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Holiday season is almost upon us - and there's lots of ways to celebrate and save!  

Make your first stop for holiday shopping our annual sale and open house on December 12th. Then, head to Magic Oven or Le Commensal to take advantage of some great holiday specials they're offering.

Then it will be time to ring in the new year with a bang - and we'll be doing just that by starting the third year of our strategic plan with our Compassion for Animals focus by launching Meat Free Mondays.

While you wait for these exciting events, stay warm and healthy with Glorious Roasted Garlic Soup.

Don't Miss These Upcoming Events!

TVA's Annual Holiday Sale and Open House will happen on Saturday, December 12th from 12 to 5 pm. And Doug McNish will host another Holiday Cooking Demo on Sunday, December 13th. Find out more in the TVA in Action section.

Today Liam and John eat a lot of food and you get to hear all about it!  What a great way to spend 25 minutes of your time!  They start with splitting an X-large Fredo from Pizzaiolololo.  That didn't seem to satiate the two podcast hosts, however, as they still had room for some spiced pear cake from HOT YAM!  Needless to say both Liam and John left feeling quite full. 

The two podcast hosts also found time to discuss the recent events at the TVA Annual General Meeting. 

There was also some discussion about:  Thai food, eating in South America, and Bob Barker.

This week's episode is a no-fish-sauce-in-my-Thai-food 25 minutes.

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• Diane Burgin
• Jess Eisen
• Fraser Gibson
• Alan Jaffee
• Twyla Kowalenko
• Holly Larson
• Jenny McQueen
• Peter McQueen
• Colleen Shea
• Udai Srinivasan
• Tracey Weir

Where to eat

Pulp Kitchen Juicebar & Eatery (1129 Queen St E, e. of Pape, www.pulpkitchen.ca ) announces "After a long and somewhat painful delay, I am ever so happy to announce that Pulp Kitchen is finally open! We'll be running a limited menu as we build up and will be announcing some exciting new items as we ramp up." – Marie Crawford, owner.

Joe Yee Vegetarian Cuisine (9688 Leslie St. Unit 17-18, s. of Major Mackenzie Dr. E, Richmond Hill, 905-884-6882) has just opened in September. They are a Chinese and Japanese restaurant in Richmond Hill. Min Min writes "There is even a refrigerated counter for the 'fake' sashimi.  The 'sashimi' are mock fish products produced in Taiwan, but unfortunately, are not vegan since they contain milk products."

Kale Eatery (2366 Yonge St, n. of Eglington, www.KaleEatery.com) will be opening early December 2009.  This is Sunny Cafe's new location of pay-by-weight vegetarian eat-in or take-out food. 

Get Real Cafe on Ossington has closed. Noted by BlogTO .

Vacation Destinations

Casa Amanecer Bed and Breakfast (Costa Rica, www.casa-amanecer-cr.com , 506-2445-2100)
Vegetarian-friendly B&B in Costa Rica.

Best All-Day Breakfasts Reviewed

Congratulations to the all vegetarian joint, Sadie's Diner which made it to number 4 on BlogTO's 12 Best All Day Breakfast in Toronto! Karine's came in at number 11 with many vegetarian & vegan options. 

Liam provides some excitement to today's show by supplying both co-hosts with some samples of vegan donuts from Seattle's Mighty O.  This donut shop uses vegan and organic ingredients.  These donuts are simply out of this world.

Liam also gives listeners a report about his recent experiences at the restaurants One Love and Calico.  He is very impressed with both places and plans on returning.  

John talks about the Toronto Vegetarian Association's Annual General Meeting which is taking place this Thursday.  TVA members are encouraged to come out and help decide this year's Board of Directors by placing your vote.

This week's episode is a well-dressed-vegan-man 31 minutes.

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With two of our largest events behind us, TVA is focused on planning new projects and getting the word out about the importance of a healthy, vegetarian diet through community outreach.

We hope you'll join us at our Annual General Meeting in mid November to learn about our 2010 Compassion Initiatives. But there's more than just business to take care of right now, and we hope you'll get involved! 

This month we're here to tell you about upcoming social events, our Annual Holiday Open House and Book Sale, a cooking series, and outreaching in the community. 

After all that activity, take some time to simmer down and enjoy a warm autumn meal of ginger roasted vegetables, that will help you stay healthy as we move into the cold winter months. We're transitioning the nutrient of the month column to the nutritious profile of the month, where we'll let you know about a food item that's particularly nourishing. 

Don't Miss These Upcoming Events!

TVA's Annual Holiday Sale and Open House will happen on Saturday, December 12th from 12 to 5 pm.

Nimisha Raja of Evolving Appetites is hosting a cooking series focused on healthy eating for preventing cancer. There are three classes left so be sure to find out more in the TVA in Action section.

November 1st marked World Vegan Day, and the timing couldn't have been more fitting. The Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization that provides accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues in the areas of Climate & Energy, Food & Agriculture, and the Green Economy, recently released a report detailing the grusome effects of animal agriculture on the environment.

Titled Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?, the report argues that the environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and that the raising and slaughter of animals for food in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases (GHGs). Click here for a link to the full report.

Looking for a way to continue celebrating World Vegan Day this week? Check out veg.ca/events for a listing of upcoming events in the community. World Vegan Day hosted by Urban Edge Yoga is one event taking place on November 5th.  

On this dark Halloween night many kids and adults connect with what scares them. But have you ever noticed how few people dress up as slaughterhouse workers or factory farm operators?

I suspect that meat eaters don't want to think about it, and society has hidden the animals and killing floors from view.

While we spend one night fantasizing about horror, most farm animals live it everyday.

Please remember the unseen multitudes that get reared in hellish factory farms awaiting slaughter. Each year, over 650 million animals are slaughtered in Canada and a staggering 9.4 billion are butchered in the U.S.

[Image above: Modern Man Followed by the Ghosts of His Meat. ©1990 Sue Coe.]

While I didn't see any kids dressed as slaughterhouse operators last Halloween, I did come across a gruesome display of human body parts packaged in cellophane. Fortunately they were fake, unlike the real animal body parts for sale in supermarkets.

Continue reading to see a larger size of this image and more information about the number of animals killed for food each year.

Today John is joined by Colleen who has lots to catch up on with podcast listeners.  She talks about her recent trip to her doctor and her opinions on the vaccinations that were discussed. Colleen is definitely not sold on getting injected.

On a more positive note Colleen did have a great trip to Kingston, ON recently.  She learned how to make pierogies from scratch; prior to this she thought pierogies were a pre-packaged item bought in stores that you kept in your freezer in case of emergencies.

John and Colleen were pleased to help a couple of high school students who came into the office today who were working on a project about vegetarianism.  The students walked away with lots of information.

This week's podcast is a vegan-kimchi 28 minutes.

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Liam starts this week's podcast by singing the praises of the Ethiopian restaurant Nazareth where he had a great experience this week.  Liam enjoyed it because Nazareth serves great food which is filling and it doesn't hurt the pocketbook. 

John joins the fray by talking about a couple of messages TVA received this week.  There is going to be a new restaurant opening in the Yonge/Eglinton area called Kale (website) and the sign outside says that it will serve "veggie, macrobiotic and organic food".  There will be more news about this restaurant when they open.  There was also a request for some vegetarian related help from St. John's, Newfoundland.  John and Liam take a stab at helping out a new vegetarian in a place where vegetarianism isn't so common place. 

The two co-hosts also discuss:
- issues around Halloween
- squash soup
- egg replacers

This week's podcast is a SOUPercharged 33 minutes.

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