This is Susan, a community member at http://www.bagsontherun.com/, a premier Green Bag community in USA. I liked your blog and your efforts on making our Earth more “Green”. I want to publish one of your post in our blogs. Can I do so?
I would also like you to visit our site and send us your feedback.
Susan

I found a good deal on Amazon.com a while back for a case; however it looks like they may be temporarily out. Here is my original toilet paper post:

http://www.fakeplasticfish.com/2007/08/seventh-generation-amazoncom-solving.html

Dude, I totally forgot it was the Rockridge street fair – I really wanted to go but was in the kitchen all freakin' day.

Bummer about the Pasta Pomodoro risotto – you're totally right: risotto, and so many other Italian dishes, needs zero butter/cheese/cream if you do it right.

I mean – that's the point of risotto – it's cooked slowly, stired constantly and that releases the starches and puffs up the rice, making it creamy and rich.

If you will indulge me in a marginally related rant about excessive dairy in foods…

I had dinner at Venus on Saturday — shockingly, they have NOTHING on the menu which could be considered vegan. Their risotto, their polenta, even their pasta – all have eggs, butter or cheese in them.

They couldn't even make me a side of mashed potatoes because "they already have milk and butter." "um, don't you have any uncooked potatoes? It shouldn't take long to make a single serving in a small saucepan."

So, I ended up picking out gorgonzola out of a fig & arugula salad, and totally unable to eat the beet salad James ordered — the salad was dominated by a 4 oz round of goat cheese lightly topped with tiny chopped bits of roasted beets.

For my entree, I paid $15 for about 2 cups of steamed chard, five broccoli florets, green beans with about 8 raisin size cherry tomatoes. On top of that, there was no seasoning – no olive oil, no garlic, nada. I am not kidding. I want to support restaurants that buy mostly local/organic food but this is sad. I can steam seasonal vegetables at home on my own, thank you.

grrr.

Tonight I'm doing more cooking – we have a bake sale at work tomorrow, so I am making vegan pizzelles and waffles (to be heated in the toaster). You're welcome to come over and be a taste tester!

I too was desperately trying to get off the ATT mailing list… I went to their web-site and couldn't find any general contact information so I ended up finding the woman that signed the notice on "Linked In" and contacted her directly. And she actually wrote me back!

Here's the e-mail correspondence:

On 8/16/08 8:21 PM, Tanya wrote:
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Dear Ms. Storey,

Please remove me from the AT&T mailing list. I tried to submit this request through the AT&T web-site, however, there is no option for general inquires.

Tanya XXXX
XXXXXXX
San Francisco, CA
USA

Thanks.

Tanya
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Tanya,

I have been on vacation for the last week and have just now returned and am catching up on email. I have sent your request to the team who manages our mailing lists, you should be removed from our lists.

Please don't hesitate to contact me directly if you continue to receive mail from us.

Debbie Storey
VP Consumer Sales
404-827-1305
deborah.storey@att.com