Vegetarian Star

PETA Body Scan Ad

Another provocative PETA ad was rejected, this time by Southwest Airlines, which was meant to convey that going vegetarian would give you such a great physique, there’d be no need to feel self-conscious at the security scanner.

The scanner, which relies on backscatter technology to give a nude-like image of a body to reveal hidden weapons, has been under scrutiny in the past because of safety and health  concerns.

According to Centredaily, some professors in biochemistry, biophysics and experts in imaging, cancer and crystals wrote to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, saying the scanners could expose the skin to high dosages of radiation that could result in health problems, especially in children, pregnant women, seniors, and those with immune system issues.

Dr. Alexander Garza, the assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer for the department, said, “The risk is so low it’s almost negligible.”

Plus, he added, worried fliers can always reject the X-Ray vision technology scanner and go for the old fashioned feel you up, otherwise known as the pat down version at security check.

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

The True Blood Season 2 DVD and Blu-Ray edition has just been released and there are special features included, such as fake infomercials and The Vampire News.

One segment on The Vampire News has Tom Colicchio making an edible version of a blood drink for vampires that have stopped eating humans for ethical reasons (even the free-range humans).

Why do conventional chefs think chicken stock is a necessity in an otherwise vegetable based dish?

Who knows, but if you substitute vegetable broth for the stock, you have a completely vegan shake with fava beans for protein, spices like fennel and star anise, beet juice and other greens.

“I have a few friends that are vampires, and I’ve had this issue,” Collichio says. “We go out, and I’m sitting there through appetizer, and entree, and dessert, and they’re just kind of nursing a TruBlood. It’s a little awkward.”

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

Given the fact both the co-founders of Twitter, Biz Stone and Evan Williams, are vegan and vegetarian,  it’s no surprise their expanded headquarters in San Francisco are very veggie and earth friendly.

The cafe, pictured below, provides lunches for employees, much of which is vegan.

Twitter Cafe

Yes, free vegan lunches are quite the perks, but good luck getting your resume through to one of the hottest tech organizations to launch in the past decade.

(more…)

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

Solange Knowles went through a stage in her teen years that she calls a “weird teenage Rasta phase” where she became a vegan.

From Village Voice:

Definitely, everyone has that unfortunate, weird teen phase
Like vegan, Rasta, yeah…

You had a vegan phase when you were fourteen?
Oh yeah, it was hard full on. I was thirteen. And I definitely did the whole vegetarian, cut my hair off, not-wearing-it-if-it’s-not-from-the-thrift-store phase.

(more…)

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

WJW Fox 8 “Hollywood and Dine” feature has Natalie Portman discussing how she’s getting into the local and slow foods movement, frequenting restaurants that use vegetables from their own farm.

The Mossman then makes an eggplant dish he thinks Portman would love.

Better hold off the cheese next time, considering Portman turned vegan for good after reading Jonathan Safran Foer‘s Eating Animals.

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

Chicago Diner "Radical Reuben"

The Chicago Diner was recently featured on TLC’s show Best Food Ever, hosted by John Goodman.

The episode, titled, “Darn Good Diners,” highlighted the vegetarian diner’s Radical Reuben sandwich, and how it is prepared from start to finish.

The Radical Reuben is a vegan sandwich made from seitan to imitate roast beef, and topped with grilled peppers, onions, sauerkraut, soy or dairy cheese and homemade vegan dressing between two slices of toasted marbled rye bread.

(more…)

Possibly Related Posts:

• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills
• Controversy Over Pro-Vegeterian Curriculum In Schools
• Ellie Goulding Creates Protein Bar “Everlasting Joy” With GoMacro

Max Lugavere and Jason Silva are the hosts of Current Tv’s Unseen, a show where viewers are invited to ditch the tourist pamphlets and take a look at a country from the eyes of a local.

On a recent episode, the two gentlemen featured Spain, and an event where locals showed up to throw tomatoes at each other, La Tomatina.

They compared the popularity of the tradition to the running of the bulls, Lugavere adding, “without the animal cruelty.”

Does Lugavere have a heart for animal rights?

He and Silva were interviewed by Alternative Apparel, where they discussed encouraging greener ways of living, like refusing to purchase food from factory farms.

Granted, living greener usually also means not wasting food, a lot of which is done in this celebration.

Watch the clip for the cruelty-free tomato tradition (minus the use of a ham to start the celebration) above with locals chanting, “There’s no tomatoes. We Want Tomatoes” and slipping and sliding in red pulp.

Possibly Related Posts:

• Jon Stewart and Wife Tracey Stewart Adopt Horse
• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Elephants Retire To Sanctuary
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills

Reports from The Philadelphia Inquirer say Chrissie Hynde will protest outside the McDonald’s at 40th and Walnut Streets in University City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday, May 27, for the PETA McCruelty “I’m Hatin’ It” campaign, aimed at the fast food giant for refusing to switch to a more humane way of slaughtering chickens, something its European outlets have already done.

The protest comes just days after McDonald’s made another decision that lowered its favorability with animal rights activists when it refused to switch even 5% of its eggs to cage-free.

Hynde will be present to pass out Unhappy Meals, featuring creepy looking horror movie Ronald McDonalds, mangled plastic chickens and ketchup packets mimicking fake blood.

Possibly Related Posts:

• Jon Stewart and Wife Tracey Stewart Adopt Horse
• Chrissy Teigen Failed Vegan Experiment
• Mia Evans Is A “Masterchef Junior” Vegetarian Star
• Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Elephants Retire To Sanctuary
• Holly Madison Enjoys Vegan Smoothie From M Cafe In Beverly Hills