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Happiest New Year to You!

Just a quick post to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year in 2011!

2010 was a wonderful year for me… bringing much excitement from gaining readership to this little blog to sorting through all the nooks and crannies of my very first cookbook. And, of course, the confidence to announce the coming of my very first cookbook. :)

I have a few special treats planned for this year; one of the big ones include finally wrapping up this book project of mine. I can’t explain to you guys how excited I am about getting as far as I have with it.  I embarked on this project back in 2008… but had to kind of re-do everything with the discovery of me having celiac disease last December.

Happily, though, in 2010 I learned to not only “cope” with no more gluten in my life… but instead I truly embraced it.  For real, I ♥♥♥♥♥ being gluten free! Now I am excited to announce that my “new and improved” book version will be 100% vegan & gluten-free, and every single bit as delicious as my original idea.

My goal for 2011 is to not necessarily land a book  publishing deal (although that would be stellar!), but to complete the book in it’s entirety (all. of. it.) by the middle of 2011. So, in the time between now and then- expect me to be whipping out some interesting recipes on Manifest Vegan influenced by some of the stuffs I am including in my book.  Don’t worry… I’m going to stick to regular recipe posting as I have been; you just may hear about writing this book a little more often than usual. :)

Oh, and sometime in the near future in 2011 look for my Call for Recipe Testers! I’ll need a few of you guys soon… just to make sure all the recipes are up to par with your refined and discriminating palates.

Here’s a teaser of some recipes you will find in the book:

potato dosa with cucumber peanut chutney

chocolate marzipan tart

pina colada cupcakes

I also want to extend a heart felt thank you to every single one of you.  Seriously, in just a little over one year, all of you have helped to shape Manifest Vegan into what it is today. Without all of your support and chiming in with comments, tweets, and facebook commentary… well, I simply wouldn’t be here doing what I’m doing today. To all of you- lurkers, scoffers, commenters, friends, family: thank you.

Here’s to a fabulous 2011, and many many more recipes!

Cheers!

♥ allyson

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22 Responses to Happiest New Year to You!

  1. Teddy says:

    I would love to be one of your recipe testers. I can follow recipes well and am a vegan gourmet chef myself, at least for my family and friends.

  2. Bobbie says:

    If the pictures above are any indication, you are creating one stellar cookbook! Congrats, and good luck finishing it!

    P.S. If you’re in the neighborhood for recipe testers, feel free to call on me :)

  3. All of the recipes I’ve ever tried from your blog turn out great, I can’t wait to hear more about the book and I know I would happily sign on to be a recipe tester!
    Happy, and healthy, New Year to all!

  4. Katrina says:

    Happy New Year to you too!

  5. I can’t wait to get my hands on that dosa recipe! Happy new year!

  6. Elise says:

    Happy new year! That is a wonderful news to read!!!!!!! I’ll definitely buy your book!!!!!

  7. Laurel WS says:

    I really hope you get a publishing deal, and would love to be a tester!

    In terms of the market, the gluten free market is growing and growing. There needs to be a GF vegan/vegetarian niche. All of those fake meat substitutes, like Tofurky, Gardein … all have gluten. I always said GF would be the hardest, until I discovered I am slightly gluten intolerant. This is the ONLY place I can go for creative, relatively easy GF vegan recipes. And, it suddenly doesn’t seem all that hard … BTW, I love freezing some of this stuff.

    You address an unmet need … so hopefully that works. Are you on FB pages? Like Celiac Diva?

  8. Susan says:

    That is awesome about the cookbook, I am sure it will be great. Your food in your photos always looks so amazing. I look forward to hearing more about the book. :)

  9. Polwig says:

    These recipes look amazing. I am sure recipes and pictures like these you will find a book deal in no time. Happy 2011

  10. Jen says:

    How exciting! Can’t wait for the cookbook!

  11. Fanny says:

    The potato dosa! It looks fantastic. Good luck with finishing the book, I’m sure it will be great!

  12. Laurel says:

    Oh what wonderful news. If you don’t get a book deal all of your fans, led by me, are going to start a letter writing campaign to any idiot publisher who would be dumb enough to turn down your heavenly concoctions. Of course, any publisher that dumb deserves to see their revenues diminish while some other savvier publishing house reaps the rewards of all your hard work. Surely though that can’t and won’t happen. I can’t be the only one who’s been on the receiving end of some of those cash for trash books. We NEED you to get published. It’s such a relief to be able to turn to a recipe and have it work, to not spend hours and $$$ only to end up with something you either trash or choke down because there is literally, nothing else!
    I’ve said this before – not only do your recipes always work (except for pancake nerds, but we won’t go there) they are always wonderful. They’re even wonderful when I don’t have a specific ingredient and need to change up the flours or binders. You are one inspired, talented, lovely woman. You deserve to be a best seller. You also deserve a blessed, happy and healthy New Year. All the best of this and everything to you and your family.

  13. Happy New Year! Your food is beautiful

  14. Vanessa says:

    I would love to be an unofficial taste tester! My passions in life include food, making food, eating food, and food. All of those recipes look stellar, btw.

  15. Deanna says:

    Ooo oooo – me, me, me! I want to be a recipe tester. :) I’m so excited for your cookbook to come out.

  16. This is very exciting! Say it and you can make it so! You’ve said it, so I’m certain I’ll be holding your cookbook in my hands one day!

    Happy New Year!

  17. Leinana says:

    Oh my goodness, I’ll be the first in line to buy your book! It looks guaranteed to deliver many beautiful & mouth-watering recipes!

  18. Nicole says:

    I wish you the best of luck on your book project! I absolutely love your blog and the recipes I have tried from it. Let me know if you need a recipe tester for your book… I’d be happy to help :)

  19. bitt says:

    so glad you like the GF life. I didn’t quite embrace it at first, it took me awhile. I’d be happy to test recipes when you are ready. My husband would LOVE it. :-)

  20. Vegyogini says:

    I don’t have a crystal ball, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be throwing my hat in the ring to test for the upcoming cookbook! How exciting for you and it’ll clearly be an incredibly innovative collection of delicious recipes.

    Happy new year!

  21. Caitlin says:

    omigosh- that potato dosa is making my mouth water! the other two look delish as well! i love your blog so so much- it’s my very favorite (i actually refer to you in conversation as my “gluten-free vegan blogger crush”. i hope that’s not weird.) i get so excited everytime you post! it’s so great to have another gluten-free vegan out there that makes it look so easy! i’ve tried so many of your recipes now and i can whole-heartedly say that all of them were fantastic, and even helped ease my husband into veganism(you gotta convert them with sweets, or that’s how i did it ;) !) also- i’m letting you know now- i want to be one of your taste testers!!!! you’re the best and an inspiration. thank you for all the amazing recipes <3

  22. veganlisa says:

    Happy New Year – it sounds like 2011 will be a wonderfully, exciting one for you.

    Cheers.