{"id":1413,"date":"2013-02-23T19:06:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T00:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2013-02-26T17:25:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T22:25:09","slug":"food-shares-recipe-for-change-2013-coming-up-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/food-shares-recipe-for-change-2013-coming-up-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Share’s Recipe for Change 2013 – Coming up soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m getting really excited about this year’s FoodShare Toronto Recipe For Change<\/a> event. We had a wonderful time last year, and all proceeds go to support the work of FoodShare<\/a>, and primarily their work in schools\u00a0enhancing\u00a0K-12 student food literacy. It was an amazing opportunity to try the food of dozens of chefs around the city, in one of my favourite formats – tiny sample plates (and lots of them.)<\/p>\n

\"Recipe<\/p>\n

It is coming up very soon – at the St. Lawrence Market North Building, on February 28th, 2013, and tickets are $125 (some of which you get back as a tax reciept.)<\/p>\n

Last year I emailed the lovely FoodShare folks about what vegan options were\u00a0available\u00a0and awesomely: their fundraising and communications manager, Adrienne De Francesco is vegan<\/a> as well and had been making a list of options (and shared it with me.) There were so many options, I was completely delighted by the helpful response. Having a list on hand made the visit extra easy.<\/p>\n

Many of food based fundraising events in the city exclude us (or rather, I suppose we voluntarily exclude ourselves by finding their options unethical…) with completely meat & dairy based menus. I appreciate that FoodShare really does support the idea of “Good Healthy Food for All” and makes sure everyone has real, quality options to eat & drink at this event, and doesn’t feel like they are missing out on all the fun.<\/p>\n

You can read more about the Field to Table Schools program<\/a> on the FoodShare website, as well as see many of the other awesome things they’ve been up to. One of my\u00a0favorite’s\u00a0has been the Mobile Good Food Market<\/a>, a truck that travels across Toronto selling affordable fresh food in neighbourhoods that are food deserts.<\/p>\n

This year, I’ve put together a list of vegan options as far as I can tell, gleaned from the list (and a list that is still potentially being updated – over here<\/a>). There are quite a few overtly vegan options this year, so much so that they even have “vegan” right in the title. Very exciting.<\/p>\n

I’ll have to email again the organizers and see if they happen to have a definitive list this year, and I’ve bugged some of the restaurants on twitter, and I’ll collect what I find out here:
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\nVegan Food Options:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claudia Gaviria, CrudaCafe<\/a>
\nRaw Truffle King Oyster Mushroom Tartlets, and mini dessert “Love Me Forever Vegan Tarts”<\/p>\n

Bashir Munye, My Little Dumplings<\/a>
\nVegan Squash and Green Curry Dumplings.<\/p>\n

Chef Jeff Dueck from Frank Restaurant at the AGO<\/a> – Art Gallery of Ontario
\nVegan Fava Pur\u00e9e, with Sunchokes and Winter Vegetables<\/p>\n

Therese DeGrace & Christopher Ennew, St. Anne’s Spa<\/a>
\nVegan Mushroom Ragout over Peppered Polenta with a Tofu Truffle \u201cricotta\u201d<\/p>\n

Brad Long, Caf\u00e9 BeLong<\/a>
\nFaux Pho made with Vegan Broth and Omnivorous Options<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of maybes based on last years offerings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rocco Agostino, Pizzeria Libretto\/Enoteca Sociale
\nWarm Ribollita Salad with Beans, Beets, Carrot, Kale, Fennel, and Potato<\/p>\n

Donna Dooher, Mildred’s Temple Kitchen
\nVeggie Tagine with Couscous and Preserved Lemon<\/p>\n

Alcoholic Drinks (with help from\u00a0Barnivore<\/a>\u00a0and company emails.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southbrook Vineyards<\/a>
\n2011 Triomphe Chardonnay, 2011 Connect Red<\/p>\n

Frog Pond Farm Organic Winery<\/a>
\n2008 Organic Riesling, 2008 Organic Cabernet, 2009 Organic Cabernet Franc Ros\u00e9<\/p>\n

Rosewood Estates Winery<\/a>
\n2010 Merlot, 2010 Sussreserve Riesling – (But not the mead of course)<\/p>\n

Lailey Vineyard<\/a> (White Wines Only)
\nChardonnay 2010<\/p>\n

Nickel Brook Brewery<\/a>
\nGreen Apple Pilsner, Gluten free, Premium Organic Lager, Naughty Neighbour American Pale Ale<\/p>\n

Black Oak Brewing Co<\/a>
\nPale Ale, Nut Brown Ale<\/p>\n

Non-Alcoholic Drinks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighthouse Lemonade<\/a> –\u00a0A Maritime family lemonade recipe, served hot or cold<\/p>\n

Crema Coffee Co<\/a> with Detour Coffee Roasters<\/a> – It’ll be an evening of americanos and espressos for us. We might bring along our own non-dairy milk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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