Vegetarian Star

A clip showing author Jonathan Safran Foer during a speech at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C.

Foer questioned the validity of labeling some animal products as free range and cage free.

“Free range is not even defined,” says Foer. “It has no legal definition whatsoever.”

Watch the video for more.

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Cookies and milk. Cookies and soy milk. Vegan Cookies and soy lattes. Ah, there you go.

Starbucks is now selling vegan cookies by Lucy’s in more than half of their stores nationwide as part of the coffee giant’s Grab and Go selection, according to VegNews.

Lucy’s are certified vegan, gluten-free and come in chocolate chip, cinnamon and sugar.

Lucy’s is based in Virginia and was founded by Lucy Gibney.

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Alicia Silverstone on January/February cover of Veg News

The lovely vegan cookbook author Alicia Silverstone is gracing the cover of the January/February issue of VegNews.

Silverstone’s cookbook was recently chosen as one of top 5 of the decade by the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine.

Speaking of cooking, inside VegNews you’ll also find 10 questions answered by Oprah‘s favorite chef.

Can you guess who it is?

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Mario Batali made fun of Gwyneth Paltrow for refusing to eat baby lambs and accused her of killing “baby soy” when she drank soya milk during the filming of the show Spain…On the Road Again.

But Batali has admitted to PEOPLE that following a mostly vegetarian diet has allowed him to lose some serious spare tire.

“I try to have vegetables or salad and stay vegetarian through my evening meal,” Batali said. “It’s really working for me. I try to eat half portions of whatever they serve me at a restaurant and things as small as my fist or smaller when I eat in the daytime. At dinner I try to have a regular meal, some kind of protein, salad and vegetables.”

Batali went from 280 to 235 and is hoping to make it to the 200 club.

But why on earth is he skipping breakfast?

“I try not to eat breakfast. I try to have an espresso around 10 or 11 a.m.”

Shouldn’t Mario be at least grabbing a bowl of oatmeal or chowing down on a vegetarian breakfast burrito from Amy’s?

The occasional fake sausage from Lightlife or Morningstar Farms wouldn’t hurt.

People included an example what he might eat at dinnertime and it’s so very veggie!

Grab the recipe for Whole Grain Rigatoni with Tuscan-Style Cauliflower and Pecorino now!

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Moby has questions, Mark Bittman has answers.

When Moby asked the author of Food Matters what he thought about veganism, Bittman answered:

“I think veganism is the most principled position one can take when it comes to eating; there is no need to eat animal products at all, and – aside from processed food – they are the most damaging foods produced, both from a personal and a global perspective.”

“Having said that, I think veganism is a very tough sell. And I would rather see millions, tens of millions of people significantly reduce their consumption of animal products than see tens of thousands eliminate them.”

“As an aside, let’s also remember that one can be a vegan and still eat junk. So my advice remains – eat plants above all else, eat unprocessed or minimally processed plants whenever possible, and eat these foods at the expense of everything else, particularly animal products and junk.”

And if you can’t go veg all the way, you can still use Bittman’s “vegan until six,” approach.

Learn more about what Bittman has to say about topics such as  factory farming and buying organic vs. local

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Say Yeah! but not to real fur.

Usher Raymond claims his prized fur coats were stolen from his SUV last month while he and a friend were shopping in Atlanta, Georgia, according to SF Gate.

Why anyone would want to steal anything so ugly is still in question, but People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had a representative write to Usher, asking him not to bother replacing them.

After all, Usher stole them from someone else.

“When it comes to these coats, you’re not the first victim. The animals who were beaten, electrocuted, or drowned for those coats – the original owners – are the real victims. Please pledge to be fur-free.”

Not to mention the publicity opportunity. Lots of people would love to see Usher naked in an anti-fur ad.

“You would be in great company! Other compassionate folks who refuse to wear real fur include Eva Mendes, Charlize Theron, Michelle Obama… and Nia Long, just to name a few. We’d be thrilled to add your name to the list.”

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So everybody knows Avatar and Mad Men took home a trophy at the Golden Globe awards, but who won in the category of best dressed star?

The Veg Star gives Anna Paquin the award for sporting the most ethical fashion that night.

Suze Yalof-Schwartz, executive fashion editor at large for Glamour magazine, shared her top picks for the best and worst dressed on “The Early Show,” and reported Anna’s dress, a “Stella McCartney gold beaded gown with a plunging v-shaped neckline,” as one of her top picks.

Of course, not everyone got a thumbs up from Glamour’s editor.

Maybe if Patricia Arquette had worn a dress by vegetarian Stella, Yalof-Schwartz would not have described her bad fashion sense as, “captured by a fisherman’s net, like she was dragged in by the sea.”

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