Deodorant and Raw Cookbooks

The Date: Wednesday, February 23

The Delivery: Deodorant sticks from Clinique, Ani's Raw Food Asia by Ani Phyo, Rawlicious by Peter and Beryn Daniel, and Live Raw by Mimi Kirk

Staff Pick: Ani's Raw Food Asia

The DL: We were delighted to see Ani's new cookbook in the mail today. While we like a big baked-up batch of mac and cheese pretty much always, we love Ani's creative take on raw eats and treats (so much so that we once threw a party for her). We are looking forward to trying out her recipes for "Fried" Vegetable Noodles and Lychee Asian Lime Crêpes with Ginger Pear Sorbet, but only after we finish this month's VegNews Book Club pick, Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. Or we'll read them both. Or we'll read them both and start Veganist by Kathy Freston (the Book Club's next pick), too.

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—

Books and Magazines

The Date: Wednesday, November 17

The Delivery: Books and Magazines

Staff Pick: Purely Delicious Raw Food and Lifestyle Magazine

The DL: While we are always excited about the arrival of new books—today A Life In Balance by Meg Wolff and Veganist by Kathy Freston—we were charmed by these back-issues from a fellow vegan magazine called Purely Delicious, which focuses on raw food and the raw, vegan lifestyle. This glossy publication is the brainchild of Rebecca Carlson, who has been the sole producer of the magazine since 2008. As VegNews staffers who know just how much it takes to produce an awesome vegan magazine, our hats are off to Rebecca.