QUEBEC CITY – Paul McCart­ney has left the building.

Wrong. He’s about to arrive by limo through the stat­uesque gates of the Chateau Fron­tenac: the land­mark Fair­mont hotel where he’s about to stay and where hordes of fans and paparazzi have gath­ered this sunny after­noon to catch a glimpse of the man who is arguably the world’s most famous musician.

This arti­cle appeared in The Toronto Star on July 9, 2008.

I’m in my local health food store, recipe for tofu cheese­cake in hand. It’s one of the items I’m test­ing for this arti­cle on vegan food.

At my request, the help­ful young man­ager is lead­ing the hunt for vegan gra­ham cracker crumbs.