One of my goals in the work I do is to “take veganism out of the box” and encourage people to see that “vegan food” is food that everyone is familiar with – it’s vegetables and fruits and nuts and seeds and beans and mushrooms and herbs and spices....

I’m very honored and thrilled to announce that VegNews Magazine has graced The Joy of Vegan Baking with their 2007 Veggie Award, naming it Cookbook of the Year. Considering all the fantastic veg cookbooks out there, this is quite an honor. This is the second Veggie Award we have...

This past Sunday, over 110 people gathered to celebrate the publication of my book, The Joy of Vegan Baking: Compassionate Cooks’ Traditional Treats and Sinful Sweets. Because of the generosity and baking prowess of many of my friends, we featured about 25 different desserts from the book – though...

A really positive article about vegan baking came over the wires yesterday (10/13/07), and I – among other vegan bakers – am quoted in it: “People associate baking with eggs, butter and cow’s milk, but it’s more accurate to say baked goods need fat, moisture and leavening,” says Colleen...

I pride myself on being a meticulous editor (as do the hard-working editors at Fair Winds Press, I’m sure), but in a 287-page book that contains over 150 recipes and tens of thousands of words, there are bound to be errors. Though any mistakes we come across will be...