Meat alternatives and substitutes sometimes get a bad rap. Their proximity to the real thing is viewed with suspicion and used to cast aspersions on vegans and vegetarians. The question always arises around these kinds of products of why we try to replicate something if there is an ethical aversion to it. This is a…
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Ten Fall Recipes To Ease the End Of Summer
Is there really any reason to look forward to the end of summer? If you’re like me, you probably dread the arrival of colder weather and shorter days, but there is at least one pleasant change brought in with the seasonal shift. Autumn flavours and ingredients help soften the harsh, rocky transition away from the…
The Best Online Vegan Cooking Classes
Cooking and baking has become a passion for many over this last year of home confinement, while other veteran home chefs have developed a deeper appreciation for the simple comfort cooking provides. But inevitably you may hit a wall where your skills cap and you need a little extra help, a little extra guidance, to…
Quick and Easy Granola Bars
Granola Bars used to be one of my favourite after school snacks. The Quaker Oats Chewy Chocolate Chip were my favourite – don’t try and convince me of the merit of crunchy granola bars – and they continue to elicit a strong nostalgic response. They would be enjoyed with a tall glass of cold milk…
Sweet Potato Biscuits
The baking fever that marked the very first lockdown never really hit me like it did many others. It didn’t really hit me in the second wave either, which was probably for the best consider how difficult it was to get things like flour and yeast. Now in the third wave, I’ve finally succumbed to…
The Best New Vegan Restaurants in Toronto.
The pandemic has ripped through the restaurant industry not once but multiple times now, with each successive wave pummeling their well-being and ability to survive. These aren’t just businesses, they are the embodiment of people’s dreams, of their sweat, blood and tears. We often frame our memories with our experiences with food, and for owners,…
The Vegan Pantry
I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions, and if there was ever a year to relax our ambitions and go easy on ourselves for the goals we missed checking off, this is it. There’s a good chance that 2021 will look a lot like 2020, which means it’s probably safest to not make any grandiose…
Miso-Peanut Udon Noodle Stew
Anyone who has tried to piece together a fully functional meal from disparate cupboard and fridge remains knows that random recipe concoctions can go very wrong sometimes, but once in a while you stumble upon some really nice combinations. Working with ingredients on hand is great practice and pushes you to think about the ingredients…
Tofu Mini-Quiche with Kale Guacamole
The benefit of the COVID lock-downs (one of the few) is that I get more time for cooking. The downside (one of the many) is that there’s no one to share all that food with. For me, one of the greatest pleasures of cooking is indulging your friends and loved ones with your latest successful…
Coffee Brownies
I have such an emotional attachment to brownies. I can’t think of any other dessert that generates as much enthusiasm from me. The very last time I went to a grocery store before this pandemic lockdown I stopped in at McEwan (Chef Mark McEwan flagship market at Yonge and Bloor) on my way home from…
Plant and Pine 