Vegetarian Star

Myq Kaplan Stand-Up Comedy from Myq Kaplan on Vimeo.

Myq Kaplan (pronounced “Mike”) is a favorite Last Comic Standing among television bloggers, partially due to his ability to successfully incorporate ripping himself as a meatless man.

The vegan for about 5 years who was vegetarian for about 8 years before that has a hilarious clip from Conan O’Brien where he jokes about the lifestyle. Not all vegetarians are treehuggers and love the environment, for example.

“People assume I’m into other kinds of activism,” Kaplan says. “Oh, you’re vegetarian. You care about the environment…No. I eat the environment.”

Veganism isn’t the only medium from which Kaplan can get roars from the audience. He jokingly offers insight to Prohibition and Women’s Suffrage and why one led to another…and back again. Watch the clip for more.

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Singer and former Playboy magazine model Vida Guerra will be handing out vegetarian chili dogs to the hungry, politically active in Washington, D.C.’s Rayburn Courtyard, located at the corner of Independence Avenue S.W. and First Street S.W., tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon to celebrate National Veggie Hot Dog Day.

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Beekman Boys

Summertime and the living is no longer easy.

Porky and Bess, the pigs reared by The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge, the stars of Planet Green’s show about two gay farmers,  have gone on to to piggy heaven, making a short stop in the bellies of the couple.

Fans are outraged that the slaughter was shown on a recent episode, especially given the fact they were forced to see the faces of the dead pigs once seen full of vibrancy.

But that’s just “humane” farming.

On the show’s Facebook page, fans gave their opinions on the matter. Yes, it was known all along the Beekmans raise their own food so eventually all the pets would be eaten, but the reality may have never sank in for some people.

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The owners of Sugar Cupcakery were thrilled to compete on the debut episode of the Food Network show, Cupcake Wars, but along with the fame and excitement came a little apprehension.

Krista Tevar of the bakery described a situation akind to a football team playing on a turf other than home. It’s hard to get adjusted sometimes.

“I thought, ‘How are we going to pull this off? We’ve barely gotten the store open,'” Tevar said. “It was challenging to work under the time constraints and to be out of our element. We didn’t have the equipment we’re used to and everything was different, especially the ovens.”

“Vegan cupcakes in particular have certain cooking temperatures and times that we’ve honed to our equipment. We have no real culinary experience, so it was hard to jump into another place.”

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British singer Eliza Doolittle filmed the video for her top 20 single Pack Up from her self-titled debut album on the island of Jamaica.

That environment alone sounds hard enough to conentrate on work, plus the food was something that kept calling Doolittle between film breaks.

“Oh my God, the food was amazing!” Doolittle told BBC News. “I’m vegetarian so I didn’t have any jerk chicken or anything, but I did have some bean soup, and jerk vegetarian wraps and stuff. It was so yummy!”

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It’s been awhile since Paul McCartney had beef on a bun, so it’s only fit that the McDonald’s in his home town of Liverpool finally take those pictures of him and other Beatles off the wall.

The story made headlines a couple of years ago, when it was reported the singer was upset that over a dozen shots of the 60s iconic rock group were plastered over the Sefton Street fast food restaurant.

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A series of cooking videos titled Let’s Cook has been added to the White House’s program, “Let’s Move,” designed to get Americans healthier.

The first of the Let’s Cook videos feature White House chef Sam Kass and Chef Marvin showing you how to stretch food over days, such as making your own stock from leftover vegetable scraps, while incorporating healthier proteins like pastas, beans and tofu.

Yes, you heard it right. Tofu chili is on the menu, with Chef Marvin raving about how marvelous it is around minute 2:45, with the “Cooking With Tofu,” tip.

“You want something affordable and a good substitute for meat and can also put the protein on the table–tofu’s the answer.”

Watch to hear Chef Marvin give his tips for cooking the soybean.

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Victoria Moran recently wrote a column in the Huffington Post on how vegetarians, vegans and those championing the local food movement seem to be moving in different directions.

Sure, all groups enjoy the thought of locally grown food and supporting small farms. But too many of the big wigs of the local  movement, like Alice Waters or Michael Pollan, aren’t budging when it comes to going vegetarian. Not that she’s pointing the condescending finger at flexitarians, either.

“I’d go to the farmers’ market at Union Square–it’s every bit as gorgeous as anybody’s Eiffel Tower or Grand Canyon–and if the farmer selling goat cheese also had glorious spring greens, I’d buy her greens. It was totally friendly. I never said, “Shame on you for stealing the milk God meant for goat babies!” and she never said, “Damn you, veg-head: buy some cheese or you don’t deserve arugula!” And the couple that provide the provisions for my CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture: you buy a share in a small farm for a season) always knew that I wouldn’t be getting eggs. I didn’t ask for anything to make up for that, but they often put in some extra potatoes or apples or a bottle of herb-flavored vinegar. It was nice. We were allies.”

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