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October 2, 2012

Vegan Mofo Day 2 – Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Experiment

Today I made a cheesecake. It happened by accident, it happened as many things related to food happen, I look at them and think… hmm. Maybe this will work, or “I wonder what will happen if I combine this.” I realize there are perfectly good recipes for Chocolate Chip Cheesecake...

October 1, 2012

Vegan Mofo 2012 – It Begins!

It’s October, so that means a few things. Autumn is slowly rolling through the country, thanksgiving will be happening this month (in Canada), Halloween is on it’s way…. and it’s time for Vegan Month of Food (aka Vegan MoFo). What is Vegan MoFo? Read all about it on the Vegan...

September 24, 2012

Maximum Tolerated Dose – Toronto Screening.

Yesterday’s Maximum Tolerated Dose screening was amazing. You can read filmmaker, Karol Orzechowski’s Q&A with Our Hen House for a bit more on the hows and whys of the film. The movie was powerful and moving, without being horrifically upsetting (I still haven’t seen Earthlings for precisely that reason.) Though that’s not to...

September 1, 2012

August 2012 – Vegan Food Swap! From Sarina at Earthgiven

The Lovely Sarina at Earthgiven sent me my swap last month and it was full of lovely awesomeness. Oddly enough I haven’t had absolutely everything (since the keto thing has made that difficult, but the stuff I did have, I ate within two days of receipt. In that small world...

September 1, 2012

Vegan Keto – Week two

This post is a continuation and conclusion of last weeks Vegan Keto experiment. Today marks the end of my Vegan Keto experiment. It’s been interesting learning about the diet first hand, because it’s given me a slightly better perspective on it, and what I should increase in my daily diet....

August 27, 2012

Vegan Keto Experiment : Week one – Food, Info, Ratios

First of all, a disclaimer: I am not a physician. I am not a nutritionist. I’ll admit to having an academic understanding of biochemistry, and the human body, but I wont delve into it too much for brevity. This is anecdotal single trial human experimentation. For me, this is a temporary...

August 23, 2012

Things I love Thursday – on Friday: Basil (Ocimum L.), a learning experience.

This is a mini ode to basil. This time of year, I think about basil a lot. I love the way it smells, the flavour, the richness. It helps that it’s everywhere. I picked up a giant bunch of basil at the Dufferin Grove Farmers Market last week, and I’ve...

August 9, 2012

Things I like Thursday – Home (Toronto) #TILT

Well, after yesterday’s reminiscences I needed a list of postive happy things that I love more than ever. I’m still thinking about Jasper and our visit to Edmonton last week. It’s hard to believe that it was such a short trip, because we packed a lot into it. I managed to see...

August 8, 2012

August 8th, 2010 – A day I will never forget.

This is going to get dark, and a little/a lot sad. Two years ago, on August 8th, I went to a lovely dinner at Millennium in San Francisco with Gabrielle a fellow PPKer. Unfortunately, that same day is also the one I think about whenever there is a public shooting, because...

August 4, 2012

Vegan Food Swap – July 2012

I stole most of JC’s vegan food swap last month. I’m just going to admit it. I hadn’t intended to, but it happened. That and due to travelling to Edmonton July-August, I wasn’t even going to participate in the swap this month. But, last minute partner switches needed to happen, so...