5-Hour Energy, Soup Bowls, Wine, & Seaweed Snacks

The Delivery: Annie Chun’s soup bowls and seaweed snacks, CalNaturale wine, and 5-Hour Energy drinks

 Staff Pick: Seaweed snacks

The DL: One thing that most of the VegNews staff can universally agree on is our love of miso soup and wine (though not necessarily together). As the weather has been getting cooler lately here in San Francisco, soup is starting to take center stage during lunchtime. Speaking of things cooling down, mark your calendars because this Thursday is the last San Francisco Vegan Drinks event of 2011. We’ll be there, gearing up for Halloween and sipping the Trick-or-Treat Martini, made with Stoli’s chocolate-raspberry flavored vodka. Hope you can make it!

WineTime Bars, Noodles, and Seaweed

The Date: Tuesday, January 25

The Delivery: Dark Chocolate, Date, and Almond and Chocolate-Raspberry WineTime bars from ResVez, Inc. and Brown Rice Noodles and Seaweed Snacks from Annie Chun's

Staff Pick: The Chocolate-Raspberry WineTime bars

The DL: Okay, we are flummoxed. A vegan, gluten-free nutrition bar that contains more resveratrol (an extremely potent antioxidant found in grapes) than 50 glasses of wine? Wait, we forgot to mention: it's chocolate-rasperry flavored?!! If we were cartoons there would be huge bumps on our heads with little blue birdies flying around. We are truly intrigued and excited to try these little powerhouses—almost as excited as we were when we found out about Sticky Fingers Bakery on an upcoming episode of Cupcake Wars. Maybe when we open the wrappings a glass of cabernet will appear. Wouldn't that be lovely?

Everybody Annie Chun Tonight

Date: Friday, June 5
The Delivery: Some vegan and non-vegan Doctor Krackers and new vegan soup and noodle bowls
Staff Pick: At the end of a long week, give the kitchen a rest with these two-minute microwavable bowls

The DL: With Annie Chun's new vegan bowls, there's no need to wait in a restaurant or slave over the stove for a healthy, delicious dinner. Just pop the bowl in the micro, grab some chopsticks, and get comfy. Kick back with the Korean Sweet Chili Noodle Bowl or the Garlic Scallion!

Super Spread

Date: Monday, April 27
The Delivery: A couple of Annie Chun's noodle bowls and some buttery-tasting spread
Staff Pick: Now you can enjoy Earth Balance, soy-free!

The DL: Earth Balance has done a lot for vegan baking in the recent past, and it's great to see that the company is diversifying its product. Want to know the VN staff's favorite way to prepare the spread? Whip it together with some maple syrup to make a delicious maple-butter, which we happily slathered on some scones today in celebration of our two Maggie Awards!

Express Yourself

Date: Tuesday, October 28
The Delivery: Some fast-cooking rice bowls, a rockin' CD, and organic baby-butter
Staff Pick: Nuke some Annie Chun's Rice Express if you're in a hurry to get out the door, but still want some wholesome Asian food

The DL: You literally only need a minute to cook this exotic Black Pearl rice, which was once prized for its nutritional qualities in ancient China. Add some sautéed tofu and vegetables and you have yourself a quick and tasty meal!