When Rosalinda first opened six years ago, Toronto’s vegan food scene, while on a definite upward trajectory, was veering towards a homogenous type of plant-based cuisine that usually centred around burgers, mock meats, or other delicious, deep-fried things. There’s nothing wrong with that type of food, and there were, and still are, a lot of…
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What’s on the Menu at Toronto’s New Plant-Based Italian Restaurant
Osteria Du was an exciting addition to Toronto’s vegan food scene when it first opened in 2021, and it offered something that, at the time, no other restaurant did – a completely plant based Italian menu. It’s location on one of the city’s most prominent commercial strips – Queen West – also signalled a further…
Monthly Updates – What’s New in the Plant Based World.
Restaurant Openings Have a restaurant opening in your city you’d like to see covered? Send the details to plantandpine(at)gmail.com Soy Boys (471 Church Street) Finally a fully vegan restaurant in the Church-Wellesley village! Soy Boys is a take-out burger joint with a simple, straight-forward menu of burgers, waffle fries and soft serve. Let’s hope that…
The Best Vegan Pizza in Toronto
I love pizza and I eat it probably close to once a week. When I went vegan about 4 years ago I thought that this borderline obsession was going to come to an abrupt end. At first I thought it was fine because I always had pasta that would get me by when I’m craving…
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,…
Toronto’s Best Vegan Breakfast and Brunch
At one time, getting together with friends for a leisurely weekend brunch, as a vegan, meant you were probably going to be eating orange juice and possibly a salad for breakfast, but Toronto’s food scene is evolving rapidly and there’s now no shortage of plant based brunch and breakfast options in the city. Kupfert and…
A Guide to Paris, France
In the pantheon of great cities, none have arguably achieved a more legendary status than that of Paris. With its grand boulevards, towering monuments, endless historical facades, and the general joie de vivre that fills every city pore, it’s hard to imagine there’s a more impressive and vibrant urban center anywhere else in the world….
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,…
A Guide to Lisbon, Portugal
The last five months have passed by in such blur as I tried frantically to get some movement with several long term projects. I was finally able to officially launch the Plant and Pine store, made some headway on my novel, started writing a second, wrote, revised, and submitted several short stories, a few poems,…
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