Granola and Body Butter

The Date: Wednesday, March 30

The Delivery: Ancient Grain Granola from Purely Elizabeth and Sweet Orange Body Butter from Nature's Garden Therapies

Staff Pick: The pumpkin fig granola

The DL: Those of us here at VNHQ are always looking for new eats to spice up the most important meal of the day, so we are looking forward to filling our breakfast bowls with this gluten-free granola, made with quinoa, amaranth, and chia. Want to join us for breakfast? Well, we're sorry to say you probably can't. But you can hang out with us and sip on some Strawberry and Lime Rickeys (not to mention vegan popcorn and hot dogs) tomorrow night at SF Vegan Drinks! Hope to see you there!

Colorful Veganism

The Date: Thursday, October 28

The Delivery: A cookbook, Dark Angell vegan candy bars, and Purely Elizabeth vegan baking mixes. In other words, a great day for deliveries!

Staff Pick: Color Me Vegan by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

The DL: It takes a great

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book for us to be able to pick it when it is competing with new vegan candy bars and cookie mixes, but VegNews columnist Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has produced just that with what looks like a stunning book featuring vegan recipes containing antioxidant-rich colorful ingredients packed with flavor.

Pop this baby on your Christmas list people, it looks like a winner! In the meantime, come schmooze with San Franciscan vegans including the VegNews staffers tonights at SF Vegan Drinks. Cheers!

Elizabeth II

Date: Thursday, October 22
The Delivery: Some sugar and gluten-free baking mixes, goodies from Navitas Naturals, chocolates, and three-bean chili from Kettle Cuisine
Staff Pick: The Perfect Pancake Mix from purely elizabeth.

The DL: No, this is not Managing Editor Elizabeth Castoria's company on the side, but these cutely packaged baking mixes look quite good. We're excited to see if the pancakes are as perfect as they say.