Books, Vegan Food, and a CD

The Date: Wednesday, March 9

The Delivery: Vegetarian Traditions by George Vutetakis, assorted brown rice crackers from San-J, cinnamon rolls from Emily's Desserts, and Day 01, a CD from Early Melodic Animals

Staff Pick: The cinnamon rolls

The DL: After getting a dozen gems with assorted frostings from Cinnaholic yesterday, we thought we were tapped out on cinnamon rolls. When this batch was delivered to our doorstep today, however, somehow we managed to make room for them. It's a tough life here at VNHQ! This will be our last post until Tuesday—tomorrow we are heading down to Expo West for the weekend to check out the best new products the vegan world has to offer. But never fear! You can hang out with us and the vegan bakers from last night's episode of Cupcake Wars tonight at 6pm during the VegNews Twitter Chat. See you then!

Emily's Desserts

The Date: Tuesday, November 16

The Delivery: Decadent goodies from Emily's Desserts

Staff Pick: Emily's new cake truffles.

The DL: Take chocolate cake, douse it in a thick coating of dark chocolate, and sprinkle with pecans or peanuts, and you have perfection—or so we're assuming just by admiring these adorable teacup-shaped confections from the always-dependable Emily. Emily also sent along a preview of her upcoming vegan dessert cake cookbook, Sweet Vegan. Speaking of cookbooks, have you purchased the VegNews Holiday Cookbook yet? We're getting so excited about the Holidays that we are also holding an incredible giveaway—follow the link to win a Native Foods vegan Thanksgiving Wellington delivered straight to your doorstep! Oh, and we'll also throw in a pound of Allison's Gourmet Apple Pie Fudge. Good luck!

Never Too Late for Sweets

Date: Wednesday, June 17
The Delivery: Cookies from Emily's Desserts, a body-care product from The Body Deli, and some treats from a new vegan bakery
Staff Pick: The Twinkie-like Vanilla Canoe Boats from X's to O's Vegan Bakery

The DL: We were feeling a little put-out today at the VNHQ, with literally no product arrivals almost the entire afternoon. That is, until the postman drove up at exactly 4 pm with two boxes full of vegan baked goods! We're currently pleased as punch.

Saké To Me

Date: Thursday, May 7
The Delivery: A couple bottles of saké, and Emily's Desserts coffee and vegan cocoa mix
Staff Pick: We're eager to shake things up a little with Momokawa's organic, premium saké

The DL: Love it or hate it, we're happy to see that there is an organic, vegan saké on the market. And this may not be the only brand coming through our door. Stay tuned for a tantalizing taste test in a future issue of VegNews. Bottoms up!

Stay Educated

Date: Thursday, December 11

The Delivery: Vegan doughnuts and chocolate-dipped pretzels, some organic chocolate, our usual shipment of Clif Bars, a CD, several documentaries, a children's book, and an all-natural veggie-fiber facial-sponge

Staff Pick: Get educated with the new, informative documentaries that are being released including Flow and Blinders

The DL: Though not always pleasant to watch, documentaries are a great way to get informed and to inform others about a topic of interest. Luckily, a great deal of these films focus on animal rights and the environment, making it even easier to spread the word about vegetarianism.