Why is there a picture of a quiche here? 

I can never remember how to make oatmeal.

It’s embarrassing, and it’s not just a one-time embarrassment that I can work out in therapy, it’s an every other morning embarrassment where I stand immobilized at my kitchen counter in complete disbelief that I really need to read the goddam oatmeal container again. So it’s always weird to hear myself talking about food.

This interview with Weekend Edition’s LeAnn Hanson, featuring me and the uncharacteristically chatty Terry, was really fun! Terry and I got to walk through the hallowed halls of NPR and sip on their filtered water. After it aired yesterday, 2 out of the 3 top cookbooks on Amazon were vegan ones. That would be Skinny Bitch in the Kitch (big ups to Rory and Kim! You guys should be our frenemies!) and Veganomicon. And the third one wasn’t even a cookbook, but it does have a chapter on veganism*. So I would say that the score board for 2008 looks like veganism: 1, meat: 0.

My muscles are pretty permanently clenched when I think of the rest of the year, on both a personal and political level or if you want to be feminist about it, what’s the difference? We’ve got the elections coming up and I am sure that president Kucinich would have retroactively declared this the year of the vegan if he hadn’t gotten the boot, so now I guess president Obama will have to carry the torch. Do you remember the carefree nineties, when the president was able to declare things “The Year Of…” Now every year is pretty much the same what with the war and torture. Not that the nineties were all that awesome, but they were better. I feel like all plans are on hold until November, which is pretty much how I felt in 2004.

However, the world still needs vegan cookbooks no matter what happens and so I am thrilled (well, as thrilled as someone who is sitting on her couch in bra and pajama bottoms at noon can be) to announce mine and Terry’s upcoming projects, some together and some separately. Not because we don’t love each other, but because we would like to continue loving each other.

Spring 2009: The Crack Of Noon - A Vegan Brunch Book by me!
Fall 2009: Vegan Cookies (title TBA) by Terry and me!
Fall 2010: Vegan Latina (title TBA) by Terry Hope Romero!
Fall 2010: Vegan Entertaining (title TBA) by me and maybe by Terry a little bit, we shall see

I know those dates sound crazy. “2010? We’re not going to have a 2010. ” But it will come faster than we think and if I get this time machine working, even faster still. Thanks for all the love and support, everyone. For seriously.

*That would be Professors Who Hunt Boar And Justify It Because They Think It’s Awesome And Thrilling To Hang Out With Non-Academics In Any Capacity But Especially A Manly One by Michael Pollan.

And so it was written. And so it shall be done. Look to the clouds, other signs will surely follow. Our day is coming.

Thanks to everyone who showed up at Moo Shoes last Thursday to celebrate with us! The lighting was bad but the cupcakes were good, and these were the least blurry of the photos we took. Did anyone else get photos?

Putting the finishing touches on cupcakes at the Moo Shoes party

Vegan Cupcakes (etc) has been named Cookbook of the Year over at VegNews’ Veggie Awards 2006. Our official response is “Aw, shucks!”

Because kids plus vegan cupcakes cancel out all the world’s evil. These belong to dollydlux, who usually shares yummy produce recipes with us at Project Produce. Sometimes after cooking all those veggies you just need to kick back and relax with a cupcake. Behold Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream!

Another vegan cupcake blog, but just for cupcakes from VCTOW. So we’re not too worried.

This is the Elvis.

Is this or is this not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Right, say no more, it’s the cutest thing you’ve ever seen.

Cupcakes are a great way to teach kids how to bake because they can get their individual cakes to decorate. And just think of all the great lessons that cupcakes will espouse - arts and crafts, science, patience, cooperation, not to mention the crucial heavy metal face skills that will carry your child well into adulthood.

From adventures of a 7 year old vegan.

As the name implies, these are cappucino cupcakes filled with a tofu based espresso creme, straight from page 138.

We poke holes in the cupcake and then overfill it with the pastry creme so that a cute little dollop peeks out on top.

This picture was taken by our very own Terry Hope Romero, but as soon as photos start coming in from readers we’ll be posting those on these very pages.

Since I’m not on the internet enough I thought it would be cool if I created a blog dedicated to vegan cupcakes. That’s a joke, see, because I am always on the internet, watching, waiting and keeping things vegan. But I thought it was necessary to create a safe space for all things vegan and cupcake.

Our little cupcake book is out so tell your local store to order it for you, but I can’t stop you from going to Amazon, either.

The cover was designed by one Josh Hooten from Herbivore magazine, the forward was written by Sara from Tegan and Sara, photography was done by Rebecca Bent and the cupcakes were tested by a full team of internet famous sublebrities. Terry and I love you all! (Except for Josh) You may also notice that the book is dedicated to Bea Arthur.

Tomorrow I will start the blog off with pictures of a cupcake tower from my friend Abby’s wedding. After that, who knows? But keep checking back so that you can say you knew us when.