Vegetarian Star

The Gothamist

Amanda Cohen, owner and chef at New York City’s Dirt Candy, ruffled some faux feathers not long ago when she insulted some of her vegan and possibly vegetarian potential clients.

Cohen eats fish, but still is running a vegetarian restaurant in the East Village of the city.

She openly says she doesn’t care about the politics or health of vegetarianism, she’s just there to make good food. Other vegetarian restaurants have been criticized by Moby’s ex chef because she feels that although they’re labeled as “vegetarian,” they’re really vegan, and she likes her butter, cream, and cheese.

Not to mention she’s called out “people with allergies and people who have their funny diet things like ‘Oh, I’m only eating white food today!’ ” and “‘I’m on a liquid diet. . . . Can you blend it for me?’ ” according to the Gothamist.

You’d think she’d alienate everyone. But a writer for the New Yorker reported that a group of mixed vegetarians and non vegetarians seemed happy dining there recently.

Even a guy with a PETA logo on his hat only had the portion sizes to complain about, saying they weren’t big enough.

So maybe us veggie folk (you offended vegans, too) should head to 430 E. 9th St. next time we’re visiting New York and give her a try.

After all, she could be the first master of faux foie gras.

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New Orleans is alive and kicking and according to the New York Post, “the place for upscale travelers to visit this winter.”

The Big Easy certainly provides warmer weather than what many of us are experiencing now and the variety of food and culture rich spots such as the French Quarter, make celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Martha Stewart, and Brad Pitt all repeat fans.

Like any traveling adventure, a visit to New Orleans for vegetarians and vegans requires planning in terms of where to eat, and hip hop mogul Russell Simmons admits to the temptation of all the non vegan goodies.

“It’s the most difficult place to be vegan in the world,” he said. “I have found a lot of vegan food and vegan jambalaya, but the other food is so attractive!”

Not to fear, as online guides such as VegGuide.org, give you the rundown on every veg and veg friendly restaurant in New Orleans or anywhere else.

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‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad
PETA is claiming that vegetarians have better sex and want to spread the news. But football fans will have to get this information elsewhere.

Their ad was rejected by NBC for the Super Bowl because it was deemed too sexy.

Some reasons included, “rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin,” a woman “screwing herself with broccoli.”

Wow! That is softcore veggie porn.

If PETA would cut some additional clips from the scene, it might be more suitable, according to NBC officials:

licking pumpkin

touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli

pumpkin from behind between legs

rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin

screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)

asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina

licking eggplant

rubbing asparagus on breast

Sounds like if PETA makes all those edits, they’d only have 2 seconds of video left. The group is well known for its provocative attempts to promote vegetarianism and some say it only backfires as it turns people off to see woman treated as…well, meat.

PETA said the list made them blush. We’re just giggling like junior high kids that executives said “screw” in correspondence.

Watch the video and you call the shots. Is it too much for drunken, testosterone filled Super Bowl fans to endure?

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Ellen DeGeneres is a year older and she recently celebrated by bringing in vegan sweets to her audience from Dees Vegan Bakery and Donuts.

What a sweet vegan deal!

She also gave away gift certificates to Zappos.com worth $200!

But could she have done better?

No disrespect to Zappos, but after visiting the site, looks like they have a nice collection of leather. Wouldn’t it have been more appropriate for vegan Ellen to give the gift of cruelty-free to her audience to wear as well as eat?

Yes, audience members can choose non leather items, but it would make it a lot easier if she gave them Matt & Nat certificates like she did during the holidays.

Hope everyone  got their bellies full of vegan sweets.

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