Vegetarian Star

Russell Simmons recently chatted with Don Imus on Imus In The Morning and the two spent a considerable time discussing Simmons’ veganism. Here’s a little bit from the conversation.

Simmons: It’s one of the worst karmic disasters in human history. Fifteen billion suffering farm animals.

Imus: People, who, for example, go get a big ol’ bucket of chicken. The way those chickens are housed and slaughtered and tormented. I really think you’re taking on the karma of the chicken. These are tormented, tortured animals. They can feel pain just like you can.

One interesting twist: Imus is a vegan too. He’s also a cattle rancher. Watch the clip to hear Simmons’ response to the idea of Imus’ support of humane slaughter of animals.

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Lane’s House of Lane Catering & Food was one of several businesses lucky enough to score a contract with Super Bowl officials this year and will be offering 2,000 vegetarian bruschettas to party-goers at the Super Bowl tailgate party outside the Cowboys stadium in Arlington.

Dallas News deliciously described the bruschettas as consisting of, “traditional French baguette, a raisin-cinnamon loaf and a sun-dried and Kalamata olive round.”

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Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver have taken eel off menus in their restaurants after receiving criticism from conservationists.

The seafood was served at Ramsay’s London restaurant Maze as well as La Veranda in Versailles, France, where he is a consultant. Oliver sold European eel at his London restaurant, Fifteen.

Ironically, both chefs have also recently appeared on the UK television series, “Big Fish Fight,” about sustainable fishing.

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“Saturday Night Live” poked fun of the Fox News channel and its group of conservative hosts, including Glenn Beck and Greta Van Susteren, who’s played by vegetarian Kristen Wiig.

Fox News is re-branded from the often seen as vitriolic to the “civil, polite network,” something MSNBC’s James Carville, played by Bill Hader, doubts will ever work, as he jokes:

“Today I had nice lunch with Arianna Huffington, Michael Moore and my friend Lucien — he’s a gay soldier. We ate at a vegan restaurant, which is nice because it means no animals got hurt. Which is important, because animals are just people with fur. Isn’t that nice Sean Hannity?”

But the guys at Fox aren’t always as bad some make them out to be. Hey, at least Glenn Beck will call out Al Gore for promoting environmentalism while still eating meat, which wastes water, pollutes water and contributes to greenhouse gases.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is usually a reflection on racial equality and the gains this activist (who’s family embraced a veg diet) made in schools and other aspects of public access.

Equality is not just restricted to being able to eat at a restaurant, but also the ability to access quality, affordable food at supermarkets. Some might argue that we haven’t reached equal opportunity in this area.

Bryant Terry, vegan chef, author and food justice activist, gave his thoughts about how access to wholesome food may be connected to institutional racism at culinate.com:

Bryant Terry

“The first thing that comes up for me when I hear that question is the fact that just one percent of farmers in the United States are African-American, and that since the 19th century African-Americans have been systematically denied access to land.”

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Kris Carr, former actress and now author, motivational speaker and founder of the website Crazy Sexy Life has published a new book, Crazy Sexy Diet, that details the how-tos of a vegetarian, low-glycemic diet. Carr, a cancer survivor who also wrote Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor and Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips made a dramatic change in her eating habits after her diagnosis, which included switching to a plant-based diet.

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Breakfast food tastes good for any meal. How many times have you enjoyed waffles or tofu scramble for dinner instead of morning time?

Mark Bittman, food journalist and author of several cookbooks, including How To Cook Everything Vegetarian, was recently featured in Bon Appetit.

Bittman is known in the green world for his “vegan until six” approach, which allowed him to dramatically reduce his meat intake, along with his cholesterol and weight.

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It seems the important things in life are designated by colors.

The infamous black book. The little black dress.

When Dr. Oz celebrated his 100th episode of “The Dr. Oz Show,” he shared the recipe for his Green Drink.

It’s a low-calorie breakfast drink that combines fruits and vegetables and only requires a simple blender–not a high end juicer–to create.

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