Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe-Store Blog

We received some info from GARP today, regarding some events coming up on Saturday May 3rd.
Here's the message:

This Saturday, May 3rd (11:30 am to 1:30 pm), please join us in a belated Lab Day to remember the animals being tortured and killed at Emory University and Yerkes Primate Center.
Where: We will meet at the Stone Gates in front of Emory. It is right across the street from Everybody’s Pizza. The address for EP is: 1593 N. Decatur Road Atlanta, GA 30322.
Why: This year we should not only remember Jerom and others who are tortured on a daily basis, but this year we have 2 very strong reasons to be there. One, the NIH, EPA and Toxicity Councils have agreed to end animal toxicity testing. And two, there is a movement in the House of Reps to end evasive testing on primates.
And remembering Jerom. This is from his former caregiver:

"Ten years ago I quit working at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta when a teenage research chimpanzee I cared for was euthanized. Jerom was almost 14 years old, and had been experimentally infected with several different strains of HIV beginning at the age of two. His early childhood was spent living with another chimpanzee named Roberta, in a tiny cage in a cinderblock building.

When I began caring for Jerom in 1995, he had been isolated from his two cage mates for a month because he'd gotten so ill. He looked like an AIDS patient before the age of protease inhibitors – so wasted he looked like a skeleton, and so weak he could barely hold his head up. On more than one occasion, I saw him cry. I never knew if it was because of the fear, the pain, or the loneliness. After watching him suffer through the illness for at least a year, the researchers ended his life and harvested his tissues for information that was meant to lead to a cure for AIDS. All they ever learned from Jerom's contribution was that HIV causes disease. I learned that chimpanzees deserve dignity and respect, not dart guns and biopsies".

After the protest on Saturday, come by the Adopt-A-Thon. Fulton County Animal Services is having an Adop-A-Thon from 10am to 5pm. They are located at 860 Marietta Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30318.
404 794-0358. Please forward this to any qualified person looking to adopt.

Becky from Glue & Glitter just dropped off three new recycled lunch totes, and they are as cute as ever. You can see them all here.

We finally have Dreena Burton's newest cookbook available, Eat, Drink & Be Vegan. It looks like a good one!

The latest, greatest vegan sweet treat are these Marshmallow Treats by Glenny's. And they're only 100 calories each so that means you can eat about.... ten at a time?

Dulce Vegan brought a new batch of yummies by this week, including Raspberry Swirl Cupcakes, Peanut Butter Bars, and the delicious Brownie Bites, which are currently available on the site.

Hey, Atlanta folks! We've added a selection of May Wah frozen products to our already ridiculously big selection of meat analogs. Now available are vegan chicken wings (the kind with the stick in it), vegan chicken nuggets, vegan ham log (much better tasting than it sounds!), and vegan chicken fried steaks.
The freezer is jam-packed now, people. So come by the store and see us!

The new spring line from Queen Bee Creations features all kinds of fresh designs and styles. Like laptop bags made from recycled banner material, or a new PVC-free "fleather" material in two styles: Lotus and Flock.

For the first time, Queen Bee is also making cloth bags, made of an organic cotton and hemp blend canvas. And they're gorgeous! Check out Maple and Gull.

There are some bright new wallet and truckette styles in house as well. You can see our entire selection of Queen Bee here.

Looking for something cool to do this summer? Why not travel to Portland for the Let Live Animal Rights Conference in June? Come on, you know you want to go to Portland to visit the vegan mini-mall anyway. Get involved!

Our friend Jeanette from Vegan Dish is doing something neat this month over at her Etsy shop. She has a limited selection of adorable "Bunny Butt" bowls for sale, and 100% of the profits she will be donating to Farm Sanctuary. What's cuter than a bunny butt? Nothing, we say!

And finally, Reggie from Nashveggie visited the store with his family today. His wife mentioned that there's not many vegan-friendly places in Nashville, where they live. So if anyone from Nashville is reading this, why don't you head over to Nashveggie.com and make some contacts, and hopefully some new friends. It looks like they even have a forum over there. Go Nashville! Vegan Powers Activate!

Farm Sanctuary Co-Founder and President, Gene Baur is coming to town for a reading from his new book, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food.
Gene will be at the Borders bookstore at 3637 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite C, Atlanta, GA. This event starts at 7:30 PM. This event is free to the public, and his book with be available for sale. To learn more about Gene Baur's new book, please visit his website www.genebaur.org. Please feel free to print out fliers for this event here and pass them along wherever you can.
We hope to see you there!

The weekly shipment of Dulce Vegan baked treats are here, as yummy as ever. This week we have Dark Chocolate Brownie Bites with Walnuts, Chocolate Macadamia Nut Sandwich Cookies, and Jumbo Peanut Butter Bars....all organic, vegan and delicious. And for our online friends, we now offer the Dulce Vegan Brownie Bites for sale in the online store!

Teese Mozzarella is now available for the vegan cheese lovers out there. For those who are unfamiliar, Teese Mozzarella was created by the folks at Chicago Soy Dairy (Temptation Ice Cream) in their quest to develop great tasting vegan cheese that melts. Teese is by far the best melting vegan cheese. It is truly wonderful on pizzas, lasagna, calzones, hoagies and much more!
Each package of Teese is 1 pound.


To learn more about Teese, please click here

Farm Sanctuary Co-Founder and President, Gene Baur is coming to town for a reading from his new book, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food.
Gene will be at the Borders bookstore at 3637 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite C, Atlanta, GA. This event starts at 7:30 PM. This event is free to the public, and his book with be available for sale. To learn more about Gene Baur's new book, please visit his website www.genebaur.org. Please feel free to print out fliers for this event here and pass them along wherever you can.
We hope to see you there!

The guys at Chicago Soy Dairy really know how to fill a vegan's tummy with delicious vegan food. They have created what many people are calling the BEST vegan mozzarella cheese ever. It melts very well, oh yes. it also tastes like heaven on pizza.
We were lucky enough to try Teese for ourselves last week, and oh man. We were simply blown away. Now you can get in on the good stuff! We are now taking pre-orders for one pound balls of Teese, which we are expecting to arrive at our store next week. We see pizza, lasagne, calzones, cheese bread, and other cheesy delights in your future...

As usual, we also have some new sweet goodies available for you. We now offer the popular Vegan Honey Twinkeys and Chocodyles in twin packs, as well as the new Peanut Butter Devils. And be sure to check out the new Vegan Honey Candies: Snickery Cups and Peanut Butter Cups!

We know you locals are eagerly anticipating the weekly delivery of Dulce Vegan baked goods, and they have arrived! Brownie Bites in a bag, Lemon Glazed Scones, and Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls await you if you come in and visit us.

Our friend Tom sent us this reminder about Will Tuttle, vegan and author of The World Peace Diet. Tom says:

"Remember to attend Unity of Gainesville Sunday, April 6 at 9 am and/or 11 am for Will Tuttle's presentation entitled "Opening Your Inner Genius;" stay for the Potluck for Peace Vegan Luncheon and at 1:30 pm for Will & Madeleine's joint workshop entitled "Opening the Intuitive Gate;" and Monday, April 7 - come to Will & Madeleine's lecture about Will's important book, The World Peace Diet. All events will be funded by Love Offerings from attendees.

Also, Madeleine's original artwork will be displayed for viewing and sale during their visit.

Unity of Gainesville is a center of Love-in-Action welcoming individuals of all ages from all faiths, philosophies, spiritual paths, etc to seek truth, meaning and love in their lives so that they may share that love with others."

Our very first logo item came in today.... a cool recycled cotton grocery tote!
It's big, but not too bulky and makes a great carry-all. And hey, it's only nine bucks and made in the USA!