Where do you find recipes for joy, empowerment, and celebration? Eco-chef, Bryant Terry, passionately points the way with Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African American Cuisine. In this interview, Terry digs into soul food’s green past and explains why healthy grub is the essential antidote to today’s “food deserts.” From the Black Panthers’ … Continue reading
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Hey, Sweetness!: Confessions of a Fair Trade Chocolatier
If you don’t live in Toronto, prepare to be very jealous. In this interview we speak with Siue Moffat, of Lickin’ the Beaters fame, who is an independent, vegan, socially and environmentally conscious chocolatier. Currently, Moffat lovingly handcrafts sixteen mind-blowing (taste-bud blowing?) truffle flavours to delight the palate as well as the eyes. From Dark … Continue reading
A Perfect Blend of Sweet and Savoury: The Dish on Compassionate Cooks
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, founder of Compassionate Cooks, is “one to know” in the vegetarian and animal movements, and with good reason. Through her friendly and intensely informational “Food for Thought” podcasts, cooking videos, and written publications (such as the award-winning The Joy of Vegan Baking), Patrick-Goudreau debunks stereotypes about vegetarianism and animal rights, all without being … Continue reading
Vegan à Go-Go: An Interview with Sarah Kramer
Tune in as we catch up with the renowned cookbook author and vegan icon, Sarah Kramer, currently on tour with Vegan à Go-Go: A Cookbook and Survival Manual for Vegans on the Road. Though Kramer’s emphasis remains on the recipes, readers are also treated to creative and seasoned traveling tips for the savvy tripper. Featuring … Continue reading
Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off
Join us live on location for the premier Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off. Hosted by the Toronto Vegetarian Association (TVA), this celebratory event brought together sweet lovers of all persuasions. With thirty submissions, baked selections included a variety of homemade goods, such as cookies, pies, cupcakes, and squares, among other delectables. Listen in as we chat … Continue reading
Toronto’s Vegetarian Food Fair: A Delicious Celebration
Get the scoop on the upcoming 24th Annual Vegetarian Food Fair happening on September 5, 6, and 7 in Toronto. In this interview, we are joined by the Toronto Vegetarian Association’s (TVA) enthusiastic and very busy Food Fair Coordinator, Mishka Alarcon. Alarcon provides an overview of the Food Fair, highlights from the events’ schedule, and … Continue reading
Advice from Best-Selling Vegan Cookbook Author, Isa Chandra Moskowitz
In this show, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, of Veganomicon and Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World fame, imparts her well-honed baking and cooking wisdom to our inquisitive listeners. On the sweet side, discover Moskowitz’ all-time favourite cupcake and the one she still hopes to invent. On the savory side, check out Moskowitz’ pointers for freezing casseroles … Continue reading
Casting Spells from the Veganomicon: An Interview with Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
1924 – Penniless Sci-Fi author H.P. Lovecraft writes his first story that includes the Necronomicon (book of the dead), a book of spells and incantations designed for protecting yourself from malevolent intergalactic space creatures. His stories don’t become famous until after he dies, but many future generations of geeky teens are enthralled by Lovecraft’s paranoid and … Continue reading
Travel Tips with Sarah Kramer, and Beating the Odds with BETA
Seasoned traveller Sarah Kramer invites you to share your favourite recipes from How it All Vegan, The Garden of Vegan, and La Dolce Vegan, for her upcoming cute and compact travel book. In this fun interview, we peek into Vegan A Go-Go, and hear Sarah’s essential tips for the road. Then we connect with Maggy (Marguerite Shaarawi) from Beirut for … Continue reading
Hearth to Home: Elegant and Hearty Cuisine with Raisa Jari & Mitchell Cutler
Get ready to salivate! On this program we connect with the folks from Hearth to Home, Raisa Jari and Mitchell Cutler. This culinary duo “prepares fresh organic vegan meals that feature elegant contemporary flavours as well as traditional favourites adapted to healthier plant-based versions. The meals are then delivered to Toronto homes each week.” In 2005, … Continue reading
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