Guys. My winter has been, as the Republican Party might say, “off the hook.”  I’ve been doing a lot of traveling; LA, Chicago, NYC. Right now I am chilling at my mom’s on the Upper East Side, eating as many bagels as I can get my hands on. It’s funny the things you miss when you’re away from home. I did not rush to my favorite restaurant, Candle 79, but god help the poor shmuck who stood between me and my everything bagel. This weekend we set sail for that vegan cruise thingy so let’s just see if 7 days of sunshine and vegan cupcakes can stop my mom and me from fighting.

So I’m just gonna go through my FlickR and throw some stuff at you.

This is Pizza from the Pizza Research Insitute in Eugene OR. Girlfriend, it was good. Homemade smoky vegan cheese sauce, lots of veggies and…peaches!

This is Blythe breezing bye, hurrying up to serve delicious vegan ice cream to the masses at Lula’s in NYC.

Terry eating said ice cream. Hell yes in the dead of winter!

What’s this? You don’t say? The final cover for Vegan Brunch? It couldn’t be!

I’m developing recipes for Natural Health magazine, this one is Grilled Tamarind Eggplant.  It’s going to be for the July issue, so watch for it.

Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles, for the forthcoming cookie book. These are ok, but only if you like ridiculously delicious things.

And finally, the pile of cats that I can not wait to get home to.

I’ll be at Vegan Drinks tonight if anyone would like to give me a bon voyage wedgie or anything. See you in a few weeks!

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Last night I ran into my friend Kimberly at Pizza Plus. In fact, every time I go there I run into someone I know, and it’s getting a little embarrassing.

Anyway, Kimberly is a former Satya staffer, and when they closed their doors she started up her own baking business called Vegan Honey. Her Etsy store features childhood favorites, like Twinkies and Chocodiles. “I just make whatever I know I want to eat.” She told me yesterday, completely oblivious to the fact that I was secretly interviewing her for my blog.

Some of her other tasty offerings are Spiced Apple Turnovers, Coney Island Chocolate Dippers (chocolaty sprinkled pretzel rods), and Pecan Sticky Bombs. She even makes treats for your doggy! And to sweeten the pot, 5% of the profits go to animal advocacy causes. So go support one of the hardest working vegans in Brooklyn, as well as your sweet tooth. She ships all over the US and Canada.

Kimberly showing off her healthy vegan tongue on MySpace

Josh says “Just 4 extra dollars will help feed me for about 2 hours.” Won’t you please support vegan business?

To be honest, we are thrilled with our Amazon stats. Veganomicon is currently the #1 vegan cookbook and #8 in cookbooks over all. There is definitely something thrilling about beating Anthony Bourdain (literally) and Mark Bittman (figuratively) and anyone else who receives endless pimping from the NY Times and The Food Network.

But we want to remind you to support vegan businesses when you buy Veganomicon. Maybe you already purchased yours, but Hannukah is coming up, isn’t it? And, okay fine, Christmas, too. Believe me, I know that sometimes you have to just do Amazon as funds allow, but if you have a few extra bucks our vegan businesses could use it.

The following stores will have Veganomicon in stock next week. Throw them a little love…and throw it hard!

Cosmos Vegan Shoppe (now taking preorders!)

Food Fight Grocery (hold off on ordering until Nov. 4th)

Herbivore Clothing Company (they should have some next week)

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