MAGAZINES!

The Date: Friday, October 15

The Delivery: Just some magazine you might have heard of, no big deal.

Staff Pick: Um, DUH. The VegNews November+December 2010 Veggie Awards Issue!

The DL: Happy Friday to us! And to our subscribers! And to all the winners of the VegNews 2010 Veggie Awards! Wouldn't YOU like to know who the winners are?! (Hint: One of them is the dashing man staring right at you.) We were beyond thrilled to receive our shipment of this fresh-off-the-press issue, which is only the best Veggie Awards issue ever, filled with the most amazing people, places, and products of the vegan year. Oh, and there are recipes galore, including your new holiday favorites, hard-cider taste-testing, Swiss escapes, and more! Like CARAMEL. Lucky subscribers should be finding their own Bob Harper staring at them any day now, and the issue will hit newsstands November 1. CARAMEL, PEOPLE! Subscribe today, and have the best weekend ever.

Crazy Sexy Diet

The Date: Thursday, October 14

The Delivery: Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It! by Kris Carr

Staff Pick: Crazy Sexy Diet

The DL: Continuing our week of books-we've-been-eagerly-anticipating comes Kris Carr's follow up to her first book Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, wherein she inspired cancer sufferers and their loved ones all over the world with her refusal to let her cancerous diagnosis stop her from continuing to try to heal in many ways; among them with a plant-based diet, yoga, meditation, and an ultra-positive, playful attitude. Crazy Sexy Diet, which will be published in January, features Carr and her trademark sass, this time focussing completely on a healing veg diet, and including contributors such as Dr. Neal Barnard and Skinny Bitch's Rory Freedman. We expect to, once again, be crazy-sexy-inspired!

Pasta and a Cookbook

The Date: Wednesday, October 13

The Delivery: Whole-grain pasta from Jovial, and a new cookbook.

Staff Pick: Asian Fusion by Chat Mingkwan

The DL: Today's deliveries bring much in the way of supper inspiration, with a cookbook filled with recipes from all over Asia, and a ton of pasta! Asian Fusion contains recipes inspired by places such as Burma, China, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and more, making it a nice addition to the great new vegan cookbooks being released of late (see yesterday's excitement over Appetite for Reduction for an idea about just how stoked we are for new cookbooks!). Oh, and it just so happens that Asian Fusion contains recipes inspired by countries VegNews is visiting in current and upcoming VegNews Vacations. Publishers Colleen Holland and Joseph Connelly are currently in India for the very first VegNews Vacation, the 2011 trips to India and Thailand are sold out, and there are still a few remaining spots if you'd care to join us in Laos. For now, we'll be following Joseph and Colleen's adventures as they post pictures on our Facebook page.

Appetite For Reduction

The Date: Tuesday, October 12

The Delivery: Advance copy of the upcoming weight-loss cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Staff Pick: Appetite For Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes

The DL: Very few weight-loss cookbooks could manage to excite us as much as this one, but vegan cookbook author Isa Chandra Moskowitz has earned our trust as an expert recipe developer. It was she, after all, who brought us Vegan Brunch, Vegan With A Vengeance, and, along with her partner in crime and VegNews columnist Terry Hope Romero, Veganomicon. And low-fat vegan recipes will provide a contrast to Isa and Terry's other not-so-low-fat gifts to vegans in the form of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, and Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. It's all about balance, people.

Chihuahuas

The Date: Monday, October 11

The Delivery: Workaholic Pups

Staff Pick: Are you crazy? We can't choose just one!

The DL: Today is Columbus Day as well as Canadian Thanksgiving, and the holiday has given the postal workers a much-deserved day off, meaning no new product deliveries. Luckily, VNHQ office mascots Khane and Cal took a break from their busy afternoons of 3-, 4-, and 5-o'clock naps to pose for This Just In. Whether you have the day off or are counting down the hours, check out the new episode of VegNews TV featuring Creamy Harvest Pasta courtesy of the lovely Katherine Lawrence.

Books and Bags

The Date: Friday, October 8

The Delivery: Books and eco-friendly bags

Staff Pick: Dogs and the Women Who Love Them by Allen and Linda Anderson

The DL: We're five women in the office today accompanied by three chihauhuas, so this book just kind of picked itself. Really though, who can deny the inevitable bond that develops between a dog and his/her biggest fan? The irresistible pup on the cover alone is going to sell this book. What's that? You also love stories about adorable animals? Well, you're in the right place, as the VegNews Book Club hosted by VN Office Manager Lyndsay Orwig is currently reading Animal Camp by Kathy Stevens, a book filled with heartwarming sanctuary success stories. Because everybody's Fridays should be filled with cute animals.

Books, Marshies, and CDs!

The Date: Thursday, October 7

The Delivery: Books, marshmallows, and a t-shirt.

Staff Pick: Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook by Kim Barnouin

The DL: The mail is picking up again and we're as pleased as can be. As happy as new veg books, CD's, t-shirts, and marshmallows make us, Kim Barnouin's new cookbook takes the cake. Literally, that is, since Editorial Assistants Brooke Still and Gabrielle Pope just returned from an amazing lunch at The Plant Cafe hosted by Kim Barnouin herself, along with Nasoya Tofu. Complimenting a beautiful salad, tofu tacos, and chocolate cake, were also tips from Barnouin on how to make the most of your tofu. The goodie bag from Nasoya included Barnouin's new book, which she told us even her mom has yet to see! Read all about the Nasoya lunch in tomorrow's Press Pass entry by Brooke Still.

Chocolate!

The Date: Wednesday, October 6

The Delivery: Chocolate

Staff Pick: Antidote Choco Lavender Sea Salt bar

The DL: Vastly improving our Wednesdays were these classy-looking chocolate creations from Antidote Choco. What's with all the high-end vegan chocolate coming out of NYC these days? Step it up San Francisco! Since sea salt makes everything better, we are most excited to bite into the Lavender Sea Salt bar. We know you're jealous, but we're paying it forward. It may not be on the same level as sea salted chocolate bars, but if you're looking for some vegan, kid-friendly, personal-care products, you'd be crazy not to enter the giveaway on VegNews.com!

New Products and Adorable Napkins

The Date: Tuesday, October 5

The Delivery: Raw granola, cookies, and kale crisps from The Cook & Butler, Silver Hills sprouted hempseed bread, and cute napkins

Staff Pick: Veggie character napkins from Home Deconomics

The DL: This past weekend's 11th Annual San Francisco World Veg Festival (read about it on Press Pass!) featured a slew of great new vegan products, among them being these assorted delights from The Cook & Butler. The pick, however, goes to the thoughtful gift from our dear friends Jenny and Heather Goldberg at Spork Foods. The lovely sisters sent us these adorable linens from Home Deconomics as an office-warming gift. I don't know if you noticed, but they (and by they, we of course mean both the sisters and the napkins) are pretty damn cute.

Straws!

The Date: Monday, October 4

The Delivery: Glass Dharma Glass Straws

Staff Pick: All of the straws, ready for sipping.

The DL: As we inch closer and closer to a more eco-friendly way of life, everyday objects are transforming to new and improved sustainable versions of themselves. Today, VN received a shipment of glass straws, far more earth-friendly than their plastic counterparts. We can't wait to test them out with our respective Diet Cokes, Red Bulls, Kombuchas, or water this week, all of which are a staple to our delicious lunches. Slurps up!

Vegan Makeup and Cookies

The Date: Friday, October 1

The Delivery: Manic Panic vegan makeup and raw cookies from SunPower Natural
Staff Pick: Manic Panic's new line of makeup called Creature of the Night

The DL: As soon as we first reported about Manic Panic's unique new line of makeup, we couldn't wait to see it in the stores! Fortunately, working for VegNews has it's perks (can you say complimentary five-course meals at Millennium restaurant?), and we got to check out the bold new line today. We're also celebrating World Vegetarian Day (that's today!) with giveaways on both our Facebook and Twitter pages that end at midnight Pacific time tonight. This weekend we'll be at the SF World VegFest, which is quite simply the perfect end to a week that included new offices, giveaways, SF Vegan Drinks, and lunch at Gracias Madre.

Frozen Goodies

The Date: Thursday, September 30

The Delivery: New treats from Tofutti
Staff Pick: Flowers by Tofutti frozen desserts

The DL: Finally, the ice cream has found its proper home—our new offices! These chocolate-covered delights are filled with Tofutti frozen dessert made from blend of edible flower nectars. They sound almost as good as the Sake Pomegranate Lemonade martinis will be sipping on tonight at SF Vegan Drinks. All of you out in the Bay Area should probably come sip, eat veggie dogs, and chat with us tonight at Martuni's. After all, with the SF World Veg Festival happening this weekend, this might be one of the most vegan-friendly weekends of the year!

Non-Profit Themed Book

The Date: Wednesday, September 29

The Delivery: A book
Staff Pick: Giving Voice to Your Cause by Pamela Ziemann

The DL: Mail is still slow (what we wouldn't give for a repeat truffle day), but we did get this book aimed at helping people involved with non-profits, who deserve all the help they can get! Speaking of non-profits, the World Heart Federation puts on this week's World Heart Day, and VegNews is honoring the event with a brand new episode on VegNews TV featuring nutrition and cooking instructor Katherine Lawrence, who shares her recipe for heart-smart vegan eggs benedict. Check it out!

This Just In: VegNews Staffers

The Date: Tuesday, September 28

The Delivery: VegNews staffers to the new office
Staff Pick: NEW OFFICES!

The DL: You may have heard that today is our first day in our new space, and we're pretty darn happy about it. Mail might be a little slow, but we're finding it hard to care on such an exciting day. Enjoy a sneak peek at our swanky space, with plenty of windows to let in the beautiful fall sunshine that we didn't get a whole lot of in the Outer Sunset district. Though the photos don't do it justice since the whole building would require a photo essay, above is our lovely reception room, and below is part of the editorial room. VegNews is moving onwards and upwards!

Moving Day Goodies

The Date: Thursday, September 23

The Delivery: Whole Foods Goodies
Staff Pick: Whole Foods 365 Brand Sandwich Cookies

The DL: These cookies are pretty much necessary to counter-balance the total chaos here at VNHQ today as our office is being dismantled in preparation for our big move over to the Mission District on Monday. This is our last day in the office, since tomorrow will be all about preparing for our VegNews Great Big Garage Sale this weekend! Yes, that's right, if you live in San Francisco, you can come out on Saturday or Sunday and purchase a piece of the old VegNews. We'll be selling vegan products, books, furniture, kitchen appliances, and more. Hope to see you there!