Food. Book. Forest

July 25, 2010

Padmanadi Brunch and Downtown City Market

After work this morning I hopped on the LRT, and sat at Credo Coffee with the other Early Birds waiting to swoop in on the Downtown Edmonton Farmers Market. I picked up a package of LimeGreens Sour Cream and Onion Kale Chips, and they were such a hit with the...

July 23, 2010

Epicure Party and Yet Another Quinoa Burger Recipe

Yesterday a friend invited me to an Epicure party. Now, I’ll admit, initially I was skeptical that there would be anything I could sample and enjoy, but I was wrong. Vegan chocolate cake (made with their brand of chocolate cocoa), and lentil burgers (a vegan recipe straight off of their website),...

July 18, 2010

Edmonton’s Saturday Farmer’s Markets

Yesterday was a great example of how wonderful Edmonton is in the summertime. I woke up bright and early in the morning to make it to the City Center Farmer’s Market and was pleasantly surprised when upon looking out the window I saw something I hadn’t seen in a while…...

July 14, 2010

Midnight Potato Salad

I couldn’t get to sleep last night after sleeping for most of the afternoon (working a night shift really messes with the sleep schedule) so it seemed like the perfect time to use up a few potatoes and make a potato salad. I love potato salad because it’s one of...

July 11, 2010

Yumfest at Edmonton’s Farmers Market and a visit to Breadland Bakery.

Earlier this week a friend and I paid a visit to Breadland Bakery, in Oliver Square. Every time I’ve tried to go there (all two times) it’s been closed. I’ve missed them by minutes. So it was nice to finally go in there, it’s such a nice place inside. They...

July 8, 2010

Vegans can’t have Barbecues right?

I told a few acquaintances about going to a BBQ this week and they looked at me questioningly, and asked nervously… “well, uh…what did you have?” It felt like they were waiting for me to confess to my post-veganness; that I had ripped into a cow based burger, or some other similar...

July 7, 2010

Astral Harvest 2010

I spent this past weekend at the Astral Harvest Electronic Music Festival in Driftpile, Alberta. It was a cloudy windy rainy weekend, but good music and good company made the weather easy to forget and ignore. We hadn’t planned on going to this event until the night before we left,...

June 30, 2010

New Stuff at Padmanadi (again)

It’s been a long time since I’ve ordered something new to me at Padmanadi, but it’s been a Padmanadi couple of days, since friends have wanted to see the new location, and who better to come along than me!? The first few visits years ago consisted of ordering a new...

June 27, 2010

Edmonton City Market

I had lofty goals to get out to the St.Albert Farmers Market this weekend, but decided that after a full 12 hour night shift, it was probably better to take it easy. So, a quick LRT ride and I was downtown bright and early, waiting for the bell to ring...

June 25, 2010

The New Padmanadi

I visited the new location for Padmanadi in Edmonton at 10740 101 St. I envy Victoria High School (I went there, once upon a time) students because Padmanadi is now a five minute walk for lunch. The new location is unassuming from the outside, but once you walk in, it’s...