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Published date February 10, 2013
Recently on a trip to the West-End Food Co-op, there were two different kinds of Kind Green Organic’s Chocolate Bars conveniently located right at the check out. And it was a happy impulse buy, I’ll admit to it completely. I have seen Kind Organics selling salad blends, spouts, herbs and other greens...
READ MORE Kind Organics Mystical Mint Chocolate Bar – Toronto – Get it at West End Food Co-op.
Published date February 6, 2013
This weekend was the “Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake Off” and I think it was probably the best one yet. Really organized, great treats, and an accessible indoor venue. I’ve been to three of the bake off’s (For a trip down memory lane: 3rd Annual Vegan Bake Off, 4th Annual Vegan Bake...
READ MORE Toronto’s Fifth Annual Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake Off
Published date January 16, 2013
Kupfert & Kim has been open for a little over 2 weeks in First Canadian Place, on King and Bay in the heart of the Financial District. If you want to find it, it’s on the concourse (lower level) and right beside the LCBO and near a variety of other...
Published date January 10, 2013
There are lots of things I love this year so far, it started off in a lovely fashion, I’ve started knocking things off of my 101 in 1001 list, and we started fostering kittens with Toronto Cat Rescue again. Meet Corwin. He’s about 12 weeks old, and a shy, but...
READ MORE Things I Love Thursday – Food, Love, Cats, and Vegan Pledge #TILT
Published date December 13, 2012
I’ve been thinking about vegan gift ideas for the last few weeks, and there have already been lots of great ideas put out there by the Toronto Vegetarian Association and the Torontoist‘s Toronto Themed Gift List. Toronto has this great community of creators and crafters, bakers and makers, and ingenuity....
READ MORE Things I Love Thursday – A Few Local Toronto Vegan Gift Ideas
Published date December 5, 2012
As soon as winter rolls around I need lip balm and I need it ASAP. Considering I come from a dry climate (Edmonton), I’ve acclimated to the Toronto humidity quite quickly, and when it’s gone, I notice. Toronto goes from being a mostly humid city to zero suddenly, and it isn’t pretty. My usual...
READ MORE Bare English & Co – Made in Toronto – Interview and Review (and giveaway!)
Published date November 28, 2012
This month I was matched up with Carrie from 30×30, like me, she lives in Toronto. And like me, when I get someone local to my city, I wonder… what the heck should I sent them. She opted to send me stuff from her side of town, which I appreciated,...
Published date November 26, 2012
Cardinal Rule has been open since May 2011, and in that relatively short time they’ve won awards a plenty, and shown up on Food Network’s You Gotta Eat Here. I’ve been to Cardinal Rule twice. Once for brunch, once for a late lunch. I ended up ordering the same thing...
READ MORE Cardinal Rule – Vegan Friendly Brunch in Roncevalles
Published date November 13, 2012
One of my favourite autumn traditions, as leaves begin to change colour, and fall, and the weather gets a little cooler, it’s time for pumpkin flavoured everything. Some people seem to react to this in a derisive way. Not me. Pumpkin flavoured beer (especially the pumpkin pie brew from Mill...
Published date June 13, 2012
I work in social media/digital marketing/new media/whatever. So it delights me when I see businesses using social media effectively to connect with customers and potential customers. There is more to it than just blasting your twitter/facebook stream with self promotion, and not everyone gets that. Some businesses use it better...
READ MORE Hawker Bar on Ossington – Hey Vegan Laksa get in my mouth