Hummus is one of the superheroes in my vegan life – it’s always there in a pinch, providing sustenance, simplicity, and flavour when and where it’s most needed. Like a lot of great food, it originates in the Middle-East (Levant) and has been a staple there for centuries. An interesting aside, in a region that…
Month: June 2019
Vegan-Friendly Travel Destinations for 2019
The last couple weeks or so I’ve been feeling particularly stir-crazy. The weather here has not been great and it’s been forcing me to stay indoors more than usual. Adding to the wet milieu is a general irritation with urban living – the incessant noise, construction, and chaos of life in a city of 3…
A Guide to Toronto’s Best Vegan Pizza
As I’ve documented a few times in various online channels, pizza is my favorite food. A cheese pizza was the last thing I ate before going completely vegan ten years ago, and while there wasn’t much that I thought I’d miss foodwise, I did have some reservations about giving up pizza. Fortunately that same year,…
Rigatoni with Basil-Avocado Pesto & Roasted Fiddleheads and Squash.
There are several reliable indications that spring has arrived in Ontario. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen a lot of the rain, a less than pleasant, but pivotal herald of the new season. But with the wet deluge comes other more amiable spring things. It’s finally holding at a mostly pleasant temperature, the…
Plant and Pine 