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A gluten-free, vegan survey

Filed in baking,cooking,shopping,Toronto,What the heck do vegans eat?, October 16, 2011, 7:08 pm by ,

Hi! Yes, I still exist, and yes, I’m still a gluten-free vegan! I’ve just been busy – we bought a house in April, closed in June, and had a whirlwind summer of travelling, unpacking, and being with friends. To get started blogging again, I thought I’d do something very low-key and post my responses to [...]

Bunner’s Bake Shop

Filed in restaurants,shopping,Toronto, February 21, 2011, 3:24 pm by , ,

Toronto bakeries and coffee shops take note: you can make wonderful baked goods that are both gluten-free and vegan. As someone who adheres to both of those diets, it can be very difficult finding a snack if I’m at a cafe with Rich on a lazy weekend afternoon. Toronto has a lot of choices for [...]

The Mythical Daiya Cheese

Filed in shopping,Toronto, May 9, 2010, 12:58 pm by

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 [...]

Green Living Show

Filed in drink,events,shopping,Toronto,wine, April 29, 2009, 9:32 am by ,

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 [...]

Longing for the days of summer

Filed in markets,shopping,Toronto, April 20, 2009, 6:19 pm by

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 [...]