The second annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale has been offiicially announced, and you are invited to participate. From April 24 through May 2. 2010 (two weekends and the weekdays in between), groups from across the world will hold vegan bake sales. Each participating group gets to choose its venue, what to sell, and how it uses the proceeds. Anyone interested in holding a bake sale can do so on any day during the period—or on more than one day.

In 2009, the first year of the event, a hundred groups participated and raised over $25,000 for a variety of causes, earning the The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale the title of "Veg Event of the Year" by VegNews Magazine. Nearly every 2009 participant has vowed, with enthusiasm, to return in 2010.

In honor of the event launch, the founders offered to share with us their go-to bake sale recipe. Dubbed "Can't Miss" chocolate chip cookies, these little morsels are a vegan and dairy-free spin on the classic Tollhouse variety ...

March 6, 2010 – Soy Foods innovator Nasoya will celebrate its fresh new look, new website and new Tofu Plus product line at the “Nasoya Tofu Trivia Tweet Up!” on Saturday, March 13th, from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at Natural Products Expo West, Booth 2142, Anaheim, CA. (Follow the event on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nasoya).

“The challenge the tofu category faces is that even consumers open to tofu, they are not sure what to do with it” said Susan Rolnick, Nasoya Marketing VP.” We are looking to make tofu less “scary” and more approachable and fun.”

Prizes for the tofu trivia contest include high quality tofu presses from Tofu Xpress, steel water bottles, and necklaces and T-shirts featuring specially commissioned art inspired by the Nasoya logo’s leaves. Nasoya’s sampling menu for the festivities includes delicious Spinach Feta Ravioli, Chocolate Silken Style Creations and Chef’s Eggless Salad.

Vegan Decadence is the theme for March, and that means desserts galore from the Vegan Culinary Experience (VCE) chefs. This issue covers cookies, cakes, ice creams, tarts, cobblers, brownies, and a host of other decadent, cruetly free, absolutely delicious goodies. Some recipes that immediately caught my eye were the "Cheesecake" with Shave Chocolate, Dessert Risotto, Black Cherry Chocolate Bar, and Molasses Spice Cookies, but there are many more to choose from.

And yes, the VCE is still available for free download.

Not that the word "dessert" alone isn't enough to send you flying over to the VCE website, but this month the VCE online magazine is also covering interviews with Persia White and Christina Pirello, the history of chocolate, and reviews of Native Foods, Bob's Red Mill, and 3 dessert cookbooks: Sweet Freedom, Sweet Utopia, and My Sweet Vegan.

March 4 , 2010 - The organic-food brand, Nutiva®, will be introducing a line of raw, certified-organic Coconut  Oil and Coconut Chips at the March 11-14 Anaheim Natural Products Expo West, Booth 2223.

Nutiva’s Hempseed, Hemp Oil, Hemp Protein, and certified-organic, extra-virgin Coconut Oil have made Nutiva® a leading global brand. The company’s new Raw Coconut Oil offering is produced by an innovative low-temperature raw-centrifuge process, yielding delicious fresh oil that is packed in 15- , 29-, and 54-oz glass jars, as well as in bulk coconut oil sizes of 1- and 5-gallon pails and 54-gallon drums.

The new “Nutiva® in the Raw” product line also includes 8-oz and 3-pound bags of Coconut Chips. These raw, shredded coconut pieces--dried at a low temperature--are ideal for snacking, school lunch boxes, or adding to desserts and other recipes (even casseroles).