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.

This podcast is an up in (liquid) smoke 17 minutes

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