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Ottawa Folk Fest 2014 / Food Trucks & Craft Beer

Two of the biggest food trends over the past couple of years have been the emergence of an eclectic Food Truck scene and small independent breweries popping up everywhere! Both were highlights at this year's Ottawa Folk Fest.

RBC Bluesfest 2014: We Saw and We Ate - First Weekend

Welcome to this year's edition of 'Eva Bee does Bluesfest: We Saw and We Ate' where I document the gluten-free woes and triumphs while attending the festival for it's amazing local and international acts. Here I'll show you my photos of them local bands and tell you what's what in festival food options.

Friday July 4th meant choosing between two local favourites Cold Capital (Blues Rock) and Silkken Laumann (Electro-Dance knockyoursocksoff fun). Fortunately we managed to catch both acts doin their thang.

Cold Capital
Cold Capital

After a couple days I had some time to absorb what the food options were out there. Since I can't eat wheat, rye, barley, etc I'm left with very limited options for food and drink. As I surveyed FOOD TOLERANT people, a lot of them said that they couldn't afford the food options (for full plates averaging around $9) and chose to drink beer instead! Har.

Strawberry Cheese Cake!
Strawberry Cheese Cake!

Having just returned from a 6 month European food odyssey, I'm pretty strapped for cash myself which leaves me to do what I know is healthiest and best.. make a big hearty breakfast and lunch and hope for the best!

Poached Egg Caesar Salad
Poached Egg Caesar Salad
Snack Attack and Breakfast Omelette before Gaga
Snack Attack and Breakfast Omelette before Gaga
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High protein meals early in the day can stave off blood sugar spikes and crashes which makes a long day out in the sun much more bearable. I'm also really pleased that the festival brought back the water fill-up station. This is an important statement about water rights I'm very happy to see supported at Bluesfest. You can still buy bottled water at the festival (for $2, not as bad as it could be for them cash-hungry vendors) but it's a great option to have free water.

More on specific food recommendations later. So far, if you're GF (gluten-free) and generally love great food I recommend getting anything from the East India Company or a Greek Chicken Souvlaki Salad from Greek on Wheels. Otherwise you can get a full gluten-free pizza from Gabriel's Pizza (River Stage) but it's cooked from frozen and you need a crew to eat it with you.

Chicken Strips from Fadi's - Main Stage
Chicken Strips from Fadi's - Main Stage
Gaga praising Venus
Gaga praising Venus

What's been your favourite food at the festival? Leave a comment below or tweet @evayummers! See you this week at the festival!