Reddit mentions of The Uncheese Cookbook: Creating Amazing Dairy-Free Cheese Substitutes and Classic "Uncheese" Dishes

For eggs I recommend skimming through here. The majority of the time I just use some soy milk and a bit extra baking powder/ soda and it typically serves me well.

If you're interested in eggs for more of an egg centric dish (scrambled eggs for example) I will recommend tofu and getting your hands on some black salt as it really does impart the flavor of egg into a dish.

Butter- you will find just about every recipe book and food blog will espouse the wonderfulness of Earth Balance. So there's that :) But sometimes coconut oil can be a nice alternative, especially if a buttery taste isn't super-duper important for you, but you'd like some sort of flavor. We made a cheesecake the other day and used coconut oil for the graham cracker crust with lots of success. If I make bread and the recipe calls for butter, I will often just use coconut oil.

I usually do my own thing when it comes to veganizing recipes, but with baking some times I do like to trust people who have worked out a recipe. For cupcakes for example, I am a big fan of these. If she can win Cupcake Wars, I shall trust her ability to make a cupcake that can be confused with one with animal products!

For cheese, many people recommend The Uncheeze Cookbook. Or Daiya (which is unfortunately so darn expensive where i live). Nutritional yeast is an option- my go to "queso" recipe is this one, which is quite good. Or I've made some "Goldfish crackers" with nutritional yeast that turned out quite nice.

For honey, it really depends on what you're doing it for. As some one else said, agave is a good option (I buy mine on Amazon as a subscribe and save option and get it at a reasonable price), but you might find that maple syrup works for what you're doing it for.

One of the main things you'll have to keep in mind with all of this is, a lot of these things are going to substitute, but not directly replicate. Throwing applesauce instead of egg into a recipe is going to change the texture. Earth Balance is not butter and is not going to produce cookies that have the same taste and texture as butter. Agave doesn't taste just like honey, but you can use it in a similar way (I make a pretty tasty vegan "honey mustard" with agave and no omnivore has none the difference!) But, that doesn't mean that they are unpleasant or bad, just that it's important to manage your expectations and realize that different isn't necessarily a negative.

To start, you are not alone in this. For many vegans, cheese is the hardest one of all to give up. A quick search of any vegan/vegetarian forum will quickly drown you in endless number of threads on this topic.

In my 6 years of experience as a vegan, there really isn't any real replacement for cheese in terms of cravings. When it comes to cheese, it naturally contains a number of compounds that are are addictive in their nature, such as high concentrations of anesthetics to calm calves. This along with the high amounts of fat, B vitamins, calcium, and phosphorus make it really easy to body to get addicted to it and substitutes that are missing these things just don't satisfy the craving - especially for women who often need higher amounts of the minerals that it is rich in.

The best alternative I have found in terms of taste, texture, and cravings has been Daiya.

If you want to go the more homemade route for cheese, most vegans turn to recipes in the Uncheese Cookbook by Jo Stepaniak (http://www.amazon.com/Uncheese-Cookbook-Creating-Dairy-Free-Substitutes/dp/0913990426).

In terms of avoiding products that have cheese as an ingredient, it is difficult to say the least. Eggs are hard as well. If you live in the western world and decide to go vegan, you will need to steel yourself for the honest to godless truth that you will need to give up most packaged/prepared foods and most mainstream restaurants. Nowdays, virtually everything that comes prepared is laced with eggs, dairy byproducts(Whey, Casein, Lactose, etc), gelatin or other bone products, and meat byproducts. Also it has been my personal experience when I first went vegan, that I tried as many others have, to simply eliminate those products and products containing them from my diet without finding nutritional equivalent first. Often when you see people going "I tried vegan, but it just didn't work for me" was because of this. Do this, and you will become nutritionally deficient. You will end up just feeling starved and your cravings for things like cheese will be ten times worse. It is really important to build a recipe inventory of a few core things that will keep you nutritionally healthy and then work from there.

Alternative markets such as New Seasons and Whole Paycheck-err... Foods are your best friend. Also places like the health food section of Fred Myer/Kroger's have many items that are free of animal products.