Vegetarian Star

Veganism is supposed to include diet and lifestyle, so presumably, a vegan who wore leather really isn’t “vegan” according to some strict standards.

Journalist Nicole Lapin, who calls herself a vegan, recently said she does eat honey.

Is Nicole really not a vegan for eating honey?

According to a definition of veganism from vegetus.org:

“Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals (Stepaniak).”

Although honey is not a product extracted from the bee itself, bees do produce it for their own food.

And beemakers force bees to make excess amounts of honey, so they’ll have food left after the honey is harvested.

Is this exploitation?

When bees aren’t producing enough, beekeepers give them supplements, usually mixed with sugar and water.

Blah! That’s like replacing the gourmet almond spread with generic brand peanut butter!

But most vegans who don’t consume any other animal derived or made product except honey don’t want to call themselves just vegetarian.

And those occasional fish eaters will stand by their vegetarianism.

Is it time to create sub definitions for vegan and vegetarian?

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Aim & Ignite

The Indie band Fun, who’s album, Aim & Ignite, was released last month, call themselves the pranksters.

But it sounds like Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost and Jack Antanoff pull pranks that are not so cool.

“Early on the tour, Jack and I decided we’d form a prank team,” Dost told Spinner.com. “We gave everyone codenames. For our first prank, we had a half-eaten vegetarian burrito from Chipotle. We threw it in a bag and lit it on fire, like a bag of s— on somebody’s doorstep. We were at a venue and tricked our drummer to stomp on it. That night, our two hotel rooms started prank calling each other.”

Throwing a fired lit item on someone’s doorstep is not just uncool, it’s dangerous.

And who wastes a perfectly good half of vegetarian burrito?

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Actress Mackenzie Phillips is supposed to reveal a big secret during her appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday to promote her book, High on Arrival.

The daughter of the Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips has a half brother named Tamerlane, who is a self-described “peace-loving vegetarian.”

However, Tamerlane wasn’t too peaceful when speaking about his half sister and her family.

Tamerlane, also a fan (as is definitely evident below) of yoga, told Page Six:

“My family is and always will be a decrepit bowl of dog urine compared to Nityananda of Ganeshpuri. That is how great Nityananda is,” Tamerlane said of the Indian yogi who died in 1961. “Worship Nityananda, not the Phillips family. Nityananda can protect you,” said Tamerlane.

Not sure of Tamerlane’s last statement, but following the diet he follows can definitely protect you-at least from health problems like disease.

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Green Bay Packers lineman A.J. Hawk is really into his black beans lately.

His favorite place to consume them is at Kavarna, a vegetarian coffee house in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin.

“It’s awesome,” Hawk told espnmilwaukee.com. “I’m all about the black bean burger. It’s great. I’m telling you. Or the southwestern wrap – it’s the black bean burger with vegetables, all cut up. I’d eat it every day if I could. (Strength and conditioning coach) Mark Lovat goes there a lot. He lives right by there, so he turned me onto it. It’s cool. Every once in awhile they’ll have a little dude playing the guitar there, too. Green Bay’s cool in that way.”

If you go to Kavarna’s website, there’s a picture of a little dude with his guitar right now, matter of fact.

Guess the advice from the book Hawk read that links diet and disease later in life, The China Study, really had an effect on him.

“I’m always reading about different nutritional stuff. I’m reading “The China Study” right now. Tony Gonzalez has his own nutrition book now, but this is the book that kind of got him into it. I’m reading that right now.”

Is Hawk just adding more vegetarian meals into his diet like Gonzalez? Or is he going for the touchdown and going veg completely?

We think we know who we’re rooting for this football season!

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If you haven’t had enough of this “vegetarian” vampire talk with the Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse sagas, there’s more to satisfy your cravings of blood sucking creatures pretending to be vegetarians just because they don’t eat people.

But people like vampires, whether they eat meat, veggie burgers, or people, and the series premiere of The Vampire Diaries was the most watched in The CW network’s history, drawing 4.8 million viewers, topping 90210‘s 2008 debut, according to Tvguidge.com.

If it’s any consolation, vegetarian vampires, like Stefan pictured on the right, suffer ridicule and are ostracized like human do sometimes.

From tuftsdaily.com:

“The show follows Elena (Nina Dobrev), a tragically beautiful high-school student who has recently suffered her parents’ deaths. She is immediately attracted to Stefan (Paul Wesley), a handsome transfer student with a mysterious air. Of course, Stefan is a centuries-old vampire who refuses to feed on humans and has returned to his hometown for Elena, who is the splitting image of his lost love Katherine. His pursuit is complicated, however, by the arrival of his evil brother Damon (Somerhalder), who has been feeding on townspeople and taunting Stefan about his “vegetarian” status.”

Catch The Vampire Diaries Thursdays at 8/7c on The CW.

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Stella McCartney has once again partnered with Adidas to bring sporty women’s wear in a leather-free variety.

The vegetarian fashion designer has unveiled her Spring 2010 collection, which features attire for such sport events as running, cold temperature fitness, tennis, yoga and dance wear.

Stella has been working with Adidas for five years.

Stella’s not the only vegetarian celebrity to design sportswear for ladies.

Alyssa Milano has also developed a line of ballpark themed attire for women, Touch.

For more information and to view Stella’s collection, visit adidas.com.

via graziadaily.co.uk

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Sir Roger Moore has written a piece in the UK Daily Mail on why he is so against the production of foie gras.

This is a matter so close to his heart, he won’t return your phone calls if you take part in the industry which force feeds geese until their livers swell.

From the Daily Mail:

“When I played James Bond, I was used to fanciful scripts about violence and intimidation. And during 19 years campaigning for the children’s charity Unicef, I have come across appalling examples of inhumanity in the real world.”

“But I have seen few things so revolting and shaming as the horrendous routine cruelty to ducks and geese that goes into the production of one of the world’s so-called culinary delicacies, foie gras”

“And I refuse to speak to old friends who, even when they know how it is produced, are prepared to overlook the suffering for self-gratification. My wife Christina feels just the same. No creature deserves to be treated as these birds are for our delectation.”

“The methods used are not for the squeamish. The birds are crammed into tiny crates where they can’t move at all and are force fed every three hours with 4lb of a corn mash mixture which swells inside them often literally to bursting point. In human terms it is the equivalent of eating 45lb of pasta a day.”

Read Sir Roger Moore’s entire article at dailymail.co.uk.

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Andrew G. had the chance to Tweet about a vegan pie just before the carbs took their toll.

“Vegan pie Floater from Funky Pies in Bondi, nap soon. Coz that’s how I roll, huge serve of carbs then straight to sleep…”

Funky Pies is a great place to catch some vegan food in an Australian eatery that’s eco-conscious in every aspect of its business.

Besides serving great vegan food like “Brekkie’ Rolls” of Veg-sausage mix, beans, tomato, ‘bacon’ bits and “Funky Chunky” and “No Wurry Curry,” Funky Pies using biodegradable packing in all their take out products, serves fair trade coffee, and boasts its staff uniforms are made in sweatshop free factories.

Angie Stephenson, the self titled “Director of Funk” says on the website about Funky Pies’ specialization:

“That’s an easy one, who doesn’t love a good pie? You don’t have to be Aussie to enjoy a nice hot tasty pie with deliciously flaky pastry. You can get dodgy pies though, so I wanted to provide a product that was not only quick to cook and easy to eat, but a healthy alternative to the more common ‘meat’ pie where you are really not sure what part of an animal you are eating…mmm.”

We hear you, Angie. Mystery meat is totally different kind of funky.

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