A Cookbook, Mixes, and Skincare

The Date: Tuesday, August 16
The Delivery: Cake, cookie, pizza crust, and seasoning mixes from Simply Organic; lip balm and body scrub from Zaaina Skincare; and World Vegan Feast by Bryanna Clark Grogan
Staff Pick: World Vegan Feast

The DL: This cookbook contains 200 hundred recipes from more than 50 countries. Our minds are blown. Moroccan? Italian? Balinese? Scottish! Ukranian! South African! Okay, we're not going to name all 50, but we sure do want to taste them. We don't even know what Scandinavian Christmas Bread is, but it looks delicious. Speaking of Christmas, we are hard at work on our November+December issue, which is packed full of holiday cheer and a little thing we like to call The Veggie Awards. Vote for your favorites today!

Baking Mixes and Dietary Supplements

The Date: Friday, February 4

The Delivery: Fermented Suerfood Complex supplements from Swanson Vitamins and assorted vegan baking mixes from Wholesome Chow (complete with coffee extract and a whisk for tasting mixing)

Staff Pick: The gluten-free chocolate chai spice cake mix

The DL: Getting baking mixes in the mail with the tools need to bake said mix is the coolest thing since, well, getting baking mixes in the mail. We are curious, however, to see if this chocolate- and chai-spiced gem ever makes it out of the mixing bowl. If we do manage to keep our spoons out of the batter, we bet this cake could make a great addition to any Super Bowl party. For more vegan-friendly Super Bowl dips and desserts, check out our handy guide to Super Bowl eats. Go Steelers! Or Packers! Or puppies!

Popcorn, Baking Mixes, Cookies, and Cups

The Date: Wednesday, February 2

The Delivery: Assorted raw cookies from Piccolinos, assorted gluten-free baking mixes from Truly Organic Baking, dark chocolate peanut butter cups from Justin's, and Chocolate Pirate's Booty from Pirate Brands

Staff Pick: The dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Duh.

The DL: This week is a seriously fantastic week to be vegan. Okay, so every week is a seriously fantastic week to be a vegan, but this one is exceptional. Let us break it down for you: Kathy Freston's Veganist is number one on Amazon (could she and her new book be in our upcoming March+April issue??), Oprah had an entire episode of her show on veganism and we got to go to a watch party, Kris Carr stopped by VNHQ for lunch with the staff yesterday and is having a book signing tonight, and...(drumroll please)...Justin's dark chocolate peanut butter cups have arrived. One VN staffer literally squealed in delight. Dark chocolate. Peanut Butter. Cups. There's just nothing else to say. We might even not be able to finish this sentence because there are only four cups for the entire offi—

Cookies, Cakes, & More

The Date: Wednesday, June 16

The Delivery: O'Cookies Wholesome Bites' two vegan cookies and a ton of baking mixes from Wholesome Chow

Staff Pick: Wholesome Chow's Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Baking Mix

The DL: We've been downing a lot of cake at the VNHQ,and now we have even more to snack on! These baking mixes appear super easy to use, and sound incredibly delicious. Yes, we'll be starting with the lemon poppy seed cake.