Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe-Store Blog

Vegans... tie your aprons! We are very excited to be having a 1st Annual Holiday Bake-Off here at the store on Sunday, December 2nd. Do you have a favorite vegan treat that you bake each year that your family loves? Do you think your baked goods have what it takes to win one of the following catagories?


- Best in Show

- Most Creative Recipe

- Best Take on a Holiday Classic

- "This Can't Be Vegan!" or Best Recipe to Fool Family and Friends With


We will have some fun vegan prizes for the winners along with ribbons. Ribbons!!
For more details, rules, and registration, go here.

Look at what's arriving next week! Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero. Never has there been such buzz about a vegan cookbook, and we are buzzing about here at Cosmo's too. We currently have Veganomicon marked at a special introductory price, and available for preorder. We are expecting our copies to arrive on Wednesday, so all orders placed before then will ship on Thursday. Yay!!! We can't wait to try the chickpea cutlets... we have heard such good things about them.


Also brand new- baking mixes from Cherrybrook Kitchen and two vegan sugars from Wholesome Sweeteners. Bake up a storm, people! Check out all of these products in the New Products section.

We have a bunch of new sticker designs available from Herbivore Clothing Co. Check them out here!

These just came in the door- Purity Condensed Soy Milk and Soy Cream, imported from Brazil. And just in time for the great baking season, otherwise known as Thanksgiving.
Check it out: Cream! Condensed Milk!

Thank you to all who came out last night for the Herbivore Issue #14 Release Party!


Vegan goodies:



Josh being witty and engaging:





Issue #14 is enthralling:



Laura & Mr. Barky:



Josh spreading the good word:



Dudes:



Milling about:

Doors open at 6:00PM tonight for the Herbivore Magazine Issue #14 Release Party. Come by, meet editor Josh Hooten, eat some sweets from Dulce Vegan, and buy some stuff because a portion of our profits from tonight will benefit Good Mews.
Good Times!

This Saturday, October 6th is Farm Sanctuary's Walk For Farm Animals! The walk begins at Piedmont Park, and registration is at 9:00 AM. Click here for more information on how to register.

Also, don't forget about the Herbivore Magazine Release Party for Issue #14 here at Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe on Monday, October 8th. Editor Josh Hooten will be here to represent and share some excerpts from the new issue, and we will have a lovely sampling baked goods courtesy of Idalys Sansores of Dulce Vegan.


After much debating about which charity to donate a portion of our profits from this event to, we decided to let Cosmo and Miles pick the organization this time around. Luckily, our kitties are smart so they chose Good Mews!

Good Mews is a local organization that provides a no-kill, cage-free haven for homeless, abused, or abandoned cats until placing them in permanent, loving homes. Good Mews promotes public awareness regarding the value of pets, animal welfare, pet overpopulation, and quality human-animal companionship through education and outreach programs. Good Mews is one of the few virtually cage-free, no-kill cat shelters in the State of Georgia. Since 1990, Good Mews has placed approximately 5,000 cats in permanent homes. The shelter receives no government support, relying solely on donations of time, service and money from its supporters, the public and area businesses. Good Mews is home to approximately 100 residents at any given time, most of whom live at the shelter; some also reside in foster care. Good Mews has an average adoption rate of approximately 5 cats per week.

For every purchase made at Cosmo's on Monday October 8th, in-store as well as online, a portion of the profit will be donated to Good Mews. As if you needed another good reason to come out with us on a Monday night!