Veg Fest and The NCVA Vegan Cupcake Challenge is less than two weeks away! Ottawa’s best amateur vegan bakers are no doubt immersed in a frenzy of last-minute baking and testing as they vie for the title of the NCVA Vegan Cupcake Champion and the fabulous prize package that accompanies the prestigious title. As of [...]
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Meet NCVA Vegan Cupcake Challenge judge, Shawn Scallen
April 12, 2011 – 3:45 pm
Shawn Scallen runs www.punkottawa.com and books concerts under Spectrasonic. He hasn’t eaten meat in 20 years.
Meet NCVA Cupcake Challenge judge, Ron Eade
April 11, 2011 – 10:19 am
For Part 3 of our 5 part Meet the Judges series we get to know the Ottawa Citizen’s own Ron Eade. Ron Eade has been the food editor at the Ottawa Citizen, the capital region’s largest newspaper, since 1998. He is also the authour of Omnivore’s Ottawa, a blog encompassing all things food in the [...]
NCVA at the Pump
April 1, 2011 – 6:25 pm
I’m still experiencing the afterglow of a successful and widely enjoyable pub night. We had a healthy turnout at The Lieutenant’s Pump on Thursday, March 24, where veg*ns congregated, socialized, and wound down after another busy work week (read: Fridays don’t count). There were faces, both new and old, and beers on the table, proving [...]
Meet NCVA Cupcake Challenge judge, Stu Mills of CBC Radio
In part 2 of our Meet Our Judges series we introduce CBC Radio’s own Stu Mills. Stu Mills grew up in Haliburton Ontario. At Simon Fraser University he studied Communication and Philosophy. He continued with his studies in those areas at Queen’s University. During this time he fell in love with radio’s ability to focus [...]