 From
my earliest memories, my mother, Helen Moore, has cooked with
the spirit of adventure. Mom wanted us healthy and happy,
so she enthusiastically prepared our vegetarian meals from
scratch, using only fresh, natural ingredients.
She wanted her dishes to be not only
nutritious, but beautiful and appetizing. If Helen learned
that something was healthy, she transformed it into a delicious
entrée and served it with flair. The sounds of chopping,
clanking and singing, with the irresistible aromas wafting
from the kitchen, lured my (meat-eating) friends to our family
table, where Mom served a delicious meal. After their first
mouth-watering bite, she had new converts to her delicious
and healthy vegetarian cooking.
It was Helen’s tofu steaks that
drew the most praise. Nobody could fathom how she made tofu
taste so good. Guests quizzed her: “Helen, this tastes
amazing! Is it really tofu?” Her eyes would light up
as she enthusiastically outlined the health benefits of tofu
to anyone who would listen. By the end of the evening, her
guests would ask for another dinner date to enjoy Helen’s
fabulous tofu steaks.
During my entrepreneurial university studies, my father and
my professors encouraged me to research and produce a project
using my mom’s Tofu Steaks. When I asked her if I could
use her name and her steaks for my project, she laughed. “Stephen,”
she said, “you can use my name for your “company”
if you promise that when the steaks are produced for market,
they will still taste as delicious as they do fresh out of
my kitchen.”
In March 2002, I took her up on her offer
and created Helen’s Foods, Inc to take mom’s tofu
steaks to the marketplace, creating a company around her philosophy
of taste and nutrition. I am proud to say that after Helen’s
Foods created a way to mass-produce mom’s Tofu Steaks,
she admitted that our steaks tasted better than the original!
Our mission is to bring the extraordinary
nutritional benefit of whole soy to every home through our
fully-flavored gourmet Tofu Steaks. Our vision is to be the
household name in vegetarian food products and provide consumers
with the complete meal experience.
Thanks, Mom, for creating incredible
steaks and helping me share them with the world.
Stephen Moore
President/CEO
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