Cupcakes at Freddy's Saturday Nov 11th

Subject: Cupcakes at Freddy's Saturday Nov 11th

I'm having a party for the release of my cupcake cookbook (Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World). Free cupcakes! Bands! Freddy's! Don't miss it! Or miss it, whatever.

Woo hoo! Can you remind us a little bit closer to the date?

Congratulations Isa! When is this? I'll make you a hat. : )

Yes, I'll remind. It's at 9pm. I have a big head. I mean, for the hat.

congratulations!

address?

Isa wrote: Yes, I'll remind. It's at 9pm. I have a big head. I mean, for the hat.

If you could describe your head size in a vegan manner what would you estimate?
1) a Crenshaw
2) a Midori or Musk Mellon
3) a Medium seedless watermelon

Or you can just give it to in inches. What color do you want?

Anotherdayinbkln wrote: congratulations!

address?

Freddy's!
485 Dean Street off 6th ave.

That Yarn Guy wrote: If you could describe your head size in a vegan manner what would you estimate?
1) a Crenshaw
2) a Midori or Musk Mellon
3) a Medium seedless watermelon

Or you can just give it to in inches. What color do you want?

I would never describe my head in any other way. I'd say, Musk Mellon. And what kind of cupcake do you want?

Do cupcakes go well with Jameson?

I can't believe how fricken famous you are now. I KNEW YOU BACK WHEN.

Uh, can I have an autograph?

congratulations on the book--quite an accomplishment.

but, pardon my ignorance, vegan cupcakes? why? i mean, is a couple of eggs or a bit of butter the worst thing in a recipe that uses sugar by the cup? what's the point exactly?

Subject: Dances with Wool

Isa, I just thought about this, do you wear wool and/or silk? I can use cotton/bamboo instead. And what color do you like?

Smokin' Joe wrote:
but, pardon my ignorance, vegan cupcakes? why? i mean, is a couple of eggs or a bit of butter the worst thing in a recipe that uses sugar by the cup? what's the point exactly?

That's OK, for me, it's not about health (believe you me!), it's about avoiding dairy and eggs for ethical reasons.

TYG wrote: Isa, I just thought about this, do you wear wool and/or silk? I can use cotton/bamboo instead. And what color do you like?

I prefer not to. I didn't want to say anything for fear of sounding like an asshole, thanks for asking. I like all colors (black!).

Subject: Sat 11/11 9:00 - 1:00 Vegan Cupcakes Book Release

Isa, I hoped you baked enough to share. This just in on the Freddy's website:

Sat 11/11
9:00 - 1:00 Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World Book Release Party
Cupcakes and soymilk for all! Cookbook giveaways! A book release party for the cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, hosts of Brooklyn's favorite vegan cooking show The Post Punk Kitchen, featuring Brooklyn bands Winning Looks and the Shondes.

Post Punk Kitchen: www.theppk.com

9:30 Guitar Bomb: A guy buys an acoustic then spay paints gunshot wounds on it. Then he gets drunk and reads a few Charles Bukowski stories while listening to The Stooges. By the end of the night he's written a few cranky blues tunes and plugs his acoustic into a Marshall amp and pretends to sing like Tom Waits.

http://www.myspace.com/guitarbomb
http://www.craftyrecords.net

10:30 The Shondes: punk
http://www.shondes.com/

11:30 Winning Looks: Two Brooklyn girls playing straight-forward, honest, punk music.
http://www.myspace.com/winninglooksrock

Congrats, Isa!!

The vegetarian community I belong to on live journal is talking about your book! You have a lot of fans there.

http://community.livejournal.com/vegetarian/3409350.html?thread=44171974

Subject: many congrats!

i think i might be able to persuade my 'almost' vegan better half (aka wife) to finally venture out to freddy's for this most excellent occasion. i mean who doesn't like cupcakes regardless of what they're made of.

Thanks for posting this info, Isa!
I bought your book at MooShoes in late October, so that I could make cupcakes for my birthday party... and I would love to taste one of yours, because I don't think mine are all that a vegan cupcake can be.
Congrats on the gorgeous book!

Isa wrote: it's not about health (believe you me!), it's about avoiding dairy and eggs for ethical reasons.

tell me more. say we're talking about eggs from free-range hens raised on organic feed and butter from pasture-roaming cows. unethical because. . . ?

This is tomorrow night! Hope that I see some of you there. I think it's going to be packed.

Smokin' Joe, my short answer is that animal agriculture is not ethically sound on a large scale. If you are keeping chickens and cows and not pumping them up to be egg/milk machines then that is different, but I feel like since it is possible to live without consuming animal products then that is the most ethical choice so that's what I do. Right now "free range" is not a term that is regulated in any way and as it stands "free range" animals aren't necessarily treated any better.

Here is a not too long article about animals living in free range conditions and general vegan propoganda that sums things up pretty well.

myself and volition will be there. we bought both your books from amazon... maybe you can sign them for us. oh and we're bringing two friends, too!

i have to work at the co-op tonight.

Isa wrote: Smokin' Joe, my short answer is that animal agriculture is not ethically sound on a large scale. If you are keeping chickens and cows and not pumping them up to be egg/milk machines then that is different, but I feel like since it is possible to live without consuming animal products then that is the most ethical choice so that's what I do. Right now "free range" is not a term that is regulated in any way and as it stands "free range" animals aren't necessarily treated any better.

thanks for the abridged version. i'm sort of ovo-lacto myself, but was curious.

good luck tonight!

Subject: Good stuff

Isa, your cupcakes were incredible! I made you a pastry-inspried hat and dropped it off at Freddy's. 100% cotton/HW only, fits one standard musk melon. Ask the bartender for it. Cheers.

i had a chocolate one and it was mmm, mmm good!

I tried 2, offered to me by Isa's "cupcake bitch" (that's what Isa called her, before you all get mad at me). They were quite tasty, and I never would have guessed that they were vegan if I hadn't been told, which I think is really impressive.

Thanks, Isa!

The cupcakese were super delicious and moist. and the espresso bean on top of the chocolate ones [supplied by free-trade coffee growers, i assume?] was a great surprise, i assumed that it was just a chocolate jellybean. Entertaining bands, to boot. good luck with the book sales!

Carnivore wrote: I tried 2, offered to me by Isa's "cupcake bitch" (that's what Isa called her, before you all get mad at me). They were quite tasty, and I never would have guessed that they were vegan if I hadn't been told, which I think is really impressive.

I didn't see you there! Well, you look different every time I see you I guess.

Isa wrote: [quote=Carnivore]I tried 2, offered to me by Isa's "cupcake bitch" (that's what Isa called her, before you all get mad at me). They were quite tasty, and I never would have guessed that they were vegan if I hadn't been told, which I think is really impressive.

I didn't see you there! Well, you look different every time I see you I guess.

there were four of us - Carnivore and Mr. Emily got cupcakes. Emily and I just stood there. and I think I said about three times "omg, it's way too hot in here, I think I'm dying. I'm going to die. zomg. menopause." sorry. :?

Isa, have you been holding back on us?!?!

My wife just pointed out to me that your book was selected as VegNews, Editor's Pick, Cookbook of the Year!

Congrats!

I swear to god that I'm not stalking you Isa, but I just got an email from Goodreads, and now you've done been selected as their Author of the Month! Sweet! Congrats!

From the email -

Goodreads Author of the Month
Say hello to Goodreads user and the country's best-selling vegan cookbook author, Isa Chandra Moskowitz. In 2005 the Brooklynite penned Vegan with a Vengeance: Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-free Recipes That Rock. By ditching baking staples like eggs and milk, Isa uses cruelty-free alternatives to create food that is self-indulgent but guilt-free. Her punk-rock flare and experimental techniques have caught the attention of The New York Times and The Washington Post. Check out her newest book, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule, and learn to whip up vegan confections like Tiramisu cupcakes and "Dulce Sin Leche." Isa’s cupcakes aren't only taking over the world, but they are winning the hearts (and tummies) of Goodreads users. Melissa says, "Isa is my goddess," while Camille thinks that the cookbook is "one of the most amazing and diverse collections of cupcakes -- vegan or non -- in the world."

Listen WhyFi, anymore of this and I'm calling 311 on you!