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The Mythical Daiya Cheese

Vegans here in Toronto have been all a flutter (or should I say all a twitter?) about Daiya over the past few months. So what’s Daiya?

Daiya is a company that produces two kinds of  vegan ‘cheese’ products that look, smell, melt and taste a lot like cheese. No, really, they do! Even Rich, who has [...]


Green Living Show

Rich and I checked out the Green Living Show on Saturday, thanks to two free tickets from Ecochick. We missed the show last year and had been looking forward to checking out all the green products this year.
There were lots of vendors showing off non-food items like home decor and appliances, clothing, cars and bikes, [...]


Longing for the days of summer

Yesterday I was flipping through my flickr photo account and looking at some of the photos I took last year. I came across my St. Lawrence Market set and remembered that I hadn’t posted here about the lovely farmers markets that take place there.

St. Lawrence Market is really a piece of Toronto history, spanning all [...]


Fresh organic food in the Annex

Rich and I spend a lot of our free time in the Annex, just hanging out, sipping coffee at cafes or grabbing a pint at the Victory Cafe. So it’s only fitting that we’re moving there. Just two months to go!
I recently reviewed Organics on Bloor for Foodtv.ca, the timing for which was rather fitting [...]


The Cupcakery

Cupcakes are a bit of a contentious issue here in Toronto. We argue about who has the best ones, who uses real butter in their buttercream, and if it’s really worth it to pay $3 for a single cupcake. There’s even a cupcake camp happening next weekend!
For my birthday, I asked Rich to pick [...]