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Mike Mann May Give PETA Sex (.com) For 50 Million Dollar Donation

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 in Animal Issues, Business, Food & Drink.

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PETA may be getting some after all.

As previously reported, the animal rights group requested that the domain name “sex.com” be donated to them in order to use the site to promote vegetarianism.

Lucky for them, Mike Mann, a longtime vegetarian and social entrepreneur, is a part owner of the domain and wants the group to have it under one condition: the IRS must accept the $50 million dollar donation as a tax deduction.

The only other issue is that Mann is not the sole owner of the domain.

Will PETA be getting domain laid soon?

Tune in later to find out.

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Subway Restaurants To Phase In Cage-Free Eggs

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 in Business, Restaurants.

New York Council Member Proposes Restrictions On Fast Food Restaurants

Subway restaurants in the U.S. will begin phasing in cage-free eggs, a practice already adopted by its UK franchises.

As part of its new animal welfare policy, Subway will first ensure that 4% of the eggs used in its breakfast menus are sourced from cage-free suppliers, with the goal of eventually having 100% of eggs obtained from hens that are not confined in battery cages.

“Subway’s new animal welfare policy will help improve conditions for animals within its supply chain and throughout the nation,” stated Matthew Prescott, corporate outreach director for The Humane Society of the United States’ factory farming campaign. “The Humane Society of the United States applauds Subway for beginning to phase out its use of eggs from hens confined in cages.

Subway has also taken steps to use meat obtained from more humane methods, and more than 5% of its turkey comes from suppliers that used controlled atmosphere killing, a process said to reduce suffering of slaughtered birds.

Subway is part of a group of fast food franchises pledging to make similar changes related to animal welfare, including Denny’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and IHOP.

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Special New York Screening of Tyler Perry's Why Did I get Married Too

Black Book Mag caught up with several celebrities at the Why Did I Get Married Too? premiere to find out where they enjoy getting good food in the feature, “Where Celebs Go Out.”

Janet Jackson and Cicely Tyson know where to combine delicious and healthy, as both ladies mentioned vegetarian and vegan restaurants as their favorites.

Janet likes Cafe Sunflower in Atlanta, Georgia as well as Veggieland.

Cicely recommends Pure Food and Wine in LA.

Cicely once said she treats her body like an expensive car, by putting only the best fuel in it.

“I mean, if you have a Rolls-Royce and you pull up to a gasoline station, you don’t put crud in it. You put the most expensive oil and gas in your car. You want it to be treated well in order for it to serve you well. We should start thinking that about this body of ours.”

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Alice In Wonderland: Royal World Premiere - Inside Arrivals

X17 Online claims they caught Anne Hathaway going through the In-N Out Drive through.

Hathaway has been reportedly trying to stick to a mostly vegan diet.

In the picture on the site, it looks like Hathaway’s friend is the only one caught carrying the burger bag.

More importantly though, when is In-N-Out going to get with it and offer veggie burger selections on the menus like other traditional fast food burger joints who have learned to do the same (aka. Burger King).

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80th Geneva Motor Show

Justin Timberlake brought sexy back to food when he grabbed a bite to eat with a friend at vegan restaurant Real Food Daily.

Justin’s no newbie to enjoying vegetarian food.

Months ago, he and Jessica Biel shared a vegan strawberry rhubarb pie and ate lunch at Vancouver’s famous veggie restaurant, The Naam.

Is JT expanding his palate to include seitan several times a week instead of steak?

Or is going veggie all the way?

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Dirt Candy’s Amanda Cohen Has Nice Carrot Buns

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, March 19th, 2010 in Business, Chefs, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy

Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy

Amanda Cohen has been busy at NYC’s Dirt Candy making changes to the menu to refresh the not so old vegetarian restaurant she opened less than two years ago.

Change is allowing Cohen to introduce a vegetable version of a Chinese dim sum favorite–barbecue Pork Buns.

“We use carrots instead,” Cohen told Village Voice. “The buns will be different colors based on the different colors of carrots — there’ll be pink, orange, and yellow. They’ll have a slightly barbecued carrot filling and come with a little carrot cucumber salad, and I’m trying to figure out how to make sesame halvah to sprinkle on top.”

If you’re a fan of the kimchi doughnuts, sorry to say the carrot buns have replaced them.

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Chopard Flagship Boutique  Launch in Hotel La Mamounia

Missing was her foodie pal Mario Batali as Gwyneth Paltrow took another trip “On The Road Again,” this time to the southern United States.

Gwyneth visited Nashville, Tennessee for a few months in a quest to eat, drink, enjoy incredible culture and meet friendly people.

In the latest edition of her newsletter Goop, Gwyneth says a restaurant called “The Family Wash” has a vegetarian Shepherd’s pie worth the road or plane trip.

“This bar is as cozy and intimate as could be; it has a worn-in, comfortable feel to it. There is a low stage in the back for all the musicians that come through playing bluegrass, country and rock. The Vegetarian Shepherd’s pie is spectacular, made of layers of perfectly seasoned lentils, mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese.”

Traditional shepherd’s pie usually contains ground beef or lamb.

Although The Family Wash serves items for meat eaters too, it definitely is a place to eat with mixed company, as there are other veggie friendly items on the menu like hummus and salad with quinoa.

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PETA Looking For Sex (.com)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.

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Dom Partners is auctioning off the domain name “Sex.com” and animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is looking to get in on the, um, “action.”

PETA is hoping the organization will donate the website to the group, which will automatically draw tons of traffic to the site that will promote sex, illustrating how a vegetarian diet can only make it better by using saucy script and humorous eroticism.

From PETA:

“Visitors to sex.com would be exposed to PETA’s saucy campaigns, which point out, for example, the following:

  • Meat-loving men tend to limp through their later years thanks to their artery-clogging diets.
  • Nobody likes an eight-second ride.
  • Many Hollywood hardbodies are hardnosed about not exploiting animals for their flesh and fur.”

PETA currently uses a domain called “meat.org,” which employs similar tactics in that web users who might be looking for information on meat are surprisingly educated about factory farming.

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