Alicia Silverstone's Blog, page 204

pinwheel bakery in detroit

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Recently our hair designer on Vamps John brought in some treats from nearby Pinwheel Bakery...so mad at him for that!!! Anywho they were all vegan which was so sweet of him! The brownie and the ginger cookie were my favorites and the peanut butter cookie was really good too.
 
If you live in the Detroit area and would like to sample these you can go to Pinwheel Bakery in Ferndale:

Pinwheel Bakery
220 W. Nine Mile Road
Ferndale Michigan 48220
phone: 248.398.8018
fax: 248.398.8016

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vegan band-aids!

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Like many cosmetics most band-aids are made by companies that test their products on animals. Included among the companies that test on animals are recognizable brands such as Johnson & Johnson Proctor & Gamble Bausch & Lomb and many others. You can see a complete list here.
 
The materials used to make band-aids are also bad for your body and the environment. Johnson & Johnson brand band-aids are made from nylon cotton and an epoxy adhesive. Epoxy resin contains the chemical BPA which is an e...

celebrate kitchen garden day!

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Roger Doiron is the founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International KGI a non-profit devoted to promoting kitchen-gardening home-cooking and sustainable local food systems. He recently emailed me to give me a heads up about National Snack Food Month a nasty marketing ploy by the Snack Food Association whose members include companies like ConAgra Fritolay and ExxonMobil apparently big oil permeates every industry including food. Fortunately Roger has the perfect antidote - World Kitchen...

rebeccas weight loss and new voice!

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Kind Lifer Rebecca Midkiff shared this great story of her success as a flirt and the unexpected bonus of being able to sing better than ever before! Check out Rebecca's story:
 
"I haven't eaten meat in 18 days and I don't miss it at all! I really thought I would. A year ago I was eating meat almost daily. Six months ago I started cutting back to save money. Now I am flirting with The Kind Diet because what I've learned about factory farming and industrial food processing grosses me out.

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kanten with plums and blueberries

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Yesterday on set I had the Kanten from my book and shared it with some of our Vamps people! My co-star Krysten had some and said "This is heaven…it's like dessert" which made me laugh... and I said "It is dessert!" Anywho if you haven't tried the Kanten from The Kind Diet p. 281 try it! It's a super fresh and very healthy superhero dessert.
 
It's hot here in Detroit where we're filming and its super hot on set so the Kanten was a nice treat. My assistant Megan tweaked the recipe from the...

sprout eco friendly watches!

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I read about these cute eco watches by Sprout on GirlieGirlArmy.com a while back and wanted to share!

Sprout's mission is to make the most eco-friendly watch they possibly can - which I love. All of their watches are 80-86 eco-friendly... Which isn't ideal but its getting there!  All Sprout watches are lead and pthalate free and instead of synthetic plastic they use corn resin to make their watches. Corn resin is 99 environmentally biodegradable and since its made from corn its a renewable...

urgent: help to make plastic grocery bags illegal in california!

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Plastic grocery bags are hugely wasteful and when they get discarded they often end up in the ocean where they harm marine life. In my "Oprah's Earth Day Advice" post last April I talked about The Great Pacific Garbage Patch a giant patch of garbage that is twice the size of Texas and is estimated to be made up of 90 plastic waste. California Assembly Member Julie Brownley D - Santa Monica has written a bill that would outlaw plastic bags in California grocery stores and require that all...

cooking for six on set in Detroit!

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A few days ago my rockstar assistant Megan made Fruity French Lentils p. 245 in The Kind Diet for six of us here in Detroit actors producers costume designer and director. It was so good!
 
She also made a breakfast couscous with pine nuts a little maple syrup and dried cranberries and served it with steamed collard greens on the side…really yummy! See more ideas for superhero breakfasts on p. 102 of The Kind Diet. So far she's also made Hot Rice with Cold Lemon Basil and Tomato p. 151 The...

flowers from my garden...

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This picture of flowers from our garden in LA was sent to me last night... It makes me less homesick to see what's happening at home while I'm away.

These are Sweet Peas and a Sunflower from my vegetable garden. So pretty.

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