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Published date April 16, 2013
One thing that our trip to Las Vegas taught me was that all pizzas are not the same. People have been telling me this for years, but since I don’t think I ever had a particularly terrible pizza so I didn’t really get it. As far as I was concerned,...
Published date March 29, 2013
Read my updated review here. Once upon a time there was Fressen, and it was okay, but then it closed at the end of last year and we were all lamenting the end of all vegan fine dining in Toronto. But before we could get too sad, Fressen’s owner, Stephan...
READ MORE A First Taste of Grasslands Restaurant Toronto – Vegan Fine Dining is back
Published date March 26, 2013
In another edition of throwback Tuesday, I attempt to recap the food and fun we had in San Francisco and Las Vegas in December 2012 /January 2013. Our first morning in Vegas and JC had made brunch reservations at Tableau. Tableau is one of the Wynn restaurants, right near the...
Published date March 23, 2013
I bought a bag of coconut pieces yesterday on a whim from Karma Co-op. Someone else had a bag, and it caught my eye – an innocent bag of coconut flakes to some. But to me it said…. “make me into a smokey coconut sandwich” – but not actually since then I’d...
READ MORE Smoked Coconut Flakes for sandwiches and everything else – Recipe (Vegan Bacon Even)
Published date February 19, 2013
As I mentioned in my TILT last Thursday, I really love Valentine’s Day, and like last year JC set up a nice big thoughtful surprise. He didn’t tell me what he was up to until about 20 minutes before we arrived at the restaurant, just that we’d need to be...
READ MORE Valentine’s Day 2013 – Taste Valentine – Vegan Style at Canoe
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 13, 2013
I’ve talked about Souley Vegan enthusiastically with anyone that would listen. On my first visit to San Francisco in 2011, I discovered this place, and never wanted to leave. I went to Souley Vegan three times in a week. This time we just went twice (in one week), but it...
READ MORE Vegan Soul Food in Oakland, California – Souley Vegan
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 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