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Mike Binder Puts Veggie Dogs On Coney Dog Restaurant Menu In Hollywood

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 in Actors, Business, Directors and Producers, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

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Mike Binder has film stunts like The Mind of the Married Man and The Sex Monster as an actor, writer, director and producer to his credit. Now, he’d like to add restaurant entrepreneur to that CV.

The Detroit native is opening a 24-hour hot dog and spicy chili restaurant on Hollywood’s Sunset Blvd next month, Coney Dog, inspired by the taste of Detroit’s Lafayette Coney Island.

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Wayne Pacelle Proposes Humane Economy For Animals

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Business.

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Every year, businesses that use animals for entertainment or fashion like zoos, circuses and retail make millions of dollars. Many of these industries have histories of keeping these animals in less than ideal conditions, resulting in injuries, premature deaths and numerous safety issues for both animals and humans.

What if, instead of these businesses making money treating animals inhumanely, they generated ideas to attract people to pay money for animal causes that made a difference? That contributed to the conservation of species, ending the cases of abused animals and resulted in an educational setting that was both beneficial to humans and animals?

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Ed Begley Jr. Makes “Natural Selection” At Portland Restaurant

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 in Actors, Business, Celebrity Sightings, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

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Ed Begley Jr., his wife and family were spotted having dinner at Portland’s Natural Selection restaurant, an eatery featuring vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free items.

Sources say Begley promised he’d return when he was in Portland again.

Just what is it about chef Aaron Woo, a graduate of the California Culinary Academy’s restaurant that would make Begley begley for more?

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Food Network Donut Champions Crowns Vegan Mighty-O The Winner

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 in Business, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV, Restaurants.

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This past weekend, the Food Network hosted its first ever breakfast making competition, which featured vegan donut baker Sara Beth Russert from Seattle’s Mighty-O donut bakery.

Russert won the challenge, beating out two other bakeries in a contest where bakers had to created donuts based on themes in two rounds of competition.

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Flavor Flav Needs Flavor Of Fake Chicken On The Menu Says PETA

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink, Male Singers, Restaurants.

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Flavor Flav is known for a lot of things, including wacky hats, bizarre outfits and starting the fashion trend of wearing large clocks around your neck.

Okay, so maybe not the last one.

What Flavor Flav isn’t known for, however, is being one of those cooler hip-hop artists that has embraced a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

Now, PETA is offering him a chance to amp up his image by making his fried chicken restarant vegetarian.

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Yves Potvin, Gardein Founder, Makes A Lot Of Lists

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink.

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If you ever wanted to know all the personal details of the guy behind one of the most popular faux meat products, Gardein, The Globe and Mail is giving you the chance to do so.

Apparently, one of Yves Potvin‘s idosyncrasies is that he likes to make lists. Lots of them.

The list of items that resulted in his first major vegetarian product line, Yves Veggie Cuisine, had much to do with the increasing need for healthier, convenient food.

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Silk 10-Day Challenge–Say Goodbye To Milk, Hello To Non-Dairy Silk (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink, Videos.

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One company offering several non-dairy drinks may lead the way to more Americans incorporating soy, almond and coconut beverages into their everyday eating routines.

Silk is offering a 10-day challenge where it asks customers to use its soy, almond and coconut milk products in place of dairy for a little over a week to see how easy it is to cook, eat and drink without cow’s milk.

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Twitter’s Biz Stone Indulges In Vegan Pizza From Amici’s In Northern California

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 in Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

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When Biz Stone wants pizza delivered, he doesn’t have to worry about ordering one of those weird, cheeseless ones with only sauce and vegetables.

Stone, who is scheduled to make seitan on Martha Stewart’s special vegan episode tomorrow, is lucky enough to live near Amici’s–an East Coast style pizzeria on the West Coast in California that offers vegan pizza topped with the popular Daiya vegan cheese delivered to his door.

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