Yes We Can(ada)!

The Date: Thursday, September 1
The Delivery: A gift of Canadian goodies: garam masala from Arvinda's, dark chocolate from Theobroma Chocolat, organic maple butter from Canadian Heritage Organics, quinoa crisps from Your Fitness Dish, and tea from The Algonquin Tea Co.
Staff Pick: The organic maple butter!

The DL: This gift of Candian-made treats came from Lisa of Vegan Culinary Crusade and Nicole of A Dash of Compassion—both vegan, both wonderful, and both Canadian! We enjoyed their visit to the VNHQ yesterday, and will hopefully enjoy eating this maple butter. We're imagining it on pancakes, waffles, toast, apples...the world is our maple butter-covered vegan oyster! Wait, that sounds kind of gross.

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!