Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe-Store Blog

Hey folks! We hope that everyone has enjoyed the holiday season so far. We have been busy little elves this month, packing and shipping your gifts out with care. Many of you have placed orders this week, so we just want to let you know that UPS is not delivering ground packages on Thursday or Friday, and USPS is not delivering on Friday. This means that most of the refrigerated or frozen food orders placed today through the end of the week will need to be held until Monday. For details on shipping times this week, please see another one of Ken's handy-dandy shipping pages here. Also, for you locals and for those passing through our fair city this week, the Cosmo's showroom will be closed on Friday for New Year's Day. We will be back all fresh-faced on Saturday, so see you then!

Also, there are some goodies on sale and clearance right now for a limited time. Help us clear out some space before our end-of-year inventory on Thursday, won't you?

Have a Happy New Year, everyone! And from the words of one of our favorite customers Anjou, "Have a Zen 2010"!

Labels: Atlanta vegan bake sale, clearance, holiday

Vegan artist Becky Striepe from Glue & Glitter just dropped off some adorable aprons for us to sell. Cupcake + Apron = Cupcapron! Check out the "Blueberry Cheesecake" and "Banana Bread" versions of a Cupcapron.

You know what you can do while wearing a Cupcapron? Bake delicious vegan goodies! The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes By Kris Holechek is the new Deal of the Day, priced at only $9.95.

Guess what we recently found out? Tofutti products are no longer made with sugar that has been bone char processed! While the non-hydrogenated cream cheese and non-hydrogenated sour cream have always been a safe bet for vegans who shun bone-char processed sugar, now the rest of Tofutti's otherwise vegan foods are bone-char free. Pretty cool, right? The first thing we did upon finding out this news was order in a bunch of Tofutti's Pizza Pizzaz frozen pizzas. These pizzas were one of favorite vegan junk foods "back in the day", and we hope you will like them, too. These are a frozen food, so standard frozen food restrictions apply to shipping.

Are you still interested in buying some vegan prezzies for Christmas? Well, aren't you last minute! Luckily, if you are within the U.S. we are still able to get your package to it's destination in time for the big day next week. Expedited shipping is available via UPS 2nd Day Air and UPS Next Day Air. Be sure to check our holiday shipping chart for deadlines.

If you plan on visiting our showroom in Marietta, please do! However, please note we will be closed for Christmas on 12/24, 12/25, and again on 1/1 for the New Year.

Thank you for reading and Happy Holidays!

Labels: aprons, holiday, new products, vegan cookbook

Thank you to all who entered our cookbook giveaway! After writing the names of all who entered on a piece of scrap paper, we tossed them around in a vegan pottery bowl and drew a name.



Drumroll....



The winner is Vegbrarian! Here's how Vegbrarian makes non-vegans shout, "I Can't Believe it's Vegan!"

Chocolate peanut butter pie. This is the dish that makes non-vegans do a double-take not only because it's vegan but it uses tofu, which many non-vegans are hesitant to try. I found the recipe in a peta leaflet but simply blend together 1/2 cup of melted vegan chocolate chips, 1/2 cup of peanut butter, 1/2 cup of non-dairy milk, and one 12 oz. package of silken extra-firm tofu and pour into a prepared graham cracker pie shell. Let it set in fridge for about a half hour and there you go. Simple and delicious.

Sounds like a great idea to us! Vegbrarian has won a free copy of You Won't Believe It's Vegan! Please send us an email with your name and shipping address, and we will send your book on it's merry little way.

Thanks to everyone for participating in our reindeer games!

Labels: giveaway, vegan cookbook

You know what would make this week better? Winning a free cookbook! We happen to have an extra copy of You Won't Believe It's Vegan! by Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty, former owners of the highly successful vegan restaurant Down to Earth.

This cookbook is filled with some good looking recipes and color photos. The one thing that we think is a little weird about this book is the title. I mean, why wouldn't we believe it's vegan? As we know, vegan food is usually pretty awesome. Unless of course they were talking to one of the many omnivorous friends or family members that most of our have; the ones that skip over our meal contributions because they claim to "not like tofu". How can you not like tofu?! But anyway. Here is what you can do to enter the giveaway. Tell us about the last time you made a non-vegan say, "I can't believe it's vegan!". Was it that double chocolate cake you made for your mom's birthday? Or the savory squash casserole you shared at Thanksgiving? Or maybe you've tried a vegan dish that was so shockingly similar to it's non-vegan counterpart that you found yourself saying "I can't believe it's vegan!" Leave us a comment on this blog post telling us your story, and we will draw a random winner tomorrow afternoon at 5:00pm EST.

Labels: giveaway, vegan cookbook

We just posted a few more products on the website for your pleasure:

-Two holiday cookies from Sunflour Baking Co. Meet Gingerbread Boy and Pumpkin Spice.

Two issues of a new vegan/animal rights zine, Peace to all Creatures.

Back in stock today, we have several of our most popular products:

Match Meat Vegan Crab
Match Meat Vegan Chicken
Match Meat Vegan Beef


V Pure EPA & DHA, which will be on sale for one more week. Grab some today for five bucks off!

For all the details on when to place your order for holiday delivery, please check out this handy page that Ken put together. As far as our showroom hours during the holiday, We will be closed on December 24th, December 25th, and January 1st.

Thanks for reading!

Labels: holiday, new products, restocks

Hey everyone! Sorry we have been a little quiet on the blog lately. Holiday orders have been keeping us very busy. But we are never too busy to bring in new products for you.

For your sweet tooth, we have some unique new candies from Ethereal Sweets. Ethereal Sweets handmade Vegan Caramels come in some scrumptious and unexpected flavors. Choose from Cocoa Hazelnut, Coffee Walnut, Orange Almond, or Peanut Butter. These caramels are way too delicious to only contain five ingredients-yet they do!
Also by Ethereal Sweets, we have Candy Jewels. Jewels are sophisticated gummie candies that come in four simple, palate-pleasing flavors: Cocoa, Lemon, Rose, and Coffee. Jewels are a delightful surprise!




More sweet stuff that's perfect for gift giving is a ribbon-adorned box of chocolates from Rose City Chocolatier. Back in stock in time for gift giving, we now have the 32 Piece Grand Vegan Selection, 16 Piece Vegan Selection, 4 Piece Assortment, and 9 Piece Peanut Butter Truffles. Also from Rose City, a limited supply of Chocolate Santas.

We have a new product from Leahey Foods that's pretty exciting for you gluten-free folks. Leahey now makes a vegan cheese sauce that's gluten-free! This is the same sauce mix that comes with the very popular Gluten-Free Mac & Cheese.

New from The Vegan Collection, we have a couple of handsome wallets. The Compact Wallet is great for guys or girls who prefer a smaller, slimmer wallet. The Compact is available in black or brown.

Sarah Kramer's Go Vegan! 2010 Calendar is still holding strong as the Deal of the Day, but it won't be for much longer. Grab one at a good price today!