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Valentina Saavedra

Vegan leavened bread: I hear it all the time “vegan? so it doesn’t taste like the real thing…” let me try to clear up that misconception. From bread, to pastries to main dishes, you can maintain an animal free diet and still make it delicious AND nutritious… as a matter of fact I’d like to [...]

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Alternavox Recommends: The Latin American Speakers Series – Presented by LACAP

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LACAP Presents: 2011 LATIN AMERICAN SPEAKERS SERIES The Latin American Speakers Series aims to contextualize Latin American art within Canada as well as enrich an understanding of Latin American art from both the continent and the Diaspora. Through lectures, audio-visual presentations and discussions, the series serves as an opportunity for cultural exchange. This year we [...]

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Charquican

By Valentina Saavedra In honour of my battered yet resilient country of birth and the wonderfully simple yet robust dishes we grew up with I’d like to introduce you to yet another classic dish so let’s keep all things Chilean! And here is a “poor man’s” dish – as they call them back home. The [...]

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Val & Ted’s Excellent Vegan Sugar Cookies!

Val & Ted’s Tree Trimming Party Dairy Free Sugar Cookie Recipe! Makes about 6 dozen cookies WOW! 1 1/2 cups sugar 2/3 cup vegan shortening or vegan butter 2 eggs equivalent of vegan egg replacer 2 tablespoons of organic vanilla soy milk 1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract 3 1/4 cups flour (organic?) 2 1/2 teaspoons [...]

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Hillside Festival 2009: A Dala Kind of Inspiration…

By Valentina Saavedra Hillside Festival 2009 at Guelph conservation area this past July was at turns terrifying weather moments and amazingly inspired music moments all combined into an immensely enjoyable and intense weekend We watched Buffy St. Marie do her thing on the Lake Stage, and Loreena McKennitt awed the crowds under the star lit [...]

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