Awesome! Can’t wait… what kind of camera do you use to take these pictures?

Waiting till the spring for this is a cold torture. It all looks great, especially the omelet.

Can’t wait for the book! Omelets, gingerbread waffles, no-crab cakes look and sound divine. I can eat brunch any time of day.

Amazing stuff. I can’t wait for the book. I love brunch!

The food looks amazing.

Who doesn’t love brunch???

Can’t wait for new book.

I am so looking forward to this book! Brunch food is awesome and although I never actually eat brunch, these recipes will decorate my dinner table just as well! w00t!!

Oh, I almost can’t wait for the book. I hope it will be available in Europe?

So far I have all of your books of vegan goodness, I can’t wait for this to come out. The photos are great!!!

Beautiful photos! And you said “if’n y’all” – you are speaking to me in my own native tongue!

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, you have no idea how excited I am to try these recipes!

The photos are mouth-watering, I can’t wait for spring now!!!

I’m feeling a little miffed Isa, because you’re sort of teasing the hell of out us!! It all looks and sounds so good, can we really wait until next Spring? You should give away advance copies to really cool people living overseas to start doing free publicity for you or something…I’m just sayin’!

I can’t wait to buy a copy! Thanks for the preview. Everything looks so gourmet and homey at the same time.

Ooh…I can’t wait, this all looks so good.

Awesome, can’t wait! Love the Crack of Noon, though! Whatever shall we abbreviate Vegan Brunch to? VBAKACON?

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Looks fantastic! I am sooo excited that you have another book, and a brunch one at that. Every time I make one of our recipes for non-vegans they can’t believe that it is vegan. YOU ROCK! Keep up the good work.

soo…i’ve never been a huge brunch person, but after seeing those pictures, i am. offically. into brunch, that is. i mean… i can eat these things for dinner right? it’ll just be like a super fancy brinner.

Looks great!!!! I love all of the pictures.

God that looks amazing I can’t wait. Really. Every time I make brunch and don’t have this book yet I get angry. I can’t believe they thought vegan brunch was a better tittle than crack of noon. Is it because they are all a bunch of crackheads and didn’t want us to find out? Maybe it was a little too close to home. Bastards.

One thing that I really want is a bagel with lox and cream cheese. If you could recreate that somehow I would be indebted. Dim sum and some thai soup would be cool. I hope you are going to include drinks. My sister loves Bloody Mary’s with Clamato juice and it would be great if there was veg equivalent to that.

isa, the pictures look fan-fucking-tastic.
i know you have been working your vegan hot cross buns off on ‘em and you should be proud. jdfunks – you rule for being so damn great! my heart is welling up with pride.

Um, yeah…Excitement overload!

Can.Not.Wait.Until.Spring!

Brunch brunch brunch! I can’t wait. Are we allowed to make these as late night snackaroos too? I miss my old non-vegan recipe for thin British crepe style pancakes; any chance of some of those?

I came to your blog to comment on the cookie post (which I did) and I’m impressed! Another great post and name dropping! woo!

Can’t wait for this!!

I’m drooling over the pictures and it makes my muesli look totally boring. This book’s going to be great.

Wow, this looks amazing! Did you include a vegan hollandaise? And a vegan breakfast sandwich? Breakfast is my favorite meal!

Oh,my.Yum!!!

Can’t wait for this book to come out!

Your foodporn gets me… well, hot. Ok, so that wasn’t very clever, but I’m still jealous of your photos.

everything looks amazing! i can’t wait!! i’m still going to call the book crack of noon though. i am going to write it down and paste it over top of the title. or maybe we could have alternate title stickers made for everyone on the ppk. fork you publishers!

Wow–those recipes sound intruiging and I can’t wait to try them! The book cover is great and eye-catching (and a lovely photo of you). I like the “just add coffee” grabber. The pictures are making me hungry and I’m looking forward to the release of the book in the spring.

CAN. NOT. WAIT! Also that cover is smokin’ hot! :D

I was wondering why you didn’t use your own photography for previous cookbooks as the ones you post here are always terrific. Best of luck with the new book!!! It all sounds very yummy.

First came your classic broccoli quiche, a teaser recipe from the upcoming brunch book. That was the “hook” for me.
Next came a blog post by bazu that porned and told about her testing bagels that would be in the brunch book. http://wherestherevolution.blogspot.com/2008/08/bagels-r-us.html
…and the hook was driven deeper.
Now with this latest post of yours, can you see the hook, it must be protruding from my lower lip.

Spring never seemed so far away – *sigh*

Ooh, I can hardly wait!

I’ve melted into a heapy puddle from all the lovely photos… The only thing to bring me back to human form is probably those sexy fine crumb cakes.

Now I am fantasizing about swiss chard frittata.

that’s too bad about the title! it was so cute!

i would LOVE to see a vegan matzo-brei!!!
like a savory kind of dish where you soak the broken matzo pieces, add “egg” like substance and onions and fry it up…wait why am i explaining this to you? you’re jewish. i guess for everyone else’s sake who might read this. thanks, can’t wait!

I second the need for a vegan matzo-brei. However, the scrumptious picture Chesapeake Tempeh Cakes is what makes me wait on pins and needles for your brunch book.

ZOMG! This makes me even sadder that I’m at college and have very limited means of cooking. Not that that stopped me from bringing the cookbook repertoire with me and talking about cupcakes constantly.

On vegan matzo-brei, I think i made a decently successful version using the fronch toast mixture, I’m sure it could use some tweaking, but it was pretty good considering. (That is, if my head isn’t making all of this up)

I need some vegan brunch now!

To answer a few questions:
There are recipes for hollandaise and matzoh brei. You think I’d leave out the matzoh brei?

OMG, you totally sucked me in with the tempeh/pseudo-crab cakes. Can’t wait to see the book!

you can do it!!! pretty nice piccies jd and isha!

xo
kittee

You successfully have made me even more excited about your book! I’ll have to be like I always was for when the new Backstreet Boys CD would come out and get your book on the very first day it hits stores! Those pictures are incredible… You have me sold especially on the gingerbread waffles with caramelized figs!

these look delicioso! especially the asparagus omelet!! great job!! can’t wait to get the book when it comes out. are you going to do a book signing at herbivore here in portland???

I am dying to eat that omlette! I really miss omlettes. And those tempeh cakes look outta this world. Everything looks awesome! I can’t wait until Spring, I’ll be cooking brunch for sure every weekend! Can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot wait! Everything looks amazing

“Sorry for people who loved ?Crack Of Noon.? The publishers didn?t like it and I was tired of fighting. I think Vegan Brunch is just fine since it?s, well, vegan brunch.”

Why not meet the publishers halfway and just go with Vegan Crack?

I think crab cakes are the main thing my (Virginia-born) husband misses now that he’s vegetarian. I’ve tried several veganized recipes and not one turned out even slightly edible. If these taste as good as they look, I think it will be a fantastic treat for him. Now I have four months to find where to purchase some Old Bay!

I’ve never been a breakfast/brunch person, but I can tell things are gonna change in the spring. Everything looks absolutely amazing.

I am also eagerly awaiting the book!
As for fights with the publishers, I’ve been hearing this is a recent trend in the book publishing world: the publishers want the straight-up subject in the title, nothing flowery. Which I think is dumb. But I don’t really have a say.

I will be counting down the days! (well not really, but I am really excited for it to be released)

It’s due out this Spring you say? That will give me enough time to break in my cast iron pan.

that is some great looking food and photography. I guess I can let the Crack of Noon go but it was a good title.

Publishers want a straight up title because it shows up in search engines and catalogs. Though Crack of Noon would have been great.

I can’t wait to try those Tempeh Cakes!

Everything looks great, I can’t wait to try it! Those tempeh cakes look amazing…

Ah, those tomato & rosemary scones! Sooo good. I want them now.

Crack of Noon might have gotten hits similar to one of my blogs Rubber Lust. Can’t believe how many are looking for porn that way. MIne is rubber stamps hobby. –I gave out several Veganomicon cookbooks to omni’s. Hopefully they are using it. Mine is full of food stains.

Already setting up an alert for this one. Altho I will never make the desserts. No sweet tooth. just carb addict. :)

Ooh, the shots are just lovely! You know you look hot on that cover!

For all you non-brunch lovers, fear not. I have tested loads of these recipes and done most of them in the evening. You will not explode. Lovely photos, both of you, far better than any I have taken!

oh, man, those Chesapeake cakes look GOOD. I have heretofore been unsatisfied with my attempts at crab cake-like things.

AND MATZOH BREI! YAAY!

can’t wait for this!

Spring? SPRING? Say it ain’t so! Gah, I’ll try to be patient. These dishes look incredible!

ooh I can’t wait for this book either. Those tomato scones look amazing, in fact it all does.

Wow, it all looks wonderful indeed, I wish I could find a recipe for southern country ham with red eye gravy. Feel like conquering the south (ummm again) by coming up with a killer recipe???

These pictures are so pretty!

i love it! yay!!! glad you’re relaxing a bit in portland. funny what a different life people have outside of brooklyn.

Everything looks amazing and I’m fidgety excited about the new book. Congrats!

Is it spring yet?
Is it spring yet?
Is it spring yet?
Is it spring yet?
Is it spring yet?

Jess is the best, isn’t she?

OMG I WANZ. I CAN HAS Y/Y???

*wrestles keyboard from LOLcat*

Everything looks completely scrumptious! I can’t wait. Veganomicon and Vegan with a Vengeance are the go-to books at our house if we want something tasty. Right now it’s almost lunchtime and I’m thinking about leftover mole skillet pie with kale and samosas. NOM NOM NOM

I am so excited about this book! I never get sick of brunch food. The tomato-rosemary scones sound amazing.

It’s possible these pictures have just put me into a coma. NOMNOM COMA. I can’t wait for this book! Eeeek!

holy. craps., does that omelet look yummy! and like a “real” omelet, even. must have the recipe!

I can’t wait ’til spring! So fricking far away!

I’m going to call it Crack of Noon anyway because I like it better.

But, yes, it might be unoriginal to reiterate this but those dishes look GOOD. I’m so excited. I’m an early riser and an early eater – but this is the kind of food I would eat around the clock.

THANK YOU!! I have been looking forward to this book and every little glimpse just gets me more excited! Please feel free to share YOUR excitement and we will follow it with accolades. I mean for crying out loud, arent you like the VEGAN ambassadors to the WORLD?
Hey any chance there is a character “made” after YOU in the movie rent? hee hee hee

i forgot to say..
I LOVE YOU!!
and.. can I be a tester? I always screw up bbq sauces or catch something on fire but it would be fun?? If you need anyone else to help I am here.

Melanie, I didn’t see the movie or the play Rent, why do you ask? I did, however, wait tables with the writer Jonathan Larson in the early 90s. But he didn’t really seem to like me.

Thanks for the love everyone!

i can’t believe they didn’t like “crack of noon,” i really thought that was brilliant. regardless, i’m pretty sure that this book is going to change my life and i can’t wait!

For what it’s worth, I like Vegan Brunch. It’s straightforward and descriptive, which I prefer when I’m browsing book titles on the shelf. Cannot wait to check it out.

Looks fantastic! I have a vision of myself sitting at a table surrounded by frienda and tons of brunch food made from your book. Does your definition of spring mean december? Please…

It is ridiculous how excited I am for this book to come out!!!! RIP “Crack of Noon”. You were loved.

Isa, Isa, Isa. Oh, my god, the tempeh crab cake thingies: I’m dying

I like Vegan Brunch, too; of course, Naked Vegan Brunch would be even better, but then they’d have to sell it in a brown paper cover…!

Damn. All that food looks so freakin’ amazing! The frittata looks so good it just made my IQ drop 50 points. My vocabulary has dropped to these words… must have frittata.

I am literally DROOLING…

The cover, recipes and pictures all look amazing!! I work in a bookstore, so I plan on having this in stock as soon as it is readily available!! First copy is MINE!!

The “crab cake” minis make me SMILE!!

I can’t wait to try those tempeh “crab” cakes. Those look amazing.

I’m excited! And now I want to go pretty thrift store plate shopping.

looks great! another vote here for some savory matzoh brei!

I love it! Can’t wait!

i am SO excited for this book! my sunday brunches will be so awesome come next spring!

drooooooool. can’t wait to try those scones. and the tempeh cakes look amazing!

Vegan Brunch is a damned boring title, but you look cute! The food pics bring back fond memories of much testing and eating of fantastic brunch foods! You are doing an awesome job and deserve some down time. Enjoy fall!!!

*SQUEE* YAY!

Wait, what? I have to wait until Spring?! boo. I hate waiting!

Looking forward to it!

your omelet recipe is really very good and i am very much thankfull with your site.

Those waffles and you are lookin’ bomb_dot_com. Another for the library.

I can’t even tell you how excited I am for this. I keep saying that vegans don’t do savory breakfasts well, and, even though this is brunch, those scones and that omelet are close enough for me. Yay!

All of this sounds and looks amazing! i can’t wait for the book! =P

Are you trying to kill us? I’ve already been dying for this to come out after reading some testers’ reports. Are you kidding me, spring? I was thinking this would be on my holiday list! I guess waiting can be sweet, some how?

Are you kidding me? Gingerbread waffles with fresh figs?

Sweet holy Jesus. I must be dead because this is heaven.

P.S. We have a batch of apple cider cupcakes plus a batch of rosewater pistachio ones sitting on the counter right this very moment.

P.P.S. But not for long.

P.P.P.S. Thanks again for Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World!

tempeh cakes?!!?! sweet lord, please post this recipe!

oh yeah, I am super looking forward to this book. It really fills a niche. How many “what should I make for brunch” threads are there on the forums?! And it looks like a good mix of sweet and savory. Personally, I am deeply committed to the Sweet AND Savory brunch experience. Can’t wait!

Aloha Isa!

All of these recipes look and sound amazing – I already am looking forward to gorging myself on vegan brunches. I usually reserve Sunday mornings for the brunch gorging, but your book may inspire to me to start 6:00am-before-work-on-a-Wednesday gorging. The pics are awesome, as well. Next time you write a book and feel inspired to take that show on the road, come to Hawai’i and I will happily do some photography for you :-) (Though these are big shoes to fill ….)

I miss being able to afford thrift store plates! Living in Western PA actually had its perks at times….

I want the Chesapeake tempeh cakes for lunch now.

I’m ready already!! And screw the publishers……it’ll always be Crack of Noon to me!!

You are SMOKIN’ hot!

Wow, this looks great!

(I wanted to offer something bold and original that hadn’t been covered in the previous 106 comments.)

Just hanging out in a remote corner of the PPK – don’t mind me.

Serious note? Although there have been vegan cookbooks for some time now, this current generation of vegan cookbooks – with Isa at the helm – are what’s putting vegan food on the map, showig the world that it is as diverse, awesome, fabulous, and gourmet (or more so) than anything imaginable. There will never be another time like this. This is the golden age of vegan cookbooks!

You are such a tease and I kinda love you for it! Gorgeous photos. I cannot wait for this book to come out!

Waiting until Spring just doesn’t seem fair! Can you please post the asparagus omelet recipe ? I have never been able to duplicate a proper vegan omelet and the I’m 110% postive your recipe will be the one! PS-Your cookbooks have really helped my meat eating friends change their minds about vegan cooking, THANK YOU!!!

Can we be friends?

Adorable as always, Isa. You look lovely on the cover. I love your expression. I think you’d look really cute dressed up like a 70′s housewife for the cover, too, but the all black look is pretty and tough!

Can’t wait for the book! Good luck with finishing it up, I know you can do it :)

I am going to pre-buy it on Amazon NOW. CAN’T WAIT to try tomato rosemary scones!!!!

Wow. I didn’t think I had much of a need for this since your other cookbooks features some brunch-type items. But now I must have! Can’t wait!

!! So excited. Brunch is my favorite course and your books are always fabulous. I can hardly wait… I will wait, but it’s goin to be hard.

Looking at these photos makes me hungry! I’m a runner so I need these type of foods to keep my energy up. Thanks for sharing this info!

Care sharing this brunch recipe again for a good cause?
I’m trying to raise awareness about a rare type of cancer, sarcoma. If you want more info check this page: http://help-beat-sarcoma-a-thon.blogspot.com/2008/10/welcome.html
Thanks a lot! Merci!

Excellent! Can’t wait for the recipe….

Excellent! Can’t wait for the recipe!!!

Yes, agree with Cedric! Food looks great and is making me hungry too!

I am so pre-ordering this recipe book soon!!!

cool pics

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leakier! ;). Thx for sharing

One thing that I really want is a bagel with lox and cream cheese.

This is very late, but there’s a vegan (and maybe raw? It’s a bit hippyish, anyway) place in Montreal called Aux Vivres that has vegan lox and it is amazing. I’ve never had non-vegan lox, so I don’t know how it compares, but it’s well worth checking out, if you’re in Montreal. (Speaking French would also be a plus, as I recall them not speaking English particularly… at all.)