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Liz — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:43:40 +0000

Gilberts Goodies is proud to have been listed in the “special diets” section of Food 411

BE PRESENT

Liz — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:19:20 +0000

I don’t know why it takes an illness to make us stop and be present – or why it is that way for me. The cycle of life starts off with birth and ends with death. Every animal, plant, insect is born and eventually dies. It’s natural but it’s not something our society embraces. It’s something I have struggled with my whole life. We may first learn about death when a beloved pet dies. If a relative we don’t know well dies when we are young we don’t necessarily feel the sting of that person’s passing. Lucky people die naturally at their home. Others die due to illness at a nursing home or in a hospital. And others die tragic deaths due to accidents or violence, which is so sad.

Today I took a long walk. I stopped at the local pond and little waterfall and I was really present. I listened to the wind whipping my face. I felt that wind. I listened to the water falling and gurgling. It was meditative. It was comforting. It was renewing. It was natural.

BE GRATEFUL

Liz — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:18:08 +0000

BE GRATEFUL. Be grateful that you can see the sky, the trees, the flowers. Be grateful that you can smell flowers, your favorite foods, perfume, food baking,etc. Be grateful that you can hear music, your children’s laughter or cries, dogs barking, cats purring. Be grateful that you can walk, that you can taste. Be grateful for the people in your life. Be grateful for all of the “little” things that we naturally take for granted. Because you never know when it might end, or when you might end up sick and/or in the hospital with a beautiful view of the park that you cannot see, with loved ones around you speaking to you who you cannot see or hear.

Earth Day Celebration – Free Fun & Food for Kids and Adults

Liz — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:38:30 +0000

If you live in Connecticut, or the Northeast for that matter, you may have heard of the now famous Earth Day Celebration at New Morning Natural Market in Woodbury, CT which takes place every April at the store’s grounds. Thousands of people from around New England, New York and New Jersey flock to the store, rain or shine, to sample vendors’ products and walk the booths that have information about everything from climate change to composting to natural medecine and a petting zoo. There are raffles for many different gift baskets too. It’s a great, great event, lots of fun for adults and kids.
We vendors who attend give out thousands of samples to the public who get to taste lots of delicious natural and organic foods and treats. This year, in addition to my normal samples, I am going to make cut out cookies for people to see and taste. I want people to know that my cookie dough exists and that it’s sold at New Morning so if they like the cookies they know that they have a choice to buy them premade or make their own.
This year marks the 16th Earth Day Celebration at New Morning. It will take place on April 24 starting at 11:00 and goes until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. I hope you will come and if you do I hope you will stop by and sample our cookies!

Tom’s Shoes – Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy

Liz — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:44:31 +0000

I saw a great segment on Tom’s Shoes this morning on CBS Sunday Morning. Blake Mycoskie started the company in 2006 with a mission to give away a pair of shoes to needy children around the world with every pair of shoes sold. While I’m sure that the bottom line is important to achieve this goal and be able to give away shoes, I think that the premise to do good and not just make money for money’s sake is huge and I applaud and admire him and his company.

Random Acts of Kindness

Liz — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:14:31 +0000

Earlier this week I lost my credit card at the pump of a busy gas station. A couple of hours later when I realized it was gone and I had ripped apart my purse and car I called the gas station and it turns out someone found it and handed it in. That is a Random Act of Kindness.
A few weeks ago my car died on I95, a major highway in Connecticut, began to smoke and burst into flames. A man stopped and ran out to pull me away from the car. Another man stopped with a fire extinguisher but before he could get to the car it burst into flames. The fireman were literally awe-some. They got there within 5 minutes of my call and they put the flames out within minutes. They were caring and helpful. The off duty state trooper who stopped to help me and stayed with me for an hour in the cold and with his son waiting in the car made sure that my car was towed and that I could get a rental car before the rental agency closed. The rental agency waited for me and then gave me an unbelieveable deal. Many, many Random Acts of Kindnesses here.
And many angels.
I think that there are far more Random Acts of Kindness going on in the world that we encounter daily, weekly. We don’t hear about them in the news but they ARE happening around us all of the time.
I want to start a Random Act of Kindness Revolution! Send me your comments and stories and let’s report on good things and start a kindness revolution together!

Creative Gluten-Free Cookie Recipe

Liz — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:39 +0000

I received a great recipe for gluten-free cookies from a customer, Marcia H. Marcia wrote “This is the first gluten free cookie that really measures up… (Using the Sensational Sugar Cookie Dough) I made snickerdoodles with part of the dough, rolled some of the balls in crushed hazelnuts and made the remainder as thumb print cookies with jam in the middle.”
What a great idea! Send in your recipes and I’ll post them to share with others!

Gilberts Gourmet Goodies on TV

Liz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:17:29 +0000

We were on TV last Monday, January 25, 2010 – and featured on the Fox61 “Mommy Minute” on the morning show!

Santa loves our cookies!

Liz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:35:53 +0000

Gilberts Gourmet Goodies Cookies were enjoyed by Santa and
his elves at the Wild by Nature Holiday Event.

Walk for Autism

Liz — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:38:49 +0000

Gilbert’s Gourmet Goodies recently donated cookies for the Walk for Autism:

Walk for Autism Raises $80,000

More than 1,000 walkers came out on a beautiful April Saturday to raise $80,000 at the recent Walk for Autism at Bellevue State Park. The board and staff of Autism Delaware want to thank all of you who came out with your family and friends. Walkers came from around Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and even as far away as Washington State. We loved seeing all the new teams and the colorful team t-shirts. Best of all was your enthusiasm and your good natures! We particularly appreciated the latter when the water main at the park broke and they had to close the bathrooms! Rest assured we’ll have more bathrooms available next year.

For more information on Autism Delaware contact http://www.delautism.org/