Oh, wow. I'm so excited about this week. My absolute favorite vegan treat:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=5723.0

Hi, I think this a great idea as vegans very rarely get the limelight and it would be great to see some original recipes for dinner dishes that don't revolve around ratatouille or stir fry or some sort. Here's my recipe for vegan lemon meringue pie
http://andnobodygotsick.blogspot.com/2010/12/vegan-lemon-meringue-pie.html

Excellent idea! I love this celery/tofu salad:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/dining/04mini.html?_r=2&ref=dining

It'd be great if this week The Kitchn could talk to Isa Chandra Moskowitz or Terry Hope Romero about their books. Their style of vegan cookbook is so accessible, fun, and anti-fussy. Makes it easier to feel like a regular person, and make food non-vegans would love too!

It's a much tastier way to eat than most think. Go vegan!

Thanks so much for this. I've been wanting to thank you for posting so much vegetarian and vegan food on your site in general and now you've gone a step above and beyond. I'm super psyched for this weeks posts.

As a proud omnivore, I'm looking forward to this week as I always love to explore new ways of cooking and eating.

Seconding talking to Isa or Terry. They're wonderful people, and top-notch cookbook writers. I've bought nearly all of their books (I'm missing Vegan Cookies), and everything I've made has been delicious.

But seriously. Get them to write something.

Nice! I'm excited to get some new vegan recipes this week, even though I'm not actually a vegan!

How exciting ^_^

My absolute favorite vegan comfort food recipe is the "mac uncheese" here: Mac Uncheese.

And Lois Dieterly's German Chocolate cake & icing in her all vegan dessert book is by far the best german chocolate cake I've ever had: Sinfully Vegan: Over 140 Decadent Desserts to Satisfy Every Vegan's Sweet Tooth.

Hooray! I've "veganized" many recipes from the Kitchn (including the skillet toffee, which was really good), and I'm excited that this week I can just make them as is!

I second (third?) the Moskovitz/Romero/Post Punk Kitchen nominations. In terms of favorite recipes, I post mine at my vegan blog.

Perfect timing! One of my non-meat-eating friends is coming to visit this weekend. I'll have plenty of ideas for food by the time he shows up!

Yes, get Isa and Terry! They are amazing!

Woohoo! I am looking forward to this week's recipes! I have felt so much better physically since I went vegan about a year ago. Plus, I really feel like my taste buds have changed/matured because I am so open to new ingredients now that I never would have tried before.

Awesome! Thanks for the vegan love, folks!

Yay!!

it's so great to see all of this open-mindedness toward veganism! my latest favorite vegan-friendly book is Clean Food by Terry Walters. it focuses on seasonal vegetables and nutritionally complete meals without processed food and all the store-bought fake meat and other expensive extras.

I post my favorite recipes at my blog. I recommend the vegan pesto and cinnamon buns.

(fourthing) isa and terry.

also- look at their website: the post punk kitchen

Yay exciting! I'm an omnivore but we try to eat veg/an a few times a week. I'd love to expand my repertoire!

Many vegan recipes have special and unfamiliar ingredients - I'm happy to get over this but an intro would be helpful. Also, some use "substitutes" that don't jive with my nothing-processed rule. Explanations of these things and a discussion of the sketchy things would be swell. "Egg replacer," I'm looking at you here.

I'm not a vegan, but one of my roommates was for eight years, so she has all kinds of amazing cookbooks with vegan recipes. My favorite is Bryant Terry's Vegan Soul Food. Absolutely amazing. I'm looking forward to lots of new ideas this week, hopefully without the political tension that so often comes with discussing veganism. If there's a place that can focus on the food and keep it positive, this is it. :-)

MaryWynn, commercial egg replacer is mostly potato starch, not that processed really. But I don't keep it around anyway since it only does one thing. I use ground flax seed or pureed silken tofu in place of eggs most often, but it depends on the recipe.

Here's a really good explanation of different egg substitutes and when to use each one: http://www.theppk.com/vegan-baking-the-post-punk-kitchen-shows-you-how/

Another vote for a post on Isa and Terry's supercool vegan empire! Love those two!

i'm not vegan but i have a lot of vegan recipes on my site! my favorite is this cabbage mango slaw that i made for an entirely vegan party menu:

http://theactorsdiet.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/christy-and-lynn-ocho-de-mayo/

I wish people would realize that vegan food doesn't need to contain fake meats, cheeses, and dairy products - many Asian cuisines have a significant inventory of vegan dishes (most South Indian dishes are vegan and there's a ton of Thai food that is vegan) that do not rely on substitutes for animal-based products and use only natural products. Earth Balance is not natural and tempeh bacon is lame.

Wooo- vegan week at the Kitchn!
What an amazing idea, I am really looking forward to this week. Please, can we share some baking also?
I am a keen vegan baker by heart and supposed to bake my friend's vegan wedding cake in september...

Thanks for doing a vegan week! I love the Kitchn, and love your approach to cooking. Vegan meals don't have to be bland and austere, in fact lots of vegan meals of full of flavor and complex tastes, which I'm sure you'll show.
As a vegan baker, I love showing people how delicious vegan treats can be without any dairy at all. And I'm adding another vote for Isa and Terry!
http://eatandtalk.wordpress.com

I am so glad you guys are doing this. I am a pescetarian AND also consider myself a foodie. A lot of people within the foodie community have nothing but derision and contempt for non-meat eaters, and all they talk about is how they pity people who don't eat meat, blah blah blah. It's so silly since there are a lot of very gourmet recipes that are vegetarian. Not to mention that even if you are not ethically opposed to meat-eating, there are obvious health and environmental benefits that should force everyone, even foodies, should be willing to recognize.

Anyway, it's great to see a place that values both gourmet cooking and acceptance towards alternative dietary lifestyles. Keep up the good work!

Isa and Terry!! Seventeenthing that suggestion.

YAY SO EXCITED!

This makes me VERY happy.

Yay! For the past month as I've been trying to adopt a vegan lifestyle, I began to fear my future with The Kitchn would be limited to site search's for the word "vegan." I'm so excited for this week!

http://misotempeh.wordpress.com

Good I'm glad it's just a week! I came to the site and saw all of these vegan recipes and thought - What the what?! I thought the Kitchn had gone all vegan! Still loving the recipes, but looking forward to next week...

Hey, don't knock the Vegans! I have been trying both vegetarian and vegan dishes for the past three months (thought I have been a self-proclaimed carnivore since age 5). Heres my most recent vegan dish, savory stuffed apples.
http://whatcanyoueatblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/savory-stuffed-apples.html

I have LOVED Vegan Week! THANK YOU! :)