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  • Travelling while vegan: Longpoint, Port Dover, and Stratford in Southwestern Ontario

    Travelling while vegan: Longpoint, Port Dover, and Stratford in Southwestern Ontario

    Summer is such a great season in Ontario and I have had lots of outings, with more to come. Most recently, I attended a wedding in the Longpoint/Port Dover area and a few days later went to Stratford for lunch and a play. They’re not really the sorts of day trips or even weekend trips…

  • Travelling while vegan: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (2025 edition)

    Travelling while vegan: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (2025 edition)

    Here I am, back in Haliburton for a week to visit my parents. We usually go out for at least one meal. On Wednesday we took a trip to a restaurant we’ve long-frequented called Rhubarb. It’s not fully vegan but they have a couple of vegan options. The day before we picked up a few…

  • How about a donut?

    How about a donut?

    Yesterday I had to go back to London to sign some papers, so I took advantage of it to have lunch at PMK and to stop by V-Foodspot to get some donuts for last night’s dessert. I’m not the biggest donut fan, but V-Foodspot does make a good donut and those donuts do indeed hold…

  • Vegan Sushi in Toronto

    Vegan Sushi in Toronto

    I’ve recently moved to Toronto from London, Ontario. London was a great place to be vegan. I had my two favourite all-vegan restaurants — PMK and V-Foodspot. And I had a handful of other places that were either mostly vegan or had a great selection of vegan options — Udupi Krishna, Zen Gardens, Udupi Dosa,…

  • Sarah Kramer made it fun to be vegan

    Sarah Kramer made it fun to be vegan

    In recent weeks, the vegan community lost an amazing ambassador far too soon. Their wonderful cookbooks brimmed with delicious recipes and Sarah’s big, beautiful, and vibrant personality. They were someone who you felt like you knew even if you didn’t know them personally (as was my situation). As reported in their obituary in the Globe…

  • Another batch of South African faux pickled f*sh

    Another batch of South African faux pickled f*sh

    It’s Good Friday, and though I’m not an observant Christian, I have some entrenched family traditions around food that still give me comfort. I made a new batch of pickled tofu and cauliflower this year, and it’s marinating in its curry and onion glory right this minute. I’ll pull it out for lunch and probably…

  • Satisfying a craving for Singapore noodles

    Satisfying a craving for Singapore noodles

    Have you ever had a craving for something that just fixates in your mind for days? Such was my experience over the past week when the idea of Singapore noodles came to me. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a thin rice vermicelli noodle dish with a mild curry flavour and usually red…

  • It’s not too late to jump into Veganuary (or plan for Vegruary)

    It’s not too late to jump into Veganuary (or plan for Vegruary)

    It’s been a hectic start to the year and I completely overlooked the arrival of Veganuary! So many people make commitments to kick off a new year, and Veganuary is a wonderful experience. It’s a well-run organization that provides all sorts of resources to people who are already vegan, considering it, interested in learning more,…

  • To whom should plant-based alternatives be marketed?

    To whom should plant-based alternatives be marketed?

    Whenever a new plant-based product shows up on the shelves or in the freezer of a local supermarket, my vegan community group lights up with posts letting us all know. It is truly exciting to many of us to have a new product to try in the ever-expanding line-up for plant-based options being developed for…

  • Vegan holiday cooking

    Vegan holiday cooking

    This time of year brings all sorts of festive occasions. Maybe you’re hosting or maybe you’re attending a pot luck or maybe, like me, you like giving people cookies. Regardless, whether you’re in charge of a full feast, making the hors d’oeuvres, or bringing a dessert, you don’t need to be serving or eating dead…