SO PUMPED! teese, one of the best vegan cheeses ever (you may recognize it as the cheese in the LA’s best vegan deep dish), is now available at whole foods in california, nevada, arizona and hawaii. this is so great, i think i’m gonna celebrate with a buffalo mozzarella style pizza. what up:

click here for a complete list of western US whole foods locations selling teese, and click HERE for a one dollar coupon from chicago soydairy. race you guys to whole foods! 3 2 1!

i don’t know about you guys, but i think this sounds like a pretty sweet gig. food for lovers (makers of the best fucking vegan queso aka cheese sauce that you will ever try) announced yesterday that they’re looking to hire brand ambassadors in los angeles, portland and san francisco.

“WTF is a brand ambassador,” you ask?

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VEGUSTO IS COMING TO AMERICA! good god. this exciting news and a ringing endorsement comes via isa chandra in this thread at the post punk kitchen! i’ve never tried vegusto vegan cheese, but trusted sources tell me the coveted swiss-made stuff is THE BEST EVER. real life friends who endorse it include a wide range of folks including fat gay vegan on one end of the spectrum (who loves vegan cheese more than all of us combined) and melisser aka the urban housewife on the other (who generally dislikes vegan cheese, but loves vegusto).

vegusto cheese! photo via the PPK facebook

for ages, vegusto has been unavailable in america. but that’s all about to change…

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what’s the best vegan cheese in america? you tell me. i go back and forth on this quite a bit. daiya was my favorite for awhile, and then the new stretchy teese came out. at first i wasn’t a fan of follow your heart, but hard times pizza completely changed my mind. i can’t decide! what do YOU think? vote below and let us know.

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feel free to elaborate on your decision in the comments section!

this is so exciting! one of my favorite products of all time, food for lovers vegan queso, is now available at whole foods.

i am used to driving across town for this stuff or ordering it in bulk online, so imagine how happy i was to see it at my the weho whole foods for just $4.99 per jar.

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this is definitely cause for celebration! cheezly, our favorite vegan cheese ever, is now available in the states. it comes to us all the way from the UK, and it’s bloody amazing.

in december 2010 cheezly lost its stateside distribution, but somehow vegan essentials has managed to bring it back!

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i know i’m like a decade late to this craze, but lately i have been totally obsessed with nutritional yeast based cheese sauces. they’re healthier than processed vegan cheese, and pack a ton of flavor without any kind of weird texture or chemical aftertaste. where has this stuff been all my life? i can’t get ’nuff of the nooch!

my most recent nut-yeast addiction comes in the form of mozzarella chreese by road’s end organics…

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UPDATED: brittany shared the recipe! check it out after the jump.

and now for today’s what you sick people come here for. vegan mac and cheese pancakes:

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what you sick people come here for.

today, ladies and gentlemen, alex estrada brings us the vegan double double burger.

double meat, double cheese, no animal products. it can be done. thanks, alex! ingredients are after the jump…

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hey everyone! natural products expo west, the world’s largest natural products tradeshow, is going down this weekend in anaheim and we were there all day yesterday.

we got a pretty good feel for the new vegan products that are about to hit the market, so sit back and enjoy this post full of our favorite finds. we’ll start off with stuff from brands that we already know and love—established quarrygirl favoriteses that should be familiar to you guys.

first up: chicago soydairy!

these folks didn’t have a booth at the expo in 2010…but daaaaaaaamn, they made up for it this year with all kinds of craziness! where do i start? their booth was like a vegan party. they had an endless supply of deep-fried vegan mozzarella sticks using teese (pictured above), which were INCREDIBLE.

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i’m not even going to say where this snap shot is from…but it’s a local restaurant, and it pretty much illustrates what i refer to as “the vegan tax.”

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whew! yesterday was the first annual vegan pizza day, and it was insanely fun. people all over the world were eating loads and having a great time…all in the name of our favorite food: vegan pizza. huge thanks to teese vegan cheese by chicago soydairy for sponsoring this event with us. i know that everyone is already looking forward to next year.

check out the official vegan pizza day facebook page for a huge pool of mouthwatering fan photos, and be sure to upload your own. here are the pictures that readers sent in to us. if you’d like to have yours posted on the blog, shoot us an email. beware, graphic vegan pizza photos to follow. you’ll wanna be sitting down for this.

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have you heard?! today is the first annual VEGAN PIZZA DAY. i hope you are celebrating with some delicious cruelty-free pizza! i know i am.

what kind of pizza are you eating today? i’d love to hear about it. please email me pictures of your vegan pizza, and i will post them on the blog. i know we talk a lot about los angeles on this site…but i wanna post pictures from all over. i don’t care where you are, SEND ME YOUR VEGAN PIZZA SNAP SHOTS! i’ll go first:

if you are in LA, check out the masa vegan drinks meet up, discounts on all vegan items (including dessert and beer) at pizza fusion, and vegan slices at zpizza.

VEGAN PIZZA DAY IS TOMORROW! you better get ready to party! to help you plan accordingly, we’ve compiled a list of the vegan pizza we’ve eaten in los angeles over the nearly 3 years of running this blog. when we started quarrygirl.com, there was ONE place to get pizza with vegan cheese. now there are over 20 places. for a complete list of places to get vegan pizza in LA, check out the vegan pizza day website. this is just a list of what we’ve eaten so far. enjoy! BTW, please email me pix of what you eat on vegan pizza day, and i will post them on the blog!

cruzer pizza

LA’s one and only vegan pizzeria is located in los feliz and makes incredible pie. check out their quarrygirl pizza (named after me!), and their awesome pasta dishes and appetizers.

pizza fusion

with locations in hollywood and santa monica, pizza fusion has got much of the town covered. they’ve got vegan pizza with your choice of daiya or follow your heart, tap beer, and vegan brownies for dessert. on vegan pizza day, they’ll be offering 10% on ALL VEGAN PRODUCTS! so just ask!

zpizza

zpizza is our go-to chain for vegan dining. all locations carry daiya cheese and gardein crumbles, and the pizza is fabulous. for vegan pizza day, they’ll be serving up vegan pizza by the slice!

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vegan pizza day is on january 29th, and it’s getting SO CLOSE, I CAN FEEL IT! there are lots of awesome pizza deals and specials happening in LA next saturday to commemorate the occasion, and we are gonna do our best to blog about each one.

brace yourselves for vegan pizza day!

we’ll start off with the official los angeles vegan pizza day meetup: hosted by vegan drinks, this shindig will take place at masa of echo park and will no doubt be EPIC.

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