Saturday, February 04, 2012

Book Review: The Pig and Me

You might be wondering what a memoir called The Pig and Me is about. Well, it’s not about a pig – not a real one, anyway. It’s about the author, Lindsay Frucci, and her idea, drive, commitment, and work to start a company. ‘Course, she’s not the pig. The pig is a cute little pink pig with a tape measure around its waist – and it’s on the packaging of her product – No Pudge Brownies.

She literally starts with nothing except a desire to help the family. Then she begins learning what it would take to start her own company, testing recipes to come up with a fat-free recipe, and getting her product into stores, hopefully all over the U.S.

I found it fascinating to learn what she went through to start the company and promote the product, all while she’s not just a woman starting a company. She’s a mother, a wife, housekeeper, head cook, chauffeur, and all the work hats that come with being married with kids. But she is absolutely committed to building the company and helping support the family.

I think if you’ve ever started your own company, you’ll want to read The Pig and Me and will probably identify with Lindsay Frucci. And if you haven’t, like me, you’ll be amazed at all she does and the cost it takes on her and her family. Frucci takes what could have been a step-by-step how-to for starting a company from nothing and taking it nationwide…and writing it in such a way that it becomes a personal story of hard work, triumph and will.

I really, really liked The Pig and Me, even though I’d never heard of No Pudge Brownies.

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I give The Pig and Me by Lindsay Frucci a rating of Hel-of-Writer.
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FTC Disclaimer: The author Lindsay Frucci sent me the e-book. That did not influence my review. I could have given this a rating of Hel-of-a-Story, but I decided it was Frucci who make the story compelling and one I wanted to pick up each morning and read. The one thing I regret is that I’d never heard of No Pudge Brownies and wish I had. I’d give them a try. I’m thinking they didn’t make the shelves of my grocery store. I definitely would have bought a fat-free Raspberry Fudge Brownie Mix or a fat-free Cappuccino Fudge Brownie Mix. Okay, raise your hand if you’re thinking any kind of fudge brownie mix cannot be fat-free. I would agree, except she had her recipe analyzed by a Food Laboratory. Snort. She could have just asked me, I would have been very conscientious in my testing. It may have taken me a while, though. Say, two or ten or fifty batches.

14 comments:

  1. Oh great. Now I'm totally wanting fat-free brownies.
    Sounds like a great book! And the pig is a cutie patootie.

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  2. Maybe we could start our own company as brownie taste testers? Whaddya think?
    I admire anyone with that kind of drive. It sounds like a great story!

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  3. I love to hear success stories. No Pudge brownies are great and to make it even lower in calories, take a can of black beans, rinse the beans, return to the can and fill with water, put it in a blender and then add the mixture to the No Pudge Brownie mix and cook as directed. They taste delicious.
    Ann

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  4. You've tasted the No Pudge Brownies, Ann! That means they're somewhere in Texas.

    Laura, let's come up with a name for our brownie tasting company.

    I'm with you Cathy. We'll add you into our brownie tasting company.

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  5. Hi Helen - I think I feel like a slice of cake - I bought for the birds! - it's mighty cold here ... but the No Pudge Brownies and "The Pig and Me" sound interesting .. she's got her head well and truly screwed on to succeed by the sound of it ..

    Cheers Hilary

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  6. Helen, I think I got No Pudge Brownies mix in Albertsons.
    Ann

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  7. I never met a brownie I didn't like, but if they are fat free, I can eat more of them!

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  8. I admire anyone who has the drive and smarts to start their own business, especially with an original or new idea.

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  9. If you've ever thought of starting your own business, Frucci really lays out all that she did.

    Thanks Ann. There's surely an Albertson's in central Texas.

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  10. Yea for the piggy! Maybe H-E-B needs a brownie tester :)

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  11. I'd be right beside you, testing away!

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  12. I've never heard of A Pig And Me but we do have No Pudge Brownies here at Trader Joes' They're actually pretty good. It uses plain yogurt. Fat free yes. But not sugar free. Still, a decent snack and Weight Watcher friendly.

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  13. Yes, Stephen, those are her brownie mixes. Well, not her now since she sold the company. Weight Watchers and Trader Joe's were two of her first outlets.

    Too bad they're not fat free and sugar free!

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  14. My hat's off to Ms Frucci. I've tried to start a few companies ... all were colossal failures ... boarding on spectacular ... so, no memoirs ... I'd rather forget about them.

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