Vegetarian Star

If you happen to be in New York City this afternoon and were walking past the PETA literature stand at 14th Street at Union Square, you may have thought you saw a Joan Jett lookalike.

Actually, it was the genuine real vegetarian rocker, helping the organization pass out vegetarian/vegan starter kits.

The kit, which contains facts about the intelligence and sentience of animals, the effects of meat on the environment, recipes and suggestions for frozen and convenience meals and more, is available online or you may order the print version.

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Could an online cooking show be the next step in guitar guru Orianthi‘s next career?

The musician who is supporting John Mayer on his Australian tour told 9 News she could incorporate unplugged tunes with vegan cookies.

“I was sort of thinking about doing some mini cooking things on YouTube – like a musical cooking thing,” Orianthi said.

“I’d cook and then as I’m waiting for it to bake in the oven I’d play a few songs and then I’ll go back and check on it.”

“(If it’s) not quite ready yet, I’d play another song.”

Music and good food usually keeps a crowd together longer, so marketing wise, she’s not too far off from a great idea.

She’ll need to have the 1-800 number frequently displayed throughout the segment, so viewers can order the already made varieties.

“I bring cookies and vegan cupcakes to rehearsals … I should probably sell my cookies at the merch (merchandise) booth.”

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Kate Nash is becoming the new fascinating and quirky girl of the month.

She’s a vegetarian who still craves cheeseburgers, but stopped eating meat because she had this OCD-like obsession that her pet rabbit Fluffy wouldn’t die of an illness if she didn’t eat animals.

Now, the Times Online is reporting that she feels being vegetarian has helped her OCD.

A new alternative medicine for mental health?

“Being vegetarian helped me control my other OCDs. I don’t have to fold the tea towel now, or worry about the sock hanging out of the drawer. It’s fine, just leave it, I’m veggie.”

Not sure what to make of that statement.

Is Kate saying that being vegetarian makes her feel so calm and mellow, she doesn’t stress about re-folding the towels dozens of times until she gets it right?

Or maybe her new meat and dairy free diet is feeding her brain the nutrients she needs.

A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled Inositol Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, inositol, a chemical thought to play a role in serotonin balance, was effective in treating panic, depressive and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

The best sources of inositol are in fruits and vegetables, as well as beans.

Lima beans, for example, contain a whopping 180 milligrams of inositol per 1/2 cup, well over the recommended 100 daily milligram requirement.

You can view a list of food sources and their inositol content here.

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Natalie Merchant released a new album this week, Leave Your Sleep, a collection of songs ruminating about childhood and motherhood that include  joy, grief and death.

Merchant has been a vegetarian for almost two decades, and according to Tonic, has previously release songs that touch on animal rights.

Merchant was once quoted as saying, “I’ve been a vegetarian for 17 years and I consider myself an environmentalist inasmuch as I can be, considering the job that I have. I prefer living in the countryside rather than the city; I find it more sane and sustaining for myself.”

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

• Nellie McKay (28)

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Kate Nash knew going vegetarian would ease her allergy symptoms she experienced after eating dairy and wheat.

But the neurotic side of her told herself that maybe her pet bunny, Fluffy, would get over an illness if she quit eating animals like her.

“We found out that she had cancer,” Nash said, according to Black Book Mag.

“Then I had a conversation with someone about being vegetarian, and they were like, ‘You should be vegetarian.’ I was like, I like eating meat. But then it popped into my brain that if I didn’t eat animals, maybe Fluffy would be okay. I was being OCD, like, if I didn’t do this, then something bad would happen. So I stopped eating meat.”

That’s a much better compulsion than reciting Fluffy’s name 273 times a day. That won’t do anything but drive both Nash and the rabbit nuts. Now that Fluffy is better, we’re glad Nash is still not giving into her cravings for cheeseburgers. But don’t expect her to encourage anyone else to do so at this time.

“She’s had the operation now, but I’m still doing it. But if anyone ever says to me, ‘I’m thinking of going vegetarian,’ I’m like, No, no, no. Don’t go vegetarian. My favorite thing is cheeseburgers.”

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Missy Higgins has voiced support for Lentil As Anything, a pay by donation restaurant in Australia that provides job training and employment for refugees and homeless people at four sites in Melbourne.

According to The Age, the organization’s lease is set to expire at the end of this year and hints that higher rent tenants might replace it at its Abbotsford Convent site have been given.

The site employs 60 people and serves more than 500 vegetarian meals a day.

Vegetarian and activist Higgins said that as a “Melbourne institution” it bought a much-needed sense of culture and community to the convent.”

Convent Bakery owner and coalition member Arnold Salinas said that although his lease is good until 2016, whatever happens to Lentil as Anything could set an precedent for other businesses to come as the center is turned into a “shopping mall” atmosphere.

“Their driving force is not going to be any community spirit, it’s just going to be based on how much money can they really get out of their business,” he said.

Abbotsford Convent Foundation chief executive Maggie Maguire said the board is currently considering all options and that it has upheld the original vision for Abbotsford Convent, which was for an arts, culture and education precinct.

And although ACF’s budget is derived from leases and other events at the center “making a profit is never, ever a priority above our community,” Ms Maguire said.

Getting rid of healthy, good food and a place to restart for the less fortunate is never good for the community.

Hope the ACF and its tenants can come to agreement that benefits all.

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Kate Nash has a brand new diet to complement this month’s release of her latest album, My Best Friend Is You.

Vegetarian, dairy and gluten-free isn’t always the easiest to follow, and although Kate feels super great, she misses her favorite friend the cheeseburger.

Plus, she’s annoying. From Shockhound:

“My diet has actually changed. I’m a really annoying person now, one of those people I never thought I’d be. Because I’m allergic to wheat and dairy, and I’m a vegetarian. But my favorite food is still cheeseburgers, which is really bad. But I do feel healthier, and I don’t get any weird wheat/dairy infections, so that’s good, too.”

Somebody tell poor Kate to stock up the tour bus with a Whole Foods 365 Vegan Burger and non dairy cheese.

In a blind taste test conducted by staffers at Vegetarian Times (May/June 2006), the 365 patty was chosen as the best vegan burger and was said to have a “hearty flavor” and “go good on a grill.”

If Kate doesn’t like it, maybe her new pet rabbit Fluffy, who she’ll be taking on tour in Europe and the UK, will.

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