really enjoy reading your posts,
Cheers,
Greg
Some day I'd like to see a video where you show how to prepare mate in the gourd and drink it through the bombilla. I had a friend bring back a bag of Cruz de Malta from Argentina (and accoutrements) as per your recommendation but it doesn't quite work out. La yerba clogs the bombilla and it's generally messy.
I still enjoy it though, brewing with water and yerba in a thermos and straining through a filter when serving, but I'd like to learn how it's properly done.
/johan
1. I want whiter teeth (high cocoa to sugar ratio may discourage tooth decay).
2. I want to live longer (Research shows that chocolate eaters live almost a year longer then those who abstain).
3. I will be sharing most of it with my g/f and her two sisters.
These are my
- For Valentine's Day, I've decided not to start the oh-no-i'm-single-and-it's-valentine's-day-melody and instead go to the dojo for some sweaty ju-jutusu
- I could use the chocolate to cheer up my newly dumped neighbour and friend
- With both the exercise and the chocolate, I will have enough endorphines to make a smaller town glow in the dark nights. Isn't that environemental-friendly energy or what?:P
GRAND MARNIER CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
120 grams good-quality 70% dark chocolate
1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
3/4 cup icing (powdered) sugar
6 tbsp almond powder (I grind whole with skins, about 3/4 cup whole yields 6 tbsp ground)
3 tbsp Grand Marnier liqueur
2 tbsp cocoa powder
Melt chocolate with butter in microwave. Stir until well melted and blended. Add icing sugar, ground almonds and Grand Marnier. Mix well to combine. Leave to come to room temperature, about 15 minutes, then refrigerate covered with plastic wrap for 30 minutes. (any longer chocolate gets too hard)
With fingers, form into small balls and roll them into cocoa powder. Keeps well refrigerated, but serve at room temp.
Happy Valentine's Day to all fellow romantics :-)
*For Brian
" … I would grab some chocolate right now if I was not doing my own custom detox cleanse.. :-)"
How do you detox?
*For Tim (or Someone else)
What is the simplest way to post a YouTube video?
My 3 Chocolate responses
(1)I have always preferred the bitter taste of dark chocolate. I get slight quivers when I eat it and it is very satisfying nutition-wise.
(2)Along with promoting deep restful sleep, consuming Himalayan Goji juice filled in my tooth cavity! (Drink it diluted in water for best results). If raw cocoa powder is at the top of the antioxidant list with almost four times the amount of antioxidants as Goji Berries, I would like to discover (and post to 4HWW, of course) the health benefits!
(3)Tim, I also seek health enhancement in the natural realm. Thank you for being willing to reveal your unconventional findings.
We love everything dragons!
We love everything Liv Lovely!
We'll love you if you send us cookies!
1. My boyfriend and I are postponing valentines day until spring break, when we'll be sky diving for the first time. These would be great desert for that evening when we'll be having a mountain top sunset dinner. Actually he doesn't know about the dinner yet, I'm going to suprise him with that part. After that we'll probably be partying with friends and family.
2. My boyfriend has similar taste in sweets and he's already given me chocolates early, this way I could show him how much I love him with an incredible experience (sky diving) AND some delicious treats.
3. You'd be adding the icing to the cake so to speak, enhancing one college student and her bf's experience of a lifetime, thats something that should bring a smile to your face (and if not, can't blame me for trying lol). :)
2. I am an chocoholic and finally found Liz Lovely cookies that dont make me feel TOO bad about eating 4 cookies instead of the typical person who eats 1!!
3. I am in the Liz Lovely Fan club...who else do you know who is in a cookie lovers fan club???
Excellent! I don't want lots, just good in all things. Way to go! There's a wonderful intelligence to becoming a connoisseur no matter what it is, but I especially thank you for this little tour into Scharffen Berger. Developing palettes for quintessential experiences is like developing sensitivity for the "remarkable". And that is always good time spent in business and personally. Like honing a skill set and besides, it's just damn good fun.
Thanks and Happy Valentines all.
All Best,
Jan
(I vote for Evan too BTW very clever)
- I don't care if they do go right to my hips...I won't deny myself these fabulous pleasures just to conform to beauty magazine standards!
- I would share them with my spectacular son and my handsome husband...the two most important people in my life! (Thank you, Reilly and Mike, for making my life so wonderful!)
- I just moved to Austin from San Francisco, and I will tell everyone in between those two places how terrific these products are!
1) I live in Chicago and there's nothing quite like a delicious gingersnap and a cup of hot tea to take my mind off of the stinging wind and ice hitting my face as I walk home from work...
2) I got pooped on by a bird last weekend. Someone told me that was good luck...and if I win, then I'll believe them and not just regret that shirt that was ruined.
3) There's no significant other to share them with, but my roomate and I share a similar taste in sweets. I think if I bring some home she might actually let me use her car to go buy groceries!
So you will, at the very least, be brightening my otherwise permagray day, taking my mind off of birds (they scare me), and be providing much needed transportation to get "provisions". Have a good one!
I'd like the Liz Lovely package.
1. For my wife's birthday 3 years ago, I took her to a Bed & Breakfast in Vermont. On the last day of our getaway we stopped at a health store and picked up some Liz Lovely cookies because they are our favorite. As we were driving to the airport I looked at the back of the package and saw the company was located in Vermont. Not only were they located in Vermont, but they were located about 2 miles from the B&B that we were staying at. We were actually biking on the road they were located just the day before. My heart broke as we were already an hour out of town and we had to catch our flight. I did email Liz Lovely and asked if we could visit the factory next time we were there and they said they would love to give us a tour. Hopefully they will give out free samples.
2. I enjoy taking the cookies and blending it with ice cream to make some awesome shakes.
3. I would help spread the wealth by bringing in these cookies to share with fellow co-workers.
Take care.
1. They are THE BEST, with the purest ingredients. (The vegen thing is a bonus.)
2. My wife is the best, with the purest heart. (Schmalzy, yes, but it's Valentine's day.)
3. Dang it, she's cute and good enough for a real treat.
-Because I am vegan and her cookies are the only sweet treats I will get to enjoy on Valentine's Day
-I always eat these during 24 hour brevets (unsupported bike rides ranging from 125 miles to 750 miles that must be completed within a certain amount of time)--they give me energy and settle my stomach at mile 250!
-They are delicious :-)
1. I can't afford such wonderful cookies such as these on my Americorps*VISTA poverty stipend, and thus have been forced to munch on cheapo ginger snaps to satisfy my intense ginger craving.
2. I absolutely love ginger...it is delicious and good for you. It should be baked into many more desserts, and be more frequently combined with dark chocolate.
3. I'm on the Liz Lovely mailing list and the notification of this contest was the best email EVER! If you choose me, I will share the cookies not only with my valentine, but with my fellow ginger-loving impoverished VISTAs!
Thanks for the great V-Day inspiration. I'm a forty-something lawyer, married for 19 years now, and I often feel like I'm not part of your target audience, BUT...
1. My lovely wife is still my Valentine. After 19 years, it's getting harder to be creative with gifts, but chocolate always works. I'd love to surprise her with the big J. Schmidt box.
2. I'm taking her to New York for the weekend for her V-Day gift already. I planned this trip based on (1) a business meeting, scheduled around helping a friend set up a health/lifestyle start-up business, and (2) using your frequent flyer point tips. Last year, I would have done this by conference call. This year, we get a weekend together in NYC, visiting friends and taking in a show. Thanks to 4HWW!
3. The chocolates would make a perfect accent to the trip, impress the wife (hard to do), and provide an engaging story for me to relate to my business partners. What better way to introduce them all to 4HWW.
Thanks!
Cliff
1. I'm a vegan activist. I'd distribute the prizes and casually hint that they're vegan.
2. I know A LOT of people who love desserts, but who are not vegan. I think they deserve these.
3. I'd save one for myself to sample, and purchase in the future.
- Her ex-boyfriend forgot her birthday once. He has one less ball now.
- She's driving my car all week, so I wouldn't be surprised if it somehow accidentally ended up at the bottom of the lake near my house, right next to me cell phone that she threw in there when she saw one of my old girlfriends had called.
- She's making me dinner on Valentine's Day. Only you have the power to make sure it's not my last meal.
Please help me.
Regards,
Jeff
1# I can't bake them as well as Liz Lovely.
2# I just discovered Liz Lovely cookies less than 2 weeks ago.
3# The store that I purchase Liz Lovely cookies are all out of Ginger Snap dragons (went yesterday to purchase.... 3 and I've already consumed the sampler box I purchased on line a week ago.!
there isn't any better way to celebrate Valentine's day than to share very good chocolate with those who are depleted of serotonin.
Also nurses could really be nurtured with Liz Lovely's snapdragon cookies......the ginger cookies cannot be compared to any others!!! And since it is real cold here it would warm their innards.....
And if those two reasons aren't calling to your heart strings than consider how little a nurse asks for in response to what she gives out.....smile!!!
* Liz Lovely cookies are the best.
* Liz Lovely cookies are the best.
I could go on... :-)
2. I'm single right now, but with these cookies I would have ladies flocking to my doorstep.
3. I eat meat, but I love these cookies. I get to eat food I love and score bonus points with my vegan friends. It's a win win situation!
Thanks!
Ben
* Recent small business owner
* Red hair, green eyes, not Irish though.
2. I deserve to win Lizlovely Ginger Snapdragon cookies because it's time I get another favorite of her cookies.
3. I deserve to win Lizlovely Snapdragon cookies because they are a healthy way to reward yourself.
I just had an awesome idea. Due to the current events at home and abroad politically, and our status of war on terror, I invented a term. The problem is that traveling has gotten slightly more difficult, and if the American people do not try to stop the plutocracy of the US, then we will all have a hard time traveling. Thus I invented the term:
"War on Tourism"
Tell me what you think.
I just finished your book, and told my boss I wanted to work from home. He thought about it for a week and said no, so I found a new job making more money closer to home with bigger clients and a much more respectable position. I will try it again with this new boss in a few months. Either way the 80/20 principle has allowed me to show more timr to my girlfriend, friends, parents, and the things I love to do. I started applying the methods in your geek to freak workout, and I also started the vegetable, meat, legume diet. I dig it all, and I look forward to joining the NR. Thanks man.
Jeremiah
- I LOVE Liz Lovely's cookies -- all flavors, but the Ginger Snapdragons are my faves.
- I have been drooling over Liz Lovely's valentine packages but don't have a sweetheart at the moment and it would be too pathetic if I bought it for myself. If I win, I will also get some cool and yummy Valentine stuff from LL because I am a member of their Fan Club.
- Please pick me!!!!!! (oops, that was four bullets)
1. I went to order 8 snapdragons on line today, and this winning a case was in my email, so perfect timing.
2. I always have to place an order at Whole Foods in my area for them because no one carries them around here(CT.-no one really knows good food).
3. These are ABSOLUTLY the only cookies I eat, especially that have white flour & sugar -- they are worth it.
4. an extra- the crystalized ginger on top cannot be beat.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTLY THE BEST. Of course, we all could go on & on about these gingersnapdragons-as their name suggests...... :)
- My 4-month-old wakes up every 2 hours to breasfeed so I need sugar to keep me awake at work.
- I think you're the smartest, most handsome man I've ever laid eyes on.
- I'm a pig and really want some vegan cookies.
1) I have been craving those cookies for months, but they are to get over here in the west coast
2) Since I am away at college at stanford, I am not able to be with my loved ones on valentines days, so i would love to turn to yummy cookies for comfort
3)If you choose me because I am part of Lizlovelys fan club I will get a case, and then I can share them with my family and boyfriend over spring break, making many people happy
Thanks!
Reasons you should pick me:
* I love to bake from scratch and I share my baked goodies with friends, neighbors, and co-workers. I will do the same with my winnings, too.
* I help out the community - I work with children in a local grade school, I give my extra stuff to non-profits like Recycle North and Spectrum, I tutored at CCV, I am taking college courses and I share resources with fellow students, and on and on...
* I do a lot for the environment - I garden organically, I compost, I use biodegradable products, I use energy efficient practices, etc.
So in general, I am a helpful, caring, giving person who would love to receive an extra Valentine's day treat.
: ) Thanks!
So now its:
1) Liz's cookies,
2) Ben & Jerry,
3) Maple Syrup
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, maybe something with all three............
* I am in the third week of my clinical year of vet school and I am so busy that I have no time to go to the grocery store (I also don't have a car) or make my own cookies.
* My boyfriend of 7 yrs lives far away and I will not get his present in time for Valentines day.
* I am on call for emergencies all day on Valentines day
Because...
* I can show you how to make Truffles or any other kind of Chocolate Delight with a little known Sweetener that Looks and Tastes Just Like Sugar, Has a Glycemic Index of Zero, has Zero Calories, is All Natural, and has Absolutely No Aftertaste whatsoever...(No it's not Stevia or Xylitol or any other thing you've probably heard of)
* I will give you a very generous quantity of this Sweetener for your own personal use and testing...and if you love it (which I think you will) maybe you would consider some kind of endorsement in exchange for an unlimited personal supply??? This product is actually my Muse...and who knows it might make a great case study as well...
* You can now be free to eat chocolate anytime you like (assuming it's the sugar that's stopping you) as well as adding true sugar-like taste and sweetness to anything else you want...
OK...I'm off to see if I can create an interesting You Tube clip. OH and BTW...my offer is good wether I win or not...
Ciao!
Brian
1.) I dont bike 150 miles (for fun) or breast feed, but I can tell you that some extra sugar during the day would be great for myself and the guys at work....
2.) I work for the Army and most of us usually have the mindset that if its vegan, it cant taste good. I want to put a little experiment together and I bet most of them wouldnt have a clue that its vegan.
3.) I also was in an edition of Cosmo's Sexy vs. Skanky. Unfortunately, I was stuck in the skanky side and I bet those Liz Lovely cookies are exactly what I need to make the big jump!!
First off I have to say I love your mind, body and soul. You seem really connected to life and that is rare in the world, Kudos and Yummm ;) Thanks for all your inspiration so all of us can become more whole and less addicted to distraction. (Ha-ha I said dicted!)
BTW- Heart IS my last name and there is a story behind it. It doesn't come from my Mother's wish for her daughter to be asked for years-Did your name come from the TV show Hart to Hart?
On to the list-
* Daddy, I want a chocolate box now! I want the whole world- Give it to me NOW!
* You must give ME the chocolate as it is your duty as a single man to give to a single woman. Consequences for insubordination are being hand cuffed, flogged and hot chocolate.
* Because chocolate is a substitute for not yet having a special someone to make love to. And another fun fact- Chocolate contains phenethylamine, a nutrient that enhances mood and is the chemical we produce in our brains when we fall in love.
How do you like them apples?!!
Happy Valentines Day!
Love and Hugs,
Jen
2- If I get the case, I promise to eat a cookie, give a cookie away, so even more people can enjoy (eh, get addicted to...) these dangerously decadent treats.
3- I live in the quirkily fabulous Mad River Valley, home of the Liz Lovely Cookie Factory (which is adjacent to the American Flatbread transport center, which is across the street from where Green Mountain Coffee roasted its first beans, which is 20 minutes from Ben & Jerry's factory...we love our goodly creative food here...) and so you won't have to pay for shipping--I will pick them up! Today if possible!
1. I love those cookies. They're great.
2. I have a kiddie pool full of milk just waiting to be dunked into
3. I've gotta do something with the other 36 hours of my week that I'm not working ;-)
-Paul
I'm a fan of your book and blog. So inspired, in fact, I quit my day job in October and went full-time in my studio. I want that chocolate! Reasons why are these:
1)Two weeks after quitting my day job I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm doing battle (and winning!) with the best of Western and Eastern medicine. I need those antioxidents, man!
2)I'm a young single woman and I'll be spending my Valentine's Day morning getting radiation treatment and meeting with my oncologist about side effects.
3)If I'm not having sex this Valentine's Day, at least I need to be having chocolate. (Like you, Tim, I eat a little dark choc every night as well, actually...so even if I don't win, I'll eat some chocolate)
By the way, congrats! 4HWW is totally NOW and sexy. Glad Cosmo is on board. i am sure that means so much. *grin*
If you want to verify my (sob)story, I'm writing a blog on it here:
www.myturnip.blogspot.com
Thanks, Tim.
-I love in Colorado where Liz Lovely unfortunately does not distribute, too, but everytime I'm home I smuggle them here in my bookbag.
-I'm a starving, vegan college student and although we'll be the first to say we aren't deprived of sweets, we are! Were cheap and too busy to cook our own!
-For Valentine's day my roomate and I are going bowling. We are losers in dire need of some love! Liz Lovely that is.
1: I eat them every week on my way to band practice; it helps me concentrate
2: My kids always try to eat them all, so I need all the extras I can get to share
3: They go great with ginger kombucha, plus they're the same color as my guitar...
1. Cookies are the best way to express "I Girl-Love You" to other ladies. I would wear that slogan on a T-shirt if you made it, but the cookies would work better for girls.
2. Savoring a cookie on your mat and listening to a story before taking a nap is the daily secret to success. Ask any pre-schooler.
3. Cookies are the distillation of the finest things, and therefore can be balm a troubled soul, can dissolve barriers and can offer transcendence. I want some of that, please!
1: I eat them every week for inspiration on the way to band practice
2: I need all the extras I can get to share with my kids
3: They go great with ginger kombucha, plus they're the same color as my guitar...
1. My job (which is not a four-hour work week - must buy that book) has sent me into the 20-below, snow-covered wilds of the Adirondacks, with no chocolatier in sight.
2. I work all week with about 200 construction guy, none of whom is my valentine.
3. A chocolate delivery would warm the cockles of my heart.
Lovingly,
A Chocolate-loving Damsel in Distress
1) They sure beat animal cookies or any other kind of cookie for that matter!
2) They are so tasty and delicious. They tingle your tongue and tickle your tummy as you gush with glee from gnashing your teeth on those gingery giant gems.
3) I tasted Liz Lovely's cookies in Vermont but haven't found them any where around here in rural New York and my mouth is just watering thinking about them. Do me a gingery favor and select my entry, please kind sir.
You should drop in on the new choco-collaboration between Wired co-founder Louis Rossetto and legendary chocolatier Timothy Childs.
(check them out online at http://www.tcho.com/)
This is random and not part of the chocolate story..
Does anyone ever feel like quitting the mindless drome of society and leaving all material possessions behind? I lately feel like travelling indefinately and just living like....i dunno what the word is....
It seems as a more beautfiul life to spend it around nature and out of our business driven, advertising swamped, material greedy society that has been created.
I feel it more and more now to abandon the lifestyle that most people attain to. Even if just for a short while.
Anyone else feel like this or imagine at times?
Email me if you do mattbailey84@hotmail.com
Im interested to hear the ideas.
Please, please send me those scrumptious Snapdragons!
- I'm lactose intolerant and most of the vegan cookies out there are SO boring. Liz Lovely's are outstanding and really wake up your mouth!
- I work for a nonprofit so I have a low cookie budget (and I promise to share)
- My name begins with an "L" too!
Thanks
2. If I win, I will have more to share with my husband and daughter
3. I could also use the added calories, it has been so dang cold here, I live in Minnesota:(
[1] All that gingery-goodness would certainly help clear the nasal passages which are currently in desperate need due to the cold and wind of my first Chicago winter.
[2] I would share these lovely delights with the eighteen other people suffering through the first-year program of the mathematics PhD program at the University of Chicago, who are all needing a bit of love due to rather longer than four-hour work weeks. (The rest of the college has this Friday off for "suicide prevention day," except the graduate students.)
[3] As my partner left for Cambridge UK at New Year's, I am living the celibate life until we reunite at the end of June, and will spend Valentine's Day studying for a functional analysis midterm.
[3.14159265...]* I'm the only first-year who has ever had Liz Lovely cookies! This is a tragedy of major proportions which needs to be rectified!
*Given the main topic of this post, I thought it would be appropriate to give pi (=pie) many reasons...
thanks for the awesome blog,
Claire
1)Liz and Dan are Lovely people, it's true I know them personally.
2) My kids love the cookies and they are a healthy snack alternative
3) They're soooo damn good
Thanks
2) Because winning an extra 5 lbs of fat is way cooler than loosing it =)
3) I. Love. Chocolate. And you too, if that helps me win.
Only thing I have to complain about Tim is that I had a terrible craving for chocolate after this post, Thanks!!!! There went the diet, I am having to go grapple twice now to get rid of some of these extra calories....LOL
Check out Nicaragua when you get a chance, they have kickass coffee beans...
Jose Castro-Frenzel
* it would be like outsourcing, while simplifying my choices at the same time
* I have some Oban Single Malt, one of the 6 Classic Malts, that would go really well with some of that chocolate.
Here's the link to You Tube for the video I made this afternoon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZuJHZM28Y
Phew! Man, what an adventure...my video camera is broken so I went to the closest store, which is Staples, to buy a new camera and every model that I wanted was out of stock! Not having a whole lot of time to get this finished I opted to use the video function in my Palm Centro Phone which I have never done before...quick trip to Trader Joe's to come up with an idea for a recipe on the fly, pick up a few things and then off to the beach to make the video. No cameraman, just me winging it, without even knowing if any of it was going to work (I've never posted to you tube before). Got it on the first take...it's not super-exciting but it's not bad for a first try! I had alot of fun just putting it all together and making things up as I went along.
I am re-posting my 3 reasons here in case it gets confusing:
Because...
* I can show you how to make Truffles or any other kind of Chocolate Delight with a little known Sweetener that Looks and Tastes Just Like Sugar, Has a Glycemic Index of Zero, has Zero Calories, is All Natural, and has Absolutely No Aftertaste whatsoever...(No it's not Stevia or Xylitol or any other thing you've probably heard of)
* I will give you a very generous quantity of this Sweetener for your own personal use and testing...and if you love it (which I think you will) maybe you would consider some kind of endorsement in exchange for an unlimited personal supply??? This product is actually my Muse...and who knows it might make a great case study as well...
* You can now be free to eat chocolate anytime you like (assuming it's the sugar that's stopping you) as well as adding true sugar-like taste and sweetness to anything else you want...
Ciao!
Brian
The Liz company is a true small business dream come true, they should be an example we can all strive to goal for.
Besides saving animals and being vegetarian, they are saving people by being so good for you and tasting so good for you, that every one what's to eat them:)
Ready? Here goes...
1. I recently decided to quit my job and make a movie (which has been my lifelong dream)!!! My last day of work is tomorrow and Valentines day will be my first day of preproduction:-) I have the script done, the 3 main roles cast and so far everything is falling into place. I'm so stoked I actually find myself grinning randomly throughout the day! Chocolate would even enhance the high ;-)
2. On the other hand, this could very well be (que music..) the beginning of the end. I'll spare the boring details but given my present circumstances and the rediculously challenging nature of the film industry, I might have screwed myself just a little :-/ I already weighed this option and decided it was worth it because I've always wanted to do this, but it will still be on my mind come Thursday... and chocolate it the best thing for denial.
3. I'm single. Don't send it to a couple. They have eachother damnit.
;-)
-Monica-
My last comment appears to be stuck in the process of moderation and I apologize if this post is redundant but I wanted to make sure my You Tube link shows up before the 5 pm deadline, so here it is again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZuJHZM28Y
Thanks,
Brian
2. My cat loves cookies and I want her to try these! She only lets me cradle her like a baby if I feed her something that makes her belly happy.
3. My home value has dropped over $250K and I need to eat away my woes.
* Because I need to slap more lard on my ass.
* Because I once had to sell pens for a living.
I have a HUGE idea, nothing like it out there,
found a patent attorney, helped me write up a patent application, submitted it and now trying to license or sell the idea - no one will even listen.
You said in your book you have helped people,
PLEASE give me a second of your time! I beg you!!
jessica
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Hi Jess,
Please search "Stephen Key" on this blog and you'll find the right concepts and people for licensing. They're the pros. Good luck!
T
First, I am a Liz Lovely Fan Club vegan cookie eatin' chocolickin' life lovin' gal! (the Ginger Snapdragons and the Cowboy Cookies are my two favorites!)
Second, I'm willing to share my cookie winnins' with less fortunate cookie eaters.
Third, I will now share with you a not-so-secret: You must find your way to 30, Rue Des Saints-Peres, Paris, France, where you will then enter the most lovely chocolate establishment...quite possibly in the world! Debauve & Gallais. Try the 99% cacao Chocolat bar. Oh my!
Thank you for your great blog!
I'll get you the results here soon! Please be patient as I read your very, very amusing answers :)
Tim
CD and it is some of the best marketing information
available today.
Great job.
Mike Smith
Creative Advertising Services NET
Seriously, that rocks. No explanation, just "The 4-Hour Workweek" I think that officially makes it an icon :)
~Marcie
http://www.youtube.com/v/zq0i_zIG0KY&rel=1
I guess I need to get use to the idea of transitioning to this new uncluttered person. I'm seing a psychologist .. he doesn't know why do I feel empty. Have you even felt this way?
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Hi O,
This is very, very common. Filling the void is the hardest of all. Please reread that chapter and search "Groundhog Day" on this blog for some great experiments people have done to address this.
Best of luck -- it's a battle worth fighting,
Tim
Excellent post! It actually relates to what I am currently working on. I wasn't sure how else to contact you, but I wanted to let you know that your book was the final piece in the puzzle that helped me complete my newest entrepreneurial venture. See link related to this comment!
It just about answered all the questions I needed - I listen to chapters 6 - 12 at least once a week since October. I wasn't sure how to set up a lot of that stuff like the relationships between manufacturers and mailing services, your instructions were perfect! I love how you include estimated costs, that was something I was concerned about.
Thank you so much for printing when you did!
As for anyone reading this blog - BUY 4 HOUR WORK WEEK now if you want to succeed in business on the first go around!
D Sanchez
I would be surprised if it wasn't on there!
I know you have your "nutritional day off" on Saturdays- I've done the same on Sundays for as long as I can remember. I also follow that you cheat occasionally- I do the same frequently. I was wondering- if you cheat on your diet on another day of the week- for whatever reason, maybe you had the opportunity to eat something great, maybe you felt you deserved a treat- do you then say "OK today is going to be my day off instead of Saturday," or do you just flat-out cheat?
D'avance merci!