Category: Restaurants
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Travelling while vegan: Bruges
Bruges is gorgeous, and has an outdoor restaurant culture with all sorts of beautiful patios, many along the canals or on bustling squares scattered throughout the town. If I had to score it on the vegan front, I’d give it a B-. It’s not without vegan options if you do some research ahead of time.…
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What is a vegan to do when a favourite plant-based business expands to include animal products?
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve heard of two example — one local here in London, Ontario and one elsewhere, in LA — where a formerly fully plant-based business has decided to “change its business model” to include animal products. This decision always generates backlash among vegans, who see it as a betrayal and,…
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Five-course dessert tasting: a five-star experience
Every once in awhile I hear about a hidden gem that just takes plant-based dining experiences to a new level. I learned through the grapevine that an acquaintance of mine who lives about 90 minutes east of here, in Waterloo, comes to London (Ontario, just to be clear) monthly to attend a five-course, plant-based dessert…
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Plant-based brunch makes a great weekend outing
Who doesn’t love brunch out with friends? It just screams “leisurely weekend activity” to me. Sadly, a lot of vegans feel sidelined in the breakfast/brunch out department because these meals seem to focus so heavily on animal products. Sometimes at traditional breakfast diners you will find nothing but toast as a vegan option. There are…
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Voilà Vegan: Recipes from a stealth vegan pâtisserie in Paris
I love a good vegan story, and the story of Boneshaker Donuts and Coffee in Paris and the resulting cookbook, Voilà Vegan, is magnifique! Amanda Bankert is a donut-loving American living in Paris. She trained in pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu and, determined to bring American-style donuts to Paris, opened the first of her two…
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Catering fail—no protein
Here’s a thing that has always been annoying: when so-called chefs can’t figure out protein that is not from an animal source. I blogged about it at Fit Is a Feminist Issue back in 2015. I have just come from two days at an off-site meeting where the catering fell short in this way. Now,…
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Travelling while vegan: Stockholm
Continuing my “Travelling while vegan” series, today I’m going to share my experience of seeking vegan options in Stockholm, Sweden. My schedule has been off because of the trip and trying to get back to my rhythm in the Eastern Time zone, which is why the Friday fun-post is landing on a Sunday. I can’t…
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Pizza, again! (This time in Stockholm)
I have blogged about pizza before, and no doubt I will blog about it again. This time, it’s pizza at a wonderful vegan restaurant I’ve discovered in Stockholm. The restaurant is called Veganska Olbaren and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve eaten there twice. I’ll say more about the vegan charcuterie board I…
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Travelling while vegan: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
I don’t travel as much as I used to, but I’m doing it more than I did during the pandemic. I was recently vacationing in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario where I spent two weeks with my parents in Haliburton. While away, I came up with the idea of a series of “travelling while vegan” posts. Whenever…
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