Can you help? Letters needed to Rodale publishers.

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This post was on the Fatfree_Vegan group at Groups.com today. We

need letters to the publisher to tell them they did not do the right

thing, to change her intentionally healthy vegan recipe by adding butter

and eggs. Rodale publishers say their mission is " to enable and inspire

people to improve their lives and the world around them, Rodale has been

the leading publisher of information on healthy, active lifestyles for

more than 60 years. " They are acting against their stated purpose.

 

You can contact Rodale at reader_service or

customer_service.

 

 

 

Original post:

outonalimb [outonalimb]

Friday, March 11, 2005 9:11 AM

Fatfree_Vegan (AT) (DOT) Com

NEED ADVICE RODALE PUBLISHED MY VEGAN RECIPE

with my name IN COOKBOOK BUT ADDED EGGS/Butter without my permission

!!!!!!!!

 

 

I am SO UPSET ! Several months ago I submitted 2 recipes to Rodale

during a healthy recipe cookbook contest . I am a staunch ethical

vegan and have many original recipes posted on various sites on the web

.. A few years ago I won a Vegetarian times /Hains cooking contest as

well . I have recipes that are being included in a veg family's

upcoming cookbook too.

 

I entered this contest because I hoped to get a few vegan recipes

in the cookbook in the baking category which is usually laden with dairy

and eggs . So I was THRILLED when out of the blue I received a copy of

the just published cookbook with a cover letter congratulating me on the

inclusion of 2 of my recipes .Upon opening the book I found my name

,location and the recipes . YIPPPEE ! I opened the book and was thrilled

to see that 1 of my recipes had merited a full page color photograph J

Then I read the recipe ... Without my permission Rodale Altered my

recipe 1st by omitting earth balance or other " vegan margerine " with

:transfree margarine or BUTTER (!!) melted AND then ener-g egg

replacer for 2 eggs with " 2 EGGS ,LIGHTLY BEATEN " I felt like someone

had kicked me in the stomach!

 

I only entered this contest because the site promised that entrants

retained ownership of their recipe . I thought that this protected me

from them tampering with my recipe and allowed me to share it while

retaining ownership !

 

To add insult to injury , when submitting the recipe I added a

comment about how nibbling these muffins during holiday baking helped

stave off overindulgance ! It may not seem like a big deal to a dietary

vegan , but I am a very committed ethical vegan and it is so upsetting

to have my recipe unveganized and published in a big glossy NATIONAL

cookbook with my name attached to it and a comment like that .They

ALTERED MY RECIPE TO INCLUDE ANIMAL PRODUCTS !

 

Here is a link to the cookbook and a user review which gives the

recipe ,my Whole-wheat cranberry orange muffins a 5 star review !

 

 

 

 

http://www.rodalestore.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?cata

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gId=10002 & storeId=10051 & productId=15976 & langId=-1 & source=msn%22

 

 

 

I am so totally upset I don't know where to begin or what to do I want

the recipes out of the book with my name on it But They are already

selling it !!!

 

Teresa

 

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from Maida, Citizens for Pets in Condos petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316

Information on the health benefits of pet companionship:

<http://mywebpages.comcast.net/maidawg/petpetition.htm>

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/maidawg/petpetition.htm or

http://tinyurl.com/6daer.

 

 

 

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from Maida, Citizens for Pets in Condos petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316

Information on the health benefits of pet companionship:

<http://mywebpages.comcast.net/maidawg/petpetition.htm>

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/maidawg/petpetition.htm or

http://tinyurl.com/6daer.

 

 

 

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from Maida, Citizens for Pets in Condos petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/738171316

Information on the health benefits of pet companionship:

<http://mywebpages.comcast.net/maidawg/petpetition.htm>

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/maidawg/petpetition.htm or

http://tinyurl.com/6daer.