Colleen and I (John) have a bevy of news items to address. On the fun front: Udupi Palace is having a dosa eating contest. These dosas are supercharged with lots of chlilies so those of you with an iron stomach, you've found your calling. The contest gets going on Sunday, August the 24th at 2pm outside of Udupi Palace (1460 Gerrard Street East).

On the sad front: Maple Leaf foods has had to recall their packaged meats due to a listeriosis outbreak. Four people have died so far and another couple dozen are seriously ill.

On the cool front: Sneaky Dee's (a popular restaurant/bar at the Bathurst/College intersection) has lots of vegan items on their menu now. Some of these items include: vegan nachos, a tofu wrap, veggie burger and cupcakes. Indeed, vegan cupcakes do take over the world.

But it's not just fun and games on today's podcast as there is news of a new soy milk which will be of interest to Torontonians. Yoso (based in Cambridge, Ontario) is a local producer of soy milk and yogurt. Colleen reports that the milk is delicious and can be purchased at the Big Carrot. Update: "Last night it had thickened considerably and by this morning it had curdled completely. The due date wasn't until Aug 29. So, I'm going to have to retract my good review of it," writes Colleen. Perhaps it really wants to be yogurt?

I am happy to report that my marathon training is going well which means I'm burning a lot of calories - I can stare down massive portions of food and know that there will be no leftovers.

There are lots of awesome upcoming events with the Toronto Vegetarian Association. On Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8pm there is the Shades of Green Party (a semi-formal silent auction) taking place at Vegetarian Haven. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20 or $50 qualifies you for a charitable donation receipt. Call 416-544-9800 if you're interested. The Vegetarian Food Fair is a mere two weeks away. Lastly, there will be a vegan Bake-on taking place October 4, 2008 - listen to future podcasts and check veg.ca for more information.

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Colleen and I (John) discuss many a far off place in today's podcast. First, we thank David from Atlanta (Hotlanta!) for sending us two Cosmo's Vegan Shoppe t-shirts. In order to receive these t-shirts we answered a question (posed by David) on podcast 107 about the "un-vegan" things that we do. I still wear a 15-year-old leather belt fairly regularly and Colleen sometimes kills cockroaches.

There is also some discussion about "Korean Night". This is an evening where friends get together to try out the Korean recipes from The Asian Vegan Kitchen cookbook. I am making Hodo Kwaja (Korean Walnut Cakes) and Colleen (via her husband) is making Bibim Bop (Spicy Rice).

Next on the world tour is Argentina and Uruguay. There is good vegan eating to be had in these two countries which are known for steak. I highly recommend the following three restaurants in Buenos Aires: Verde Llama, Krishna and Bio. Also, you can eat well in Montevideo and specifically at Bambu. This just proves that there are vegetarian options in parts of the world where you wouldn't expect it. Heck, there's even a vegetarian organization in Argentina and vegan graffiti.

Colleen discusses her love of the raw vegan restaurant, Cilantro in San Diego, and her tempeh salad of which she is equally fond.

This week's question of the week: what are you most looking forward to at this year's food fair? My answer: Brendan Brazier. Colleen's answer: the raw burger in the Food Fair's world café.

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Today, we (Colleen and Angeline) discussed the great visitors we had at the Resource Centre, including honey-mooners from VegMichigan. They visited more of Toronto's vegetarian restaurants than we have eaten at! Their biggest event of the year is VegFest in April. Road trip anyone? We were also visited by a vegetarian doctor who must, unfortunately, remain nameless because he's not taking new patients.

We also waxed poetic on the Vegetarian Food Fair which is coming up soon (Sept. 5, 6, 7), veg-friendly cities in North America, the advantages and disadvantages of watching upsetting films like Earthlings (available at our Resource Centre. View trailer), the vegan bake sale Colleen recently participated in to raise money for Rabbit Rescue, and fakey meats.

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John is joined by Angeline for today's podcast episode. There are several questions and tips from listeners. Shawn writes in and wants to know about making soy milk. While the two podcast hosts have no experience with soy milk makers Angeline describes how she has experience with making the product sans soy milk maker. There is also the suggestion of visiting "The Tofu Guy" in St. Lawrence Market. Steve suggests checking out VeganYumYum's post on making soy milk from scratch. See comment 54 where he writes: "I have a SoyQuick machine and love the taste and ease. I cringed reading your process. The machine method is so easy, and clean up is not that bad."

Shawn also has some great links from BlogTO - the best vegetarian restaurants in Toronto and the best lunches in Kensington Market. In position number one is Urban Herbivore. BlogTO calls them a "vegan paradise."

Another letter comes from David in HOT-lanta. He points out that KFC's veggie burger is reportedly fried in the same fryer as meat, and thus raises the question as to whether it is actually "vegetarian". David is partaking in a 24-hour bike relay which is sponsored by Cosmos Vegan Shoppe. He is also the inspiration for this week's "Question of the week": "When was the last time you did something that wasn't vegan, you knew it wasn't vegan, but you did it anyway?" 'Fess up! John admits to wearing a 15-year-old leather belt fairly regularly. Angeline was volunteering at a vegan farm recently and flicked a cricket off her pants and may have "traumatized it."

The podcast team also recently learned that Dwayne De Rosario is vegan. Say what you will about "vegan celebrities", but John is more impressed by "vegan athletes" because they are very dependent on the food that they are putting in their bodies.

There is also some banter about good food ideas to bring on a plane. The best snacks are dried fruit and trail mix, but there are others up for debate too. Bottom line: don't bring pudding.

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Colleen and I (John) were discussing our usual podcast material when Peter and Jenny McQueen entered the room. Hence, lots of additional opinions abound...especially when it comes to the debate about PETA and KFC's relationship regarding the latter's new vegetarian menu option.

However, there is a general consensus that going to the World Vegetarian Congress is a pretty awesome idea – Peter and Jenny will be doing that in the next couple of weeks.

Now Magazine writes about their favourite selection of sandwiches. Urban Herbivore's BBQ tofu made the list along with a breaded eggplant sandwich from Uno Mustachio in the St. Lawrence Market. It features a pound of eggplant! For those of you keeping score at home, that's a lot of eggplant.

Colleen has some great tips on where to eat if you are in Vienna, Prague, Dresden or Cairo. But if you are eating on the Danforth in Toronto, don't go to Diner's Thai. There is fish sauce in all their dishes. See Hidden fish ingredients at Asian restaurants for more information.

Shawn (an avid listener) wrote to inform us that packaged smoked tofu is presently sparse in the city, but it will be back soon. The "tofuery" which produces smoked tofu is presently relocating. Bryanna Clark Grogan's blog has some good smoked tofu info and a recipe. Shawn also mentions Govinda's restaurant (attached to Toronto's Hare Krishna temple) as being a good vegetarian option, but Steve informs us that this restaurant has recently closed.

John has a great tip for eating locally and it involves the catchy (and annoying) song from Foodland Ontario. There are presently lots of fresh fruits and vegetables in season, including musk melon (or cantaloupe for those not in the know) coming up in August. Check out your local farmers’ market.

This week's question of the week: What is your favourite "hot weather" food? John's response is hummus sandwiches. Colleen's reply is green smoothies and corn on the cob.

Lastly, it is pretty darn easy to discover whether or not your favourite alcoholic beverages are vegan.

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Today, John and Colleen speak about some good recipes and some bad recipes. The good recipes are Dreena Burton's "Spicolli" Burgers (from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan). The bad recipes include forgetting to put yeast into your pizza dough, a triple sesame tofu, and using sweet potato soup instead of mango juice for a smoothie.

However, apparently there are only good recipes at The Graceful Vegetarian Restaurant. A visitor (Patrick) gave the place a ringing endorsement and suggests that it really needs to be experienced. He even claims that it is way better than Simon's Wok, but recommends saying "no egg" when you order. It is located in Markham in the Pacific Mall - a mini Chinatown and hot spot for pirated DVDs.

There was a Globe and Mail article about soy being linked to memory loss which Colleen addresses. She feels that studies such as this one needs to be taken with a grain of salt. According to the BBC's version of the story, only people over the age of 68 may be affected. This Indonsian study also found that eating tempeh, a fermented soy product, was actually associated with better memory. Tempeh contains high levels of the vitamin folate, which is known to reduce dementia risk.

How to create a vegan pizza on the BBQ:
1) Divide basic pizza dough into six equal pieces. Roll dough into rounds approximately 1/4 inch think on a flour-dusted cutting board.
2) Place rounds on an oiled tray and brush the tops with more olive oil.
3) Bring all toppings with the dough to the BBQ.
4) Preheat BBQ to 375°F.
5) Place pizza rounds directly on the oiled grill.
6) Close lid and grill for one to two minutes or until pizza puffs up and has nice grill marks. Flip over. Start adding the sauce, then the toppings.

The question of the week: "What is your favourite ethnic food?" For John it is Ethiopian, especially at Rendez Vous and Ethiopian House. Colleen loves South Korean. She spent some time living there and loves Soon Tubu Jjigae, a spicy silken tofu soup that you dip sticky rice into, glass noodles, all the little side dishes (panchan), kimchi (watch out for shrimp), kimchi soup ("so good!"), and black bean sauce. Check out vegetarian-friendly HoSu Bistro in Toronto. They have two locations: 254 Queen St. W (at John) and 2352 Yonge St (at Eglinton). A lot of Korean restaurants include fish sauce and egg in their tofu and vegetable dishes. "Hosu Bistro is actually the only Korean place I'll go in Toronto."

John and Colleen also debate over the existence of "Dr. John".

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Today, John and Colleen discuss travelling and issues that inevitably arise around being on a sojourn. Colleen recently had a highly successful vegan experience in Prince Edward Island where she ate a lot of potatoes and Lebanese food. John hopes that he can replicate Colleen's luck in a few weeks when he heads to Argentina and Uruguay. There is no way to say "vegan" in Spanish, so one has to say: Yo no como huevos, leche, o queso (I do not eat eggs, milk or cheese). Note: The International Vegetarian Union has several pages with translated phrases for vegetarian and vegan travelers.

Colleen mentions her bake sale contributions which you can purchase on Saturday, August the 2nd from 12 to 4pm outside of Heart On Your Sleeve. All proceeds will be going to Rabbit Rescue.

No podcast would be complete without John and Colleen talking a lot about food. John discusses his experiences with buying a case of mangoes, the challenge of making three new vegan recipes a week, and a raw carrot/parsnip "noodle" dish inspired by the Millennium cookbook. One of John's new recipes was for delicious raw cookies (one cup each of raisins, banana, walnuts and macadamia nuts blended in a food processor then dehydrated). Colleen discusses her favourite smoothie which consists of one banana, one cup of spinach, 3 strawberries, spirulina, efa oil and a bit of ginger.

Colleen poses this question: "What was the first meal you ate where you were consciously going vegan?" For John it was discovering that soy milk tasted alright. Colleen couldn't cook in her pre-veg days, so with limited options in Kingston, she resorted to making a basic curry out of lots of tofu, broccoli, other veggies, soy milk and curry powder. This she ate all the time until she discovered that there were lots of good vegan cookbooks available.

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Today, I (John) am a one-man podcast show, but that doesn't mean there aren't things to talk about. The star of today's show is BlogTO's recent "Best Falafels in Toronto" review. My opinions on the subject:

1. I was impressed by how much geographical area was covered in the search for the city's best falafel. The top three are: King David up near Finch and Dufferin, Queen Pita in Leslieville, and The Empire on Bloor between Ossington and Dufferin.

2. There were two or three falafel places that were left off the list in my opinion: Falafel Queen at the corner of Queen and Bathurst, a place at Page and Bloor whose name I cannot recall, and a little place at the corner of Queen's Quay and Bathurst.

3. Homemade falafel can be darn tasty too ... even if you don't have a deep fryer. Check out page 121 of A Garden of Vegan Cookbook. I like to garnish them with red onions, sprouts and avocado (phenomenal!).

My top favourite snacks
Here are the snacks/quick meals that make it into my T-Mobile Fave Five (Dwayne Wade didn't make it).
5. Banana ice cream (a frozen peeled banana blended with vanilla soy, carob powder, nuts, etc.)
4. Brendan Brazier's Spicy Chocolate Energy Bars (from page 228 of The Thrive Diet)
3. Roasted chick peas (a can of chickpeas, olive oil, with some Italian seasoning in the oven for 40 minutes)
2. Rice noodles with braggs, nutritional yeast and hot sauce
1. Pita bread with ripe avocado

Upcoming recipe disaster? Tomorrow, I have some friends to impress at the Millennium Party and I have to bring smoked tofu as my potluck dish. The store I went to didn't have any for sale so I will be going ad lib with Liquid Smoke. This has "disaster" written all over it. You'll have to tune into the next podcast to see how this one turns out.

Even if I prove to be a Liquid Smoke Failure, you're still going to want to hang out with me simply because I smell phenomenal due in large part to the soap and laundry detergent I use. Both use biodegradeable ingredients and are vegan.

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Today, Lisa and John had a lot to talk about. Last weekend, we made the vegan crepes you see pictured here. The recipe is from Veganomicon and if you want to impress someone, this is the recipe to do it with. We mutually impressed each other with it.

We also discussed our plan for the Millennium Party. No, we're not eight years too late – this is the Millennium cookbook party. Although we may listen to Prince's "1999" while watching Voltron episodes to keep with the theme. If that sounds confusing,  listen to the podcast to get a better understanding.

Soy Delicious has come out with a coconut milk line of non-dairy ice cream to help all of those with soy allergies. It is only available in the U.S. so far.

Oprah's vegan diet experimentation is discussed. She is in the middle of a 21 day vegan challenge. She has had no complaints so far, and has been enjoying it. As a service to all those thinking of trying a vegan diet, Erik Markus has posted an intro series of 21 mini podcasts. Topics include: Essential Cookbooks, Nutrition, Supermarket Survival, and Kitchen Setup.

We mention the Food Network. They are featuring some of Dreena Burton's vegan recipes. There were also some new library books donated today.

If you know of any vegan/vegetarian doctors in the Toronto Area (or those who are understanding/knowledgeable of vegetarian issues) please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it There are lots of questions that come in from the public about this.

Today was Peter McQueen's 50th birthday party! The party was held directly below us at Vegetarian Haven restaurant. As a result, there were lots of people coming into the Resource Centre today. We wish Peter all the best as he has done Toronto Vegetarian Association a great service for over 20 years in about fifty different capacities. He also inspired this week's "Question of the Week:" What would you do to celebrate your 50th birthday? Lisa would be at the Blossoming Lotus in Hawaii and John would be at Farm Sanctuary.

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Today, Steve joined us (John and Coleen), as we tried to fight off the intense Toronto heat by eating some ice cream while doing the podcast. The ice cream was all vegan and came from Hibiscus in Kensington Market. We tasted several of their creative homemade flavours: Earl Grey, Coconut, Double Chocolate, and Pistachio. Hibiscus also makes vegan crepes, salads and cookies.

We were going to have pie from Wanda's Pie in the Sky, but they were sold out of vegan pies. Her new location, across from Urban Herbivore, is entirely vegetarian and will soon offer pizza, sandwiches and soup, in addition to desserts.

There was a lot to talk about this week. Colleen fielded a question about vegan vitamins. There was a discussion about vegetarian barbecuing (veggies in tinfoil, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, and even pizza) and meals to make when it's so hot outside that you refuse to turn on the stove or oven. Good things to try are sandwiches and hearty salads. If incorporating beans, using canned ones will avoid having to cook them. For breakfast, try granola or Ani's raw pudding (1/4 cup dates, 1 1/2 cups water, 2 cups of cashews, and 1/2 cup of shredded coconut in a food processor).

Today's question of the week: what is your favourite unhealthy vegan snack?

The main course of today's show was New York City. Steve visited The Big Apple for a few days last week and had a great time eating at Candle 79, 'snice, Wild Ginger, Red Bamboo, and Babycakes. John was also in NYC last weekend and he had a good time eating at Vegetarian Paradise 2 and Babycakes. For links, check out SuperVegan's top restaurants in NYC.

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Today, Jason and AngelA briefly broke their Resource Centre fast to join me (Colleen) for the 100th episode of the Toronto Vegetarian Podcast!

We warn about surprising animal ingredients at two restaurants: Terroni's Adelaide location in Toronto and Desert Rose Cafe in Elora. Jason talks about a bad experience with a chicken samosa being mistaken for a tofu and spinach one. However, good karma and order in the universe were restored when Jason and AngelA immediately thereafter found a place in St. Lawrence Market selling FIVE KINDS of vegan strudel; check out Oodles of Strudel in the southeast corner of the North Building.

We also discuss Jason's fascination with sonic knife (avoid thick sandwich-squishing syndrome), vegetarian shoes, top restaurants in NYC, cookbooks (Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, ReFresh, Crack of Noon, The Grit Cookbook), new veg restaurants in Toronto, a new veg B&B near Port Perry, and a new vegan cookbook launch for Get it Ripe, which will be held on June 5 at the Toronto Woman's Bookstore.

In keeping with old times, we also went off on a number of unrelated tangents, one of which resulted in Colleen cursing like a sailor on air – listener discretion is advised!

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Today, Colleen and Lisa (from the Wednesday night Resource Centre crew) celebrate the late arrival of something resembling spring in Toronto by discussing the city's great farmers’ markets as well as vegetarian summer events, like Summerfest in Johnstown, PA on June 18-22 (which they, unfortunately, can't attend this year).

The topic of celebrities trying out vegetarianism came up again, this time in relation to the queens of the daytime talk show: Oprah is going vegan for 21 days, and Ellen DeGeneres may be next, after the vegan authors of Skinny Bitch were on her show on May 23rd. 

Lisa saw some good in it all, because of the discussions that would ensue. Colleen agreed that discussion is always good but, as always, was skeptical about the whole celebrity endorsement thing.

They discus the meaning of "vegan" and whether changing one's diet for only health reasons is enough to make a lasting commitment. Lisa talks about how her mom tried going vegetarian for three weeks but committed to sticking with it after only a week, once she saw how easy it was and how much energy she had. Her diabetes has since improved dramatically and wishes she had become vegetarian ten years ago! But Colleen tells a story about a friend who went traveling to spiritual places around India for nine months maintaining a vegetarian diet the whole time. When he got back he went back to eating meat, even though felt initially sick doing so. His only reason was that he didn't want his family bugging him.

The question of the week: What is your favourite brunch recipes?

Colleen likes the Tofu Scramble in Vegan with a Vengeance, and the Apricot Oat Pancakes in Via la Vegan. Lisa likes the Banana Pancakes in the latter cookbook. Also see veg.ca's Breakfast & brunch page for tips and recipes.

They also talked about good food, with Lisa giving Hema Parekh's new cookbook, The Asian Vegan Kitchen, two thumbs up and both Lisa and Colleen raving about the great vegan Ethiopian food they had the Friday before (with the rest of the RC crew) at Rendez-Vous (1408 Danforth Ave).

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Today, John and Colleen had some addendums to make to previous episodes. 

Podcast 96: Live Organic Cafe actually has a bigger patio than was reported. See our 2008 Toronto Patio Guide for a photo of it.

Podcast 95: Shawn was correct when he states that the Millennium cookbooks have some seriously complex recipes. 

Podcast 97: Lisa proved John and Colleen wrong by showing that baking with tahini can be successful and tasty. Listen to the podcast for her delicious cookie recipe that involves rolled oats, tahini, peanut butter and chocolate chips.

Check out Vegan.com's Top 10 Recipes for 2008. From the hundreds of vegan cookbooks in print, they selected ten of the best recent titles. Then they contacted the authors, and asked them to hand-pick their favorite recipe from their own book. The result is 7 entrees and 3 desserts, with gorgeous photos and complete instructions.

For example here is the recipe and photo for Moroccan Phyllo Rolls - From Dreena Burton’s Eat, Drink, & Be Vegan.

Spring has officially sprung and this can mean troubles with "pests" invading your home.  There are humane ways of dealing with such issues and this podcast we discuss some tips for spiders and mice. Also see the veg.ca article titled: Dealing with mice and rats: A humane approach to pest control and Steve's recent article: Eight mice that no longer live here.

Lastly, the winners were announced for the Dreena Burton cookbook giveaway.  No spoilers are included in the write-up so you'll just have to listen to the podcast – they're worth the wait.

Note: Next week there will be no podcast. It is a holiday long weekend in Toronto.

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Today, John and Colleen plugged the Dreena Burton Contest again. You can win two Dreena Burton cookbooks simply by writing in your worst vegetarian cooking disaster story. Contest participants expecting to win a prize (there will be prizes for the top three) need to have a mailing address in either Canada or the United States. However, if you live in the Arctic we still would love to hear your cooking disaster story (especially if it involves yellow snow). Submissions need to be sent in by Friday, May 9th. Submit all stories via our contact us page, or by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it See Podcast 96 for disaster examples.

There were a lot of emails today including:

1. "What can I do about veganizing butter?" Answer: Try tahini on toast. Try Earth Balance (available at your health food store). Try oil instead of butter when baking. This picture, from our breakfast page, shows fruit slices on toast with tahini.

2. A woman, who recently converted to a vegan diet after reading Skinny Bitch, asks: "What can I do when I am on a business trip and confined to my hotel restaurant for eating?" Answer: Colleen suggests contacting the hotel beforehand and telling them that you're "allergic" to animal proteins. This is usually more effective than simply stating that you're vegetarian/vegan as hotels don't want an allergy to end up in a law suit.

3. Sunday May 11 is the launch date for the Ontario Vegetarian Food Bank. Their website, www.vegfoodbank.com is not active yet, but you can call 416.546.5058 for more info or to volunteer. They aim to serve low income people looking for healthy alternatives to the standard canned, processed, and meat-centred fare found at most food banks. It will be located in Scarborough, as this area is under served and features a large vegetarian Hindu community.

4. Redpath sugar is vegan. So is Lantic, but avoid Rogers as their sugar is processed using bone char. Check out the report and a cool blog at madcap cupcake.

Question of the week: Do vegetarians/vegans fart more?

Other than experimenting with what you eat, we don't have too many tips for reducing gas. Write to us and tell us what works for you. Check out Jo Stepaniak's article "Will the Gas Pass?" Also see the Gas and flatulence thread at The Vegan Forum.

Lastly, Colleen raves about visiting the Ethiopian restaurant, Rendez Vous. "Their vegetarian platter is one of the most delicious things I have ever had in my whole life."

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Today, John and Colleen announced that the Toronto Vegetarian Podcast (TVP) will be doing a cookbook giveaway contest with Dreena Burton. Interested participants need to submit their best (worst?) vegetarian cooking disaster stories in writing to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The top three will be read on the podcast on May 10th. The winner will be able to select two of Dreena's cookbooks (Everyday Vegan, Vive Le Vegan, Eat Drink and Be Vegan) – one for you plus one that you can give as a gift to someone you know who may be considering a vegetarian diet. There will also be prizes for second and third place stories. Note: the prizes can only be shipped to addresses in Canada and the US.

For example, when John was new to vegetarianism, he tried to make a kale smoothie with just kale, water and a blender. He ended up drinking bits of ground kale suspended in water. "Disgusting." Colleen used to make a lot of pasta in university. One time she turned around after loading up her plate and the pasta slipped off the plate, onto the floor. Angry, she made some more, piled the pasta once again on her plate, turned around, and again the pasta took flight and landed on the floor. This time she had to laugh, "I guess that's why they make pasta bowls." Listen to today's and last week's episodes for more about Colleen and John's cooking disasters.

There was mail too: Shawn wrote in about green beans and macrobiotics (he also provided these two helpful links) and Hayley wrote in about her vegetarian community experiences in Nottingham, England.

Question of the week: What was the weirdest / rudest / funniest thing someone said when they found out you were vegetarian/vegan?

John and Colleen relate their experiences, ranging from people who thought that going vegan meant joining a cult, to concerns that John had an eating disorder.

The weather in Toronto is so nice today that there was some discussion as to what were some of the best patios at vegetarian restaurants. Get out there and enjoy them! Check out our Toronto Patio Guide: Where to find the best places to eat vegetarian food outside. Includes pictures.

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