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May 24, 2011

Nerd Break – Learning Python

I have programming experience, but in all my years of university, barely anything was said about python in classes. At some point I decided that for personal (and potentially professional reasons), I should get with the program(ming) and learn languages other than javascript and variations of C. Luckily, the internet...

May 23, 2011

Greens Veggie Restaurant

This sunny weekend in Toronto we headed over to Kensington Market to go look at produce, okay no, we went to go to Hot Beans in hopes that they would have Boston Cream donuts. No luck on the Boston creams, but they had coconut lime, which still satisfied our quest...

May 21, 2011

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble: Get out of my oven and into my mouth.

After we went to see the Forks Over Knives, we walked over to Whole Foods and (finally) spotted Rhubarb. I’ve been waiting for its appearance for a few weeks now, so I was really excited about all the new rhubarb possibilities. Strawberries and Rhubarb in any kind of baked good and I’m...

May 19, 2011

Forks Over Knives – The answer isn’t another pill, the answer is spinach.

On Wednesday night we had the opportunity to see an advance screening of Forks Over Knives, thanks to Animal Voices. I think it was a really powerful film, the focus on the health impacts of animal protein consumption was fascinating. Someone asked during the Q&A, why throughout the film they...

May 10, 2011

Blood Donation Failure and Success.

Yesterday I walked over to the 66 College Street Canadian Blood Services clinic with the intention of donating a pint of my blood. However, this is the sign that greeted me (p.s. Yesterday was Monday): Oh well. Write off. No donations on Mondays, okay! And sure, I would have known...

May 9, 2011

Vegan Baked Treats in Toronto

I have a sweet tooth, that much is probably obvious to anyone that knows me (or has ever read this blog). It’s a rare occurrence that I don’t pick up dessert… or consider skipping a regular meal in favour of something sweet (though, this includes fruit…) In the last couple of weeks, I’ve...

April 28, 2011

Animal Ark II Fundraiser – All You Can Eat Chili, Great Org, Great people, Great food.

This past Tuesday night Animal Ark II had an All You Can Eat Chili fundraiser and memorial for Mark Karbusicky at Sadie’s Diner (504 Adelaide Street W, Toronto, ON). Animal Ark II is a Toronto based, direct action animal advocacy organization. I remember their display at the the Vegetarian Food Fair...

April 27, 2011

Udupi Palace – another day, another veggielicious visit.

So the last few days of Veggielicious remained and we played catch up to take advantage of what was out there. This past weekend we went over to Gerrard street to try Udupi Palace’s Veggielicious special. It ended up being their usual special plate, but it included a free soda,...

April 22, 2011

Fressen – The last night to take advantage of the Veggielicious special.

I was looking forward to visiting Fressen(78 Queen Street West, Toronto) while they were participating in the Veggielicious promo with the TVA. It’s hard to believe how quickly April passed by, all of a sudden we arrived at the last day to try it out at Fressen, since they only...

April 9, 2011

Day one of Veggielicious – Rawlicious in the Junction and Bunner’s (of course!)

Today was the first day of Veggielicious, and a group of us headed to Rawlicious in the Junction to take advantage of the specials. I’ve never been to Rawlicious (3092 Dundas Street West, Toronto), so it was a great opportunity to try out a new restaurant and its close proximity...