ring emerald

Tara’s life is shrouded in secrets. All she knows is that they are somehow entwined with a dark emerald-the jewel identifying the lost heir to Tower Twyll. But if she is the true heir to Twyll, then she is the sworn enemy of the man who has captured her heart…

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This is a sincere labor of love; an honest attempt to share some favorite recipes from over the years, create some, and honor some of the adopted ones. I have always enjoyed cooking and Tolkien’s works… and this is a tribute to them both. These are recipes I have accrued over four decades; they represent a sample of recipes I love that I hope you come to love, too. I had a lot of fun with the Elvish names, compiling information and creating an embellished personal history from the inspiration of a remarkable college professor who I grew up admiring, adoring, and genuinely loving.

I read two memorable texts when I was 10 years old: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Hobbit. The latter played a very large role in the course my life took. I grew up in the middle of volatile political times and turbulent change, a member of the disenfranchised populations three times over. I learned to make lemonade out of lemons (see recipe #1).

I learned, thanks to Tolkien, that even the most timid and diminutive could have a dramatic, positive impact on the world. I also learned through my cultural teachings and my subsequent reading as a teen of The Lord of The Rings that the earth and all of its inhabitants are sacred. We all have our contributions to make. I saw the obvious parallels in the struggles that the characters of Middle Earth faced and my own world. I identified messages from the text with themes from my own traditions. This book is a celebration of those cultures: Tolkien’s and ours. There are family recipes in here that are literally hundreds of years old; some were gifts to my family from other cultures over the years. Some are adaptations of recipes collected over the years from various sources, including neighbors, local restaurants, and dear friends… all of whom are properly mentioned in the index. There are recipes of my own creation from Tolkien’s inspiration… namel, lembas (or coimas), which I started making 25 years ago. There are three types, and they are my interpretation, and of course, not meant to be the only interpretation of them.

I am also very health conscious. I don’t eat these kinds of foods every day. Some of them simply aren’t the best for all people. Use your discretion, and modify some of the fat, cholesterol and salt content where appropriate. There are places where I offer lower fat, salt and cholesterol alternatives, where I know they will work in the recipe. I make mostly vegetarian dishes these days, so a lot of the classic menus have vegetarian alternatives, for those who may go meatless. There are several recipes here for young children and for babies. I also only use whole ingredients: whole grains, no white potatoes, turbinado sugar, and pure honey. Many people who have problems with their sugar levels will find this refreshing. Complex carbohydrates will metabolize better. I do not ever use sugar substitutes in the recipes. I try to keep the recipes as close to foods of the past as possible. There are no microwave recipes in here; most of these are appropriate for wood stoves, electric or gas. I also live in the mountains, so some have been modified to meet the sea level requirement. If I am uncertain how a recipe will perform in your area, I give you fair warning.

I have classified the recipes by region, not race of peoples. Many areas have had a number of different cultures living on them through the ages, and their populations have migrated, here and in Middle-Earth. Many, like Bree, offer a combination of different influences and types. I hope there will be some there that appeal to the reader. The foods of The Dark Lands chapter have more to do with humor in the characterizations of the food than the actual places they are associated with. For example, the classic cheeseburger is lovingly referred to as Mount Doom because that’s what it will do to one’s arteries if eaten too frequently. Mince meat pie is nicknamed for the Balrog because that’s probably what would go through your mind that you might become if you ran into him in the Mines of Moria. I hope you have fun with them, too.

Above all, this project is meant to honor and respect all peoples… from Middle-Earth and our own. Tolkien said that Middle-Earth wasn’t some other dimension or parallel universe: it is our earth. I feel he really loved this earth, and so do I. It is in that spirit that this project was conceived. I hope it brings you great joy, fun, sharing and a full tummy.

Wishing you all the best always,
Emerald Took

To read reviews of this book please visit: The Post Gazette and Oregon Magazine
Also see: The Revenge of the Hobbits

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The goal of this report is to assist managers in gauging a company’s financial performance vis–vis firms competing in the same sector, at the global level. In particular, this report covers EMERALD FINANCIAL CORP., STRONGSVILLE, USA.

With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of entry barriers, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company’s performance against other firms on a worldwide basis. Doing so, however, is not an obvious task. First, one needs to find firms competing in the same sector. Second, one needs to control for exchange rate volatility. Finally, one needs use comparable financial standards. This report overcomes these issues and gives full financial benchmarks vis–vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification. Benchmarks cover assets, liabilities, income and ratios. Since our reports are printed on demand, the figures available are for the latest quarter and are the most up to date available (4 reports are produced each year).

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Are the combined human resources at EMERALD ENERGY PLC productive? There is no absolute answer to this question. This report considers the extent to which the company’s labor deployment indicators differ from global benchmarks. In this report we consider forecasts of differences between labor ratios and the resulting return on this human investment compared to global benchmarks; the estimation of such differences is commonly called a “gap analysis.” What is the ratio of short-term and long-term assets to employee? What are typical capital-labor ratios? How different are these ratios to companies serving the same link in the value chain? What are the average sales and net profits per employee compared to global benchmarks? These and over 50 other indicators of labor productivity are considered in this report. The report does so by going beyond traditional analyses by considering companies competing in the same or similar industrial classification at a global level. The goal of this report, therefore, is to assist consultants, human resource managers, strategic planners, and corporate officers in gauging estimates of a company’s human resource indicators compared to firms competing or participating in the same economic sector, at the global level. This report is not about whether a particular company or industry has performed well or poorly in the past or will do so in the future. With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of entry barriers, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company’s human resource indicators against other firms on a worldwide basis. Doing so, however, is not an obvious task. First, one needs to find firms competing in the same sector, but not necessarily competing directly with the company in local markets. These firms should not be perceived, therefore, to be direct competitors to the company in question, but simply those that have been classified by various sources (e.g. EDGAR or similar foreign filings), as competing to serve customers in the same link of the value chain, or broad industrial classification, as identified by SIC, NAICS or similar codes. Second, given the international nature of the task, one needs to control for exchange rate volatility. Finally, one needs use comparable financial standards. This report overcomes these issues and gives full human resources benchmarks vis-a-vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification. Benchmarks cover labor-asset ratios, labor-liability ratios, and labor-income ratios. Since our reports are printed on demand, the statistics reported are for the latest quarter and are the most up to date available (4 updates are produced each year). Each report provides over 100 statistics and 40 graphs to the reader. This reports is on EMERALD ENERGY PLC, EPSOM, United Kingdom.

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This book is designed for human resources managers and directors of personnel who are concerned with labor productivity. It gives benchmarks and gap analyses used to gauge a company’s performance vis–vis firms competing firms in the same sector, at the global level. In particular, this report covers EMERALD FINANCIAL CORP., STRONGSVILLE, USA. With the globalization of markets, greater foreign competition, and the reduction of entry barriers, it becomes all the more important to benchmark a company’s performance against other firms on a worldwide basis. Doing so, however, is not an obvious task. First, one needs to find firms competing in the same sector. Second, one needs to control for exchange rate volatility. Finally, one needs use comparable financial standards. This report overcomes these issues and gives full human resources benchmarks vis–vis worldwide competitors who are present in the same narrow industrial classification. Benchmarks cover labor-asset ratios, labor-liability ratios, and labor-income ratios. Since our reports are printed on demand, the figures available are for the latest quarter and are the most up to date available (4 updates are produced each year).

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Pollen is a visitor from the far reaches of space, and his mission is to save the Earth from human destruction with the power of his mysterious, living ring. Accompanied by a ragtag group of friends, he journeys across the United States to deliver a message to the president and the world. Earth is about to be destroyed, and unless humans learn to live in harmony with nature, even the powerful ring won’t be able to stop it. But as stories of the ring’s amazing abilities spread, the ambitious vice president decides the ring belongs in his hands. And he’ll stop at nothing to get it.

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