{"id":6039,"date":"2019-09-09T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2019-09-09T10:14:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:14:04","slug":"toronto-vegfest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/toronto-vegfest-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Vegfest 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We made it to <a href=\"http:\/\/vegfoodfest.com\/\">Toronto&#8217;s Vegfest<\/a>, this will be my 8th year attending. I think I might have missed a year somewhere along the line, but I&#8217;m there pretty much every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/veg-food-fest.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of my hand holding a Veg Food Fest brochure.\" class=\"wp-image-6052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/veg-food-fest.jpg 433w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/veg-food-fest-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The past week was spent cottaging in Muskoka, and we got back mid-way on Saturday so I wasn&#8217;t sure if we&#8217;d make it this year. Plus if I&#8217;m going to be honest with you, I was kind of avoiding it &#8211; it&#8217;s a big and busy festival with lots of people, but we did make it, and grabbed some good food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These aren&#8217;t all the highlights of our time, but it&#8217;s some of the stuff I tried, bought, or saw at VegFest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingdeli.com\/\">Wandering Deli<\/a> was at VegFest this year, and I wanted to mention that Wandering Deli is going to open a vegan cheese shop. There is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/wandering-deli-a-vegan-cheese-shop-in-toronto\/x\/3621311#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">an Indigogo campaign<\/a>, so you could click over there and check it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2IiyDfpNoU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2IiyDfpNoU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <div style=\" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> <p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2IiyDfpNoU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our first vegfoodfest Saturday went pretty well! Chatted with so many new folks, saw some beloved market regulars come out, finally met some other much admired cheesemakers, had the best helper ( thank you so much to our former biz partner and forever friend James for helping us today!!!) The future of this winding path is looking pretty lovely. #hooorayforvegancheese<\/a><\/p> <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wanderingdeli\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Wandering Deli<\/a> (@wanderingdeli) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-09-08T02:29:23+00:00\">Sep 7, 2019 at 7:29pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been happy to follow along with their cheese making journey (as a happy customer) for the last few years and it&#8217;s been cool to see them develop their brand, product, and get to this stage. They work hard, and make a great vegan cheese, I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing what&#8217;s next for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first stop at VegFest was over at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/nutsforcheese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuts for Cheese<\/a>, another great Ontario vegan cheese maker that is killing it. I&#8217;ve been eagerly awaiting their Black Garlic cheese wedge, but they were sold out. 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a> <p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1ybDsjnWK6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who IS she? \u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800 Acquaint yourselves with ?Black Garlic!? Launching FW19. Our new flavour features an activated Charcoal Rind with earthy notes of porcini mushroom and umami-caramel notes of fermented black garlic. \u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800\u2800 Find her in select stores starting this September!<\/a><\/p> <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nutsforcheese\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Nuts For Cheese<\/a> (@nutsforcheese) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-08-30T12:18:36+00:00\">Aug 30, 2019 at 5:18am PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Next stop was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastendvegan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">EastEnd Vegan<\/a>, they&#8217;re a Scarborough based almond based vegan cheese maker, and are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturesbakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">YamChops<\/a> and a variety of other spots in the city, including a few farmers&#8217; markets. They had this awesome Jammin&#8217; Jerk flavour that I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve seen in stores in the past, I wish I grabbed some more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chau-Tofu-Bao.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chau-Tofu-Bao.jpg 501w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chau-Tofu-Bao-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chau-Tofu-Bao-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Chau-Tofu-Bao-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I wandered over to a new-to-me vendor called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chautoronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chau Toronto<\/a>, a project from an internationally trained chef (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chefjanetran.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Chef Jane Tran<\/a>) and bought some To-f#%ing Good Bao and some Vietnamese iced coffee with Chau-made condensed coconut milk. It was great, and I&#8217;m glad I decided to wait in the line that was forming first thing in the morning. Chau isn&#8217;t a 100% vegan thing, but they say they try to make vegan things at every event they go to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JC had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lordofthefries.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Lord of The Fries<\/a> with S, but I missed out &#8211; seems like they were having a great day too! It&#8217;s amazing that the folks came all the way from Australia to share their stuff with us, but it&#8217;s A-OK by me &#8211; but I do wonder what it means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I met up with JC and the small human at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oatandmill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Oat &amp; Mill<\/a> booth where they had ice cream that they really liked, and I didn&#8217;t try (though I had a taste of the blue one, because that&#8217;s what the kiddo was eating)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Culcherd-cheeses-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Culcherd-cheeses-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Culcherd-cheeses-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We talked to Tim at <a href=\"https:\/\/culcherd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Culcherd<\/a>, and it sounds like they&#8217;ve got a lot of cool stuff coming up including a bunch of new products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried a few of their new butters (garlic and a cinnamon sugar one, both of which are going to be perfect on bread &#8211; though perhaps not at the same time&#8230;) They also have a new everything bagel cheese going on. I bought a few cheeses to go &#8211; I usually pick their butters up from <a href=\"https:\/\/unboxedmarket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Unboxed Market<\/a> (they sell the cheeses package free\/BYOP.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frito-pie-pizza-apiecalypse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frito-pie-pizza-apiecalypse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frito-pie-pizza-apiecalypse-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I got in line for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apiecalypsenow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Apiecalypse<\/a>, and waited my turn &#8211; I had my eyes on a slice of the frito pie pizza and some magic squares.  I used to buy large quantities of magic squares from Apiecalypse Bakery in Mirvish Village in the annex before the buildings all got knocked down, and I picked up quite a taste for them.  I havent&#8217; seen them at the pizza spot on Bloor, but it&#8217;s a different focus &#8211; so whenever Apiecalypse is at a show, I&#8217;m excited to get a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some bonus mentions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturesbakery.com\/\">Nature&#8217;s Bakery<\/a> was handing out samples of their Fig Bars, and the kid was very excited about them. They make for a pretty decent snack food to take with us on outings. There was also <a href=\"http:\/\/threefarmers.ca\/\">Three Farmers<\/a>, which makes one of my favourite savoury snack foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The trouble with leaving VegFest to Sunday is that many vendors have run out of things &#8211; especially new vendors that didn&#8217;t know what to expect &#8211; but I think we had a decent visit and got most of what we were looking for. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We made it to Toronto&#8217;s Vegfest, this will be my 8th year attending. I think I might have missed a year somewhere along the line, but I&#8217;m there pretty much every year. 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