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Ellen DeGeneres Asks Starbucks To Increase Non-Dairy Items

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, September 13th, 2010 in Business, Celebrity Tweets, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Ellen DeGeneres gave a little constructive criticism to Starbucks on her Twitter account recently.

The daytime TV host wants the coffee house chain to increase its selection of dairy-free items.

“Hey @Starbucks. How about some more options for non-dairy folks other than just vanilla soy. Please.”

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Organic NY Milk

Organic NY Milk

Mario Batali’s Eataly, a mega food and wine marketplace in New York city that happens to house a vegetarian restaurant in its headquarters, is staying true to the local economy by supporting local, organic dairy farmers and stocking the Organic NY Milk brand on its shelves.

Organic NY Milk is a produced by NY Foods, along with a variety of organic dairy products like cheese, yogurt and ice cream, as well as free-range eggs.

Organic NY Milk products are produced on small, family farms within a five hour drive of New York city and are USDA certified organic, free of hormones, antibiotics and harmful pesticides.

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Earth Balance Soy Milk. Credit: Earthbalancenatural.com

Earth Balance Soy Milk. Credit: Earthbalancenatural.com

Reasons to enter Vegetarian Star’s contest to win Earth Balance Soy Milk

10. You’re too old to be drinking milk that came from a nipple.

9.  You are a devoted Earth Balance consumer and why you’d love to put their vegan butters on your cornflakes, soy milk just sounds a little saner.

8. It’s vegan

7. It’s got Alicia Silverstone‘s pretty face on the carton.

6. It’s got Alicia Silverstone’s favorite recipes on the cartons, next to her pretty face.

5. You live near a Whole Foods, where the product was exclusively launched. It’s jokingly called “Whole Paycheck” because of the prices, but when you’ve got a coupon for 1 free carton, you can keep that check in your pocket and cash it next week.

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Alicia Silverstone will deliver the keynote speech at the Natural Products Expo East, the East Coast’s largest trade show for natural, organic and healthy products on Oct. 13-16, 2010 in Boston, MA.

As a vegan and author of the diet, lifestyle and cookbook The Kind Diet, Silverstone’s presence at the conference complements the dozens as vegetarian, vegan and organic products that are scheduled for the showroom. Familiar names of food, body care and more can be found on the exhibitor list, such as Aubrey Organics body and hair care products, Barleans, Bi-O-Kleen, Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, Cherrybrook Kitchen Inc. vegan desserts, Clif Bar & Co. and more.

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Russell Brand Learns The Hard Way About Hidden Ingredients

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 9th, 2010 in Actors, Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Russell Brand learned the hard way how not asking for ingredients can turn a vegetarian’s meal sour. Or fishy.

The actor was sampling a dip while dining out when he realized it tasted like something formerly alive in the sea.

“About three days ago was the last time I ate an animal. I was in a restaurant and they have me some dips. One of them was taramosalata. I didn’t know and ate some and it tasted like disgusting fish,” Brand said.

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PeTA Butter. Credit: ilovepeanutbutter.com

If you love peanut butter and animals, grab a few jars of the nut butter designed to celebrate People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ 30th anniversary, PeTA Butter.

With a name so quirky, PeTA Butter could almost be interpreted as an April Fools’ post, but these 16 oz. jars that sell for about $5 were crafted by the folks at New York based Peanut Butter & Co, a maker of 10 varieties of peanut butter flavors, each given unique and delicious sounding names like Dark Chocolate Dreams, White Chocolate Wonderful, Cinnamon Raisin Swirl and Mighty Maple.

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Corinne Bailey Rae Puts Her Vegetarian Chili On

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 in Business, Female Musicians, Female Singers, Food & Drink, Recipes.


Corinne Bailey Rae revealed to Afro she has a thing for ethical clothing and food. The “Put Your Records On” singer likes Stella McCartney fashion and loves making vegetarian chili at home.

“I like to cook stews and things, dishes where the heat does all the work. So, it’s just like chopping and flavoring. Veggie chili would be my favorite thing to cook because it’s really great but not much work.”

How much work goes into chili really depends on what you put in it. The self-proclaimed Best Vegetarian Chili In The World recipe has a 15 minute prep time and incorporates several types of beans, corn and other veggies and vegetarian burger crumbles.

For even less work, buy an already made veggie chili by a company known for producing meatless delights like Amy’s Kitchen canned vegetarian chili or Lightlife’s Smart Chili in a microwaveable bag.

Photo: PR Photos

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Phil Mickelson casually said he was working on a veggie burger with Five Guys Burger and Fries restaurant, a franchise he bought the rights to before becoming vegetarian.

A Q & A session with readers at Golf.com reveals he is indeed serious about this, but who knows when Lefty will make it happen. Until then, don’t forget there are several fast food chains that already offer vegetarian patties. No, they aren’t perfect. Many aren’t vegan. Some of them are cooked on the same surface as meat. But if you happen to wander into an establishment during its quieter hours and ask politely, they may clean the grill or toast it in a separate pan or throw it in the microwave.

If you can endure Johnny Rockets singing waiters, there’s a Streamliner patty waiting for you–a Boca Burger with grilled onions, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mustard.

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