Vegetarian Star

No, it’s not April Fool’s Day and unlike other posts which joked about fake celebrity products, this is the real deal.

NBA legend John Salley has his own organic, vegan, natural food line, John Salley Foods, that he’s promoting.

“Primo Olive Oil” and “Habanero Pepper Sauce” are just two of the products with John’s handsome face on them, along with “Double Baked Herbed Crisps” and “Peach Chitpotle Sauce.”

Speaking of faces, doesn’t John putting his mug on these remind you of all those Paul Newman products that dominate the shelves? Sure would be nice if John set up foundations and charities to help the world like Newman did.

From John Salley Foods website:

“We are a gourmet snack food company on a mission to create products and recipes on a level you can’t ordinarily find at your grocery store. All of our foods are 100% organic, vegan and kosher. No animals were used or harmed in any way in the production of our foods.”

Notably missing are the ants, cow tongue and worms some of his competitors on I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here ate.

“4-time NBA champion and renowned television and film personality John Salley has been a vegan and aspiring chef for many years and has finally decided to bring his own unique take on organic cuisine to the public. John’s flavorful sauces and incredible snack foods prove that delicious treats can be vegan, organic and healthy, surpassing what you’ve known until now.”

Salley’s products aren’t available to order yet, but the site encourages those interested to check back or you can email them for more info on when they’ll be available.

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“I just don’t understand those meat eaters. How can they justify eating those beautiful animals? And how can they justify the fact that half the world is starving when there is enough food for everybody? We’re feeding grain to cows while people die of hunger. How can people not see that is wrong?”

—-Chrissie Hynde, in a recent interview with the Liverpool Daily Post. Chrissie likes to stay in the business of what she can get, and that’s owning her own vegan restaurant, The Vegiterranean, in her hometown of Akron, Ohio.

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Hot, hot, hot!

She’ll never have to call Tyrone for anything because The Vegan Scoop is all she’ll ever need.

Earlier this year, Erykah Badu got some samples of Wheeler’s Frozen Desserts.

She thoroughly enjoyed them and recently had the pleasure of receiving a copy of The Vegan Scoop, a recipe book filled with tricks and trades to make your own vegan ice cream at home.

“I can’t wait to make it at home,” she said, according to a recent post on Wheeler’s blog, titled, “Erykah Badu plans to “do it” at home with The Vegan Scoop.”

“I heard she was looking for a great vegan ice cream so I shipped her over 15 samples earlier this year,” said chef Wheeler del Torro, author of The Vegan Scoop.

Wheeler’s vegan Frozen desserts are crafted from soy and nut milk blends and certified organic ingredients.

via Wheeler’s Black Label Vegan Ice Cream

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It’s that time again to vote for your favorite vegetarian and vegan stuff in the 2009 VegNews Veggie Awards!

We invite all our fans to write us in for the favorite blog category.

The entrants already listed are based on last year’s votes, but if enough people write us in, we’ll appear as a voting choice!

Besides favorite blog, there are categories like best restaurant, favorite veg celebrity, favorite veg meat, and even the best tofu!

If you don’t have any favorites in any other category, you can skip all the other pages and go straight to the blog category to vote.

Best of all? Everyone who votes will be entered to win several prizes, including vegan ice cream and pizza kits, a tropical getaway in Key West that includes dinner at the lovely vegan restaurant Sublime, and vegan handbags from Matt & Nat.

Voting starts today and ends July 31, 2009 at midnight.

Winners will be featured in the November/December Holiday issue of VegNews.

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Richard Linklater is an Academy award nominated film director and screen writer who’s credits include Fast Food Nation and School of Rock.

If you know Fast Food Nation, you know the story of the poor marketing director who, after discovering some good ol’ fecal matter in his company’s meat product, learns what other horrors come packaged in a “Value Meal.”

Linklater’s no fan of fast food, as he prefers “healthy mexican,” specifically, a restaurant in Austin, Texas called Mr. Natural.

“It’s this veggie Mexican food place, a healthy Mexican place, just about a mile on the East side on Cesar Chavez Avenue. It’s called Mr. Natural. It’s a healthy Mexican little buffet. It’s wonderful. It’s been there forever. It’s too good to be true. It’s a quick little buffet, you’re eating within like four minutes of when you walk in the door.”

Heading to Austin anytime soon? Mr. Natural’s menu offers vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, and wheat free dishes like Potato Flautas, Picadillo de Soya, Cabbage Rolls, Tofu a la Mexicana, and Tamales.

via blackbookmag.com

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Ellen DeGeneres loves to give them away.

Jorja Fox has a purse named after her.

Yeah, you know what we’re talking about. The vegan Matt & Nat handbag collection!

VegNews magazine caught up with Inder Bedi, founder of Matt & Nat, to talk about the cool perks of owning and running a vegan business.

Not only is this guy successful financially, he gives back, including feeding indigent people vegetarian meals.

“We give back to many different types of charities all over North America and Europe, from animal-rights to battered women’s shelters to feeding 400 homeless people a vegetarian meal twice a year in Montreal. An example of all this is a new brand we just launched, Samsara. One dollar for every bag sold goes to the charity of your choice. In three months since the launch, we’ve already committed more than $16,000!”

Check out the rest of Inder’s interview at VegNews.com.

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“I am not telling people to stop eating meat and dairy altogether. I’m just saying come and try it one day a week, have a nice meal and do your bit for the environment.”

—-Heather Mills, according to the New York Daily News, on advocating being animal friendly and saving the planet. Heather’s new vegan restaurant, V Bites, is scheduled to open this week at Hove Lagoon in the UK.

Ironically, her ex  husband, Paul McCartney, is currently promoting his Meat Free Mondays campaign, encouraging people to give up meat entirely for just one day a week.

via Entertainment Daily

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Our ears should be ringing off the hook now, because someone’s been talking about us!

Cleveland Vegetarian Examiner Kaitlin Miller wrote up a post on Vegetarian Star she titled, “Has Perez Hilton landed a vegetarian site? Not Quite!”

Kaitlin was humorously referring to who’s basically the founder of gossip websites, Mario Armando Lavandeira, better know as Perez Hilton.com.

“Vegetarianstar.com is a celebrity gossip site very closely mocking Perez Hilton’s popular trash-talking yet humorous blog, except that it is strictly relating to vegetarianism. Fans can track a plethora of different categories, submit polls, comment on photos, articles, and breaking news, and browse around for the newest gossip.”

“Eye-catching headlines that contain big Hollywood names are attracting viewers worldwide, like “Heather Mills Making Vegan Dog Food,” or “Jimmy Kimmel Does The Raunchy Tofu on Late Night Television.” I don’t know about you, but seeing the words “raunchy” and “tofu” together definitely intrigues me.”

Yeah, tofu does it for us, too Kaitlin.

Sorry to disappoint those who thought this was a post talking about Perez Hilton getting his raunchy on with tofu. But when he does…you better believe we’ll be telling you about it.

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