Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe-Store Blog

Hey everyone! Thank you to all who entered our drawing and left us feedback over the past 24 hours. Many of you had some excellent suggestions, which we will be sure to keep in mind as we embark on a new year of improvements here at Cosmo's.

But you really just wanna know who won the book, don't you? Well, here goes...





The winner is Ryan M.! A copy of Sweet Utopia is now yours. We will email you right away by responding to the feedback form you sent us.

Thanks again, you lovely vegan people! We do giveaways on the blog every so often, so do keep checking back.

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Hey everyone, we have another cookbook to give away! Have you seen Sweet Utopia yet?



Sweet Utopia by Sharon Valencik is filled with easy to follow recipes for all kinds of sweet vegan treats. Lots of beautiful full color photos, too! We have made several treats from Sweet Utopia in the Cosmo's Test Kitchen, including the scrumptious Lemon Love Cups. Here's one Lemon Love Cup perched atop one of the adorable vegan cupcake stands from Jeanette at Vegan Dish.



Want to try your hand at some Sweet Utopia? Here's all you need to do in order to be entered into the drawing. Simply fill out our contact form here by answering this question in the general comments section: What can Cosmo's do to make your online shopping experience better? Would you like to see better functions on the website itself? More products? New features? Just let us know, and your name will be automatically entered into the drawing for Sweet Utopia!

Please be sure to send us a contact form, and do not leave your answer as a blog comment. We will draw a winner tomorrow afternoon at 5:00PM. Thank you in advance for your helpful feedback!

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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!

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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.

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Thank you to all who entered into our giveaway for this enormous cookbook. Seriously, this thing weighs like four pounds. Maybe you could press your tofu with it? Bonus! As usual, we wrote each entry name on a piece of scrap paper, mixed them all up, then drew a name randomly.



And the winner is...



Vintage Candy! Please send us an email with your real name and shipping address, and we will ship out your prize. Congrats!!

And thank you to everyone who entered for your suggestions on what products you would like to see Cosmo's carry. We really appreciate your input, and we will take all requests into serious consideration. The most common answer was "Daiya Cheese", which we want to assure you we have been working very hard for several months at bringing in Daiya. And it looks like we will finally be getting Daiya in stock in the next few weeks or so. We will be sure to let everyone know as soon as we have Daiya in our hot little hands!

Thanks again, folks!

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Remember last Friday when we told you some new products were coming in this week: "something wacky and junk-foody and something practical and affordable"? Well my friends, the time is now. First for the practical and affordable.

Vegan Belts and Wallets from The Vegan Collection! We are thrilled to bring you sweatshop-free, high quality vegan belts and wallets that are well made and affordable. $20 for a nice belt? $24 for a great wallet? Amazing!

Now on to the wacky and junk-foody. Ladies and gentleman, we bring you Vegan Pork Rinds! We know it's weird, and we totally get that they're not the least bit healthy. However, for those of us (Leigh, for example) raised in the deep south, pork rinds are a common snack from our childhood. So if you're vegan and want a cruelty-free take on this common Georgia gas station food, then today is your lucky day! maybe you could keep the theme going and wash 'em down with some vegan jerky? Just don't live on the stuff. Like cookies, we suppose vegan pork rinds are also considered a "sometime food".

Oh, hey! Do you know about our little cookbook giveaway? We are drawing a winner today at 5:00 PM, so go enter if you want to win a nice vegan cookbook.

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The new stuff just keeps coming! This is what we have for you this week:

- Sarah Kramer's Go Vegan! 2010 Calendar. New recipes and tips included!

- Bakon Hickory Smoke Seasoning. This vegan seasoning adds a rich, smoky flavor to all of you favorite foods.

- A metric ton of books just arrived yesterday! Including some new titles such as This is Why We Don't Eat Animals, and BabyCakes.

Other "new to us" titles include:

* The Artful Vegan: Fresh Flavors from the Millennium Restaurant By Eric Tucker

* The Candle Cafe Cookbook By Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza

* Student's Go Vegan Cookbook By Carole Raymond

* Vegan Express By Nava Atlas

* The Voluptuous Vegan By Myra Kornfeld and George Minot

Now, about that giveaway we mentioned. We have one copy of the gorgeous cookbook, Great Chefs Cook Vegan ready to ship out to one lucky person. This title is hardcover, with beautiful, full color photographs and detailed recipes. In order to enter the contest, all you gotta do is leave a comment on this blog post with an answer to the following question:

What vegan product do you wish Cosmo's would carry?

We draw a name from the comments at random tomorrow (Thursday) at 5:00 PM EST. Good Luck, Ya'll!

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Wow, we had a ton of responses for yesterday's book giveaway. Thank you to al who entered! We wrote the comment name of everyone who entered on little pieces of scrap paper, and drew a name randomly from the pile.

Ani was looking on to make sure we didn't cheat:



And the winner is.....



Ginaroth!! Hey Ginaroth, please email us (info @ cosmosveganshoppe.com ) with your real name and mailing address, and we will send your book to you right away.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

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We have a new book title in stock, Ani's Raw Food Desserts. Sadly, one copy arrived with a slightly bent corner on the cover, so we can't sell this one copy. What shall we do? Let's give it away!!

Just leave a comment on this blog post with the answer to the following question:

Which of the following products would you most like to see a vegan version of?

A.- Peanut Butter Baking Chips

B.- Butterscotch Baking Chips

C.- "Milk" Chocolate Baking Chips


And if you don't care about any of these three options, simply say, "I don't care" and you will still be entered into the drawing for the free book.

We will randomly draw a winner tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at 5:00 PM EST. So go ahead and enter!

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