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Diggity Donuts Food Network

So you’ve gobble up some brown rice and veggies and a side salad, both topped with the anything but mild flavored Sriracha. How about a hot and spicy donut for dessert seasoned with the same sauce?

Diggity Doughnuts, a food truck serving vegan donuts, carries a peanut butter and sriracha doughnut that is being eyed by producers of the Food Network show Heat Seekers.

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Offensive Melons And Burgers Top Ad Agency Complaints

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, May 20th, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink, Offbeat.

Sexy Fruit Ad

This photo of fruit strategically placed for effect was one of several ads that generated the most complaints to the New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority in 2010.

Granted, even when speaking of someone’s “melons,” we usually don’t refer to them being located in that region, so it’s easy to understand why the ad for Erotica Expo in Auckland drew controversy.

But there’s another ad that might spark some fuel for vegetarians that also made the top offensive.

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Adam Lambert

What’s the next best thing to cruelty-free “guyliner?”

Rocker Adam Lambert catching some vegan grub in Los Angeles. Yes, the guy who dismissed the atrociousness of fur by saying, “I didn’t kill the thing so I don’t see why I can’t wear it,” is at least trying to make up for what he puts on his body by putting something better into it.

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Farm Sanctuary 25th anniversary gala

Time‘s “Ecocentric” blog has covered Farm Sanctuary’s 25th anniversary gala in the tastiest of ways.

Bryan Walsh had the pleasure of attending the gala and sampling the vegan food that was created in a joint effort by David Lee, founder of vegan meats Field Roast, and Paolo Dorigato of Cipriani in Manhattan where the celebration was held.

Walsh is an omnivore, but if he had someone to prepare the meal he ate last weekend, especially the Field Roast Porcini Dijon Crusted Cutlet, he might reconsider eating real meat for good.

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McDonald’s Agrees To Cage-Free Eggs

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, May 19th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

McDonald's Times Square

After years of debating with animal welfare groups like the Humane Society, McDonald’s Corp. has finally agreed to use some cage-free eggs for its restaurants.

According to the Chicago Tribune, McDonald’s will use one million cage-free eggs, but it doesn’t specify the time period those eggs will be purchased or whether the practice will begin immediately or be phased in.

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Guy Fieri

Guy Fieri and his crew made a stop in Boulder, Colorado this week to film an episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.

The Food Network star tasted samples from veg-friendly Boulder restaurants The Sink and Foolish Craig’s. Located in the University Hill neighborhood, The Sink is known for its burgers and pizzas and served Fieri “The Buddah Basil” pizza featuring pesto tomato sauce, tomato, tofu, spinach, fresh basil, and artichoke hearts.

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Russell Brand was spotted celebrating Cinco de Mayo with veggie quesadillas at Lime Fresh Mexican Grill in South Beach, Miami.

If you’re in the Miami Beach area of Florida, you may want to stop in and say “Yo quiero something vegetarian,” because from the looks of the menu, Lime Fresh can give you what you want.

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Pita Pit Adds Vegan Black Bean Patty To Menu

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Pita Pit Spicy Black Bean Patty

In the words of a chain of restaurants featuring fresh, made to order pita sandwiches, “There’s a new protein in town.”

Vegetarian Star can only say, “Yum, yum and triple yum!”

Pita Pit, which has over 100 restaurants in major cities and college towns across the U.S., has put a vegan black bean veggie patty on its list of already friendly veggie pitas like the falafel, the garden and the hummus.

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