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Holiday 2006—Issue #36
Vegetarian News, Food & More!
Brought to you by VegNews Magazine
**Sneak Preview: The January+February Health & Longevity Edition
**Great Gift Ideas from VegNews
**Vegan Holiday Gift Guide
**This Just In: Kucinich for President '08
**Our Favorite Soy Nog
**Recipe: Melt-In-Your-Mouth Vegan Fudge
**Product Review: Gingerbread Holiday Clean-Up Kit
**Contest Winners: Vegetarianism in Three Words
**VegNewsletter Monthly Giveaway
**VegNews Nominated for Independent Press Award
We thank you for your interest in VegNews, America's premier vegetarian lifestyle magazine. The popular VegNewsletter arrives in your e-mailbox just once a month and is filled with vegetarian news, tidbits, recipes, products, activist alerts, reviews and more. It's the perfect accompaniment to a VegNews subscription.
Our January+February 2007 edition has been shipped, and you won't want to miss it. Haven't subscribed? What are you waiting for! Here's a sneak preview:
**Exclusive interview with John Robbins on the "Fountain of Truth"
**Top 10 Proven Secrets to Longevity
**Curing the Vegan Junk Food Blues
**Weekend Escape to Veg-friendly San Diego
**Valentine's Day Chocolates
**Mongolia's Veg Orphanage
**New York City's Blossom Restaurant
**Plus... All the great reads you're used to, including the latest vegetarian news, book reviews, new products, health advice, hard-hitting features, celebrity buzz, and so much more. It's all in VegNews!
Click here to order this very special issue (available December 25 from our website)
This holiday season, all things VegNews make the perfect holiday gift. Your recipient will appreciate receiving a fresh copy hot off the press every two months of the magazine everyone's talking about. We'll also send an attractive gift note announcing the subscription. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
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Also available are wonderful gift packages filled with our signature oversized tote bag, an organic cotton t-shirt, a one-year subscription to the magazine, the current edition, an attractive gift note, and six jumbo vegan cookies from Alternative Baking Company. The box of goodies will be delivered to your recipient just in time for the holidays and is only $50 (includes FREE shipping). Oh, and we won't tell if you send the gift to yourself.
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Some of us love the holidays, others could do without the season of mass consumerism. We like to take the opportunity to spread a little cheer, veggie style, and show friends and family just how enjoyable vegetarian living can be. From scrumptious organic cookies by Allison's Gourmet to fashionable purses and accessories from Alternative Outfitters to a gift basket from the world's largest online vegan store, we've got some ideas that will make shopping fun. All gifts can be ordered online and shipped directly to your recipient's door, and most even come with a gift note. This holiday season, give great gifts while supporting vegetarian businesses!
Click here to peruse our entire vegan gift guide!
As we go to press for the Holiday VegNewsletter, we've just received word that former Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich is running for president in 2008. This will be his second attempt at the office, and we hope his agenda for peace will make headlines throughout the country. He tells the New York Times that his early opposition to the war in Iraq, which he voiced strenuously in 2004, would make him more formidable in 2008.
Did we mention Dennis is a long-time vegan?
And here's another juicy tidbit: Dennis and his new wife, Elizabeth, were a featured couple in our 2006 Vegan Wedding Edition. They're long-time VegNews readers!
Click here to check out Dennis and Elizabeth's fairytale wedding
It's that time of year again to divulge this crazy-good recipe for soy nog by our resident dessert columnist, Chef Beverly. Once you indulge, you'll be longing for the holidays all year long. So pour a cup of this house-brewed treat, whip up a batch of our Melt-In-Your-Mouth Fudge (see below), and enjoy the holidays in true veg style!
Here's a scoop: in the January+February 2007 issue, Chef Beverly shares an amazing recipe for vegan Red Velvet Cake that would be perfect with her famous nog. She worked for months to perfect this recipe to share exclusively with VegNews' readers.
1 quart soy milk
6 ounces silken style tofu, extra firm
6 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup Amaretto, Southern Comfort, brandy, or alcohol of choice
2 teaspoons vanilla
1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Chill before serving. Makes 5 cups.
Sinfully rich and astonishingly smooth, this dairy-free fudge is not only delicious but very simple to prepare. If you're feeling really creative, add nuts, liqueurs or extracts for your own customized version. Wrapped in a box or tin, this fudge also makes a great homemade gift idea!
8 ounces soy cream cheese
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup vegan chocolate chips
1. Place the cream cheese in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla.
2. Melt chocolate chips in microwave or double boiler. Pour into food processor and process until blended.
3. Pour into 8-inch square pan that has been lined with wax paper. Refrigerate until firm. Pull away wax paper lining, and cut fudge into bite-size pieces. Store in refridgerator in an airtight container. Makes 6 dozen small squares.
This recipe is from a story entitled Cocoa Cravings by cookbook author Lois Dieterly, published in the November+December 2004 edition of VegNews.
The VN staff can't get enough of the aromatherapeutic household cleaners from Mrs. Meyer's. They actually make us want to clean! Not only are they naturally fragranced with essential oils and free of any chemicals, the products are cruelty-free and 100 percent recyclable. We like that.
If you've got a soft spot for sweet smelling cleaners, you'll love Mrs. Meyer's new gingerbread-scented Holiday Clean-Up Kit. The four-pack comes in a gingerbread house-like carrying case and includes liquid hand soap, countertop spray, an all-purpose cleaner, and dish soap. You know you've got a good thing when the list of ingredients reads like an herb garden: essential oils of ginger and cinnamon, aloe vera gel, birch bark extract and deionized water. Whether you're throwing a glitzy holiday shindig this season or it's just you and Fluffy, freshen up your home with these unique gingerbread-scented products.
Check out the Gingerbread Holiday Clean-Up Kits here!
In the last issue of the VegNewsletter, we posed the following question to our dear readers.
Describe your life as a vegetarian in just three words.
We received hundreds of responses, all of which were thought-provoking, intriguing or just plain entertaining. It was a tough job for the VN editorial staff to decide on the five best, but over a long meeting (with vegan cookies and soymilk, of course), we did just that. The five winners all received delicious vegan pies from Wholly Wholesome, in cherry, apple, blueberry and pumpkin flavors. Here are our favorite responses:
Love over lust
Beth Lily Redwood (Overland Park, Kansas)
Abso-freakinlutely-fabulous!
Aimee Kluiber (Lakewood, Ohio)
No more guilt
Perry Rubin (Thornhill, Ontario)
Humans are animals
Jonathan McDonald (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Mighty damn tasty
Lisa Tucker (Washington, DC)
We know, you love our monthly giveaways and all the free stuff you can get (as long as it's veg, of course). But we have to make you do a little work for such esteemed prizes!
For those residing in Washington, DC, you know that Veggie Award winner Sticky Fingers Bakery has moved shop to the trendy Columbia Heights neighborhood. With double the space, they've expanded their menu to include soups, sandwiches, salads, and a full coffee bar (using only non-dairy milk). But we'll be forever fond of their insanely decadent vegan treats, from the creme-filled oatmeal sandwiches (see left) to their chocolate chip banana bread. Want to win a vegan cookie box from Sticky Fingers? Tell the VegNews editorial team your thoughts on this question:
If you could make one permanent change in the world, what would it be and why?
Responses should be sent to giveaway@vegnews.com by December 31. The winning response will be featured in our January VegNewsletter, and the winner will automatically be shipped a box of decadent vegan treats from Sticky Fingers Bakery. Don't forget to include your name and address, and please limit your response to 150 words.
We're thrilled to report that VegNews has been nominated for "Best Lifestyle Coverage" in the 2006 Utne Independent Press Awards. We're elated that our coverage of vegetarian living has piqued the interest of the editors of Utne Reader and hope that we can bring home the prize not just for us, but for everyone who makes up this compassionate and thriving community. Chosen from more than 1,300 indy magazines, we're very honored to receive such esteemed recognition. Go VegNews!
Click here to see all nominees NOW!
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