Vegetarian Star

Southern living may be stereotyped as buttered rolls and pork chops, but who says country music stars can’t have breaded tofu in place of chicken fried steak?

The CMT blog reports The Zac Brown Band has been asked by PETA to consider going vegetarian and think twice about the values their song Chicken Fried is portraying.

“Life on the farm isn’t what it used to be,” PETA’s representative Michelle Cho wrote. “Green pastures and idyllic barnyards have been replaced by windowless, cramped, filthy metal sheds. Animals are treated as nothing more than products, with little regard for their health, happiness, or basic needs.”

The group also sent Coy Bowles,  Zac Brown,  Clay Cook,  Jimmy De Martini,  Chris Fryar and John Driskell Hopkins fake meats and suggested they host “eat and greet” sessions serving veggie food.

Maybe the boys will pick up a copy of Ann Jackson’s Cookin Southern Vegetarian Style and serve homemade jambalaya at the next big gig.

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Poker player Daniel Negreanu got a pleasant surprise when he made a stop at a Texas airport.

While most airports feature the standard burger, chicken and fries fare, Daniel found a place that offered vegetarian food so good, it was worth Tweeting about.

“Bravo Dallas airport. Plenty of healthy food options. I was VERY surprised to see a brown rice tofu bowl at a fast food joint.”

Could Daniel be talking about the Blue Bamboo Xpress in the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which offers bowls containing your choice of rice, noodles and vegetables?

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Ellen DeGeneres was interviewed by Katie Couric and she told Katie about her motivation for going vegan.

It all started with a little film narrated by Joaquin Phoenix.

“I watched a documentary, Earthlings,” Ellen said. “It’s inside footage of factory farms; 50 billion animals a year are killed. They’re in pain, treated badly, diseased, pumped full of antibiotics. I saw the reality and just couldn’t ignore it. And I’m healthier and happier.”

You’ve heard Ellen’s reason’s for giving up meat, dairy, fish, cheese and poultry.

What’s yours?

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Jimmy Kimmel hosted Lost producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, to talk about the premier of Lost.

Kimmel played a game of fate or coincidence when discussing scenes from the show.

Was the lasagna meal on the plane planned or coincidence?

“We actually spent a month working on that meal and it came to lasagna,” Cuse said.

“And we will tell you it is a vegetarian lasagna,” Lindelof added.

Is it planned or coincidence that Jack is nervous about flying?

Watch the clip to find out!

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Single digit temperatures and snowy days make winter one of the best seasons to stay inside and try new recipes.

The Daily Green is featuring creations by several celebrity chefs, including vegan chefs Tal Ronnen and Bryant Terry and local food advocate Alice Waters.

The best treats, however, are vegetarian recipes by non vegetarian chefs like Jamie Oliver.

Although a target of animal rights activists for serving meat in his restaurants, Oliver has been outspoken about knowing the source of your food and improving the quality of food in school lunches in the UK.

His Vegetable Jalfrezi makes for a nice dish to enjoy at home, or to include in the children’s lunchbox.

Spices of ginger, garlic and cilantro liven up garbanzo beans and combine with vegetables such as cabbage and tomatoes to serve over rice and top with yogurt.

Grab the recipe here.

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Shiri Appleby plays Cate on The CW series Life Unexpected, about a teenage girl named Lux (Britt Robertson), finding her biological parents.

Robertson says she and her screen mother are completely opposites and it sounds as if Robertson could use a little advice in the nutrition category.

According to Robertson, Appleby works out for 2 hours a day and is a vegan, which probably means she won’t be sharing Robertson’s breakfast on the set unless someone buys her egg-free and milk-free donuts.

“I eat like no other,” Robertson said. “It drives everyone crazy. I eat donuts three times a day and I probably go through four Mountain Dews a day. I’m on like a sugar high at all times, pretty much.”

“When she sees me with my Mountain Dew, eating chips and a donut at 4 in the morning, she’s like, ‘Wow. Wait until you’re 30.’”

Could Appleby’s influence produce some unexpected diet changes in Roberston this season?

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Once upon a time, many steaks ago, Kate Moss was rumored to be a vegetarian.

Now she hosts parties with fur rugs on the floor, but she might try to please one of her best vegetarian friends, Stella McCartney by going vegetarian again for one day a week.

The Sun reported a source said, “Kate has spent time catching up with Stella during Paris Fashion Week and finally agreed to support her friend by going without meat for a day each week.”

Kate’s been snacking on raw and other vegetarian food lately and is thinking of dining once of week with Stella to keep the Meat-Free Monday vow.

The buddy system is a great way to achieve goals like maintaining a regular exercise routine or quitting smoking.

Is a meat-free sponsor what everybody needs to take the plunge to help themselves, the animals and the environment?

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Anne Hathaway plays the White Queen in the upcoming Alice in Wonderland movie directed by Tim Burton.

While Anne was studying the role and getting into character, she  came to the conclusion that the White Queen was a total vegan punk.

“When I was trying to work her out, I kept saying to myself, ‘She is a punk-rock, vegan pacifist.’ So I listened to a lot of Blondie, I watched a lot of Greta Garbo movies, and I looked at a lot of the artwork of Dan Flavin. Then a little bit of Norma Desmond got thrown in there, too. And she just kind of emerged. And I really like her. When I first came on board the project, Tim talked a lot about the relationship between the sisters, and that really opened the character up to me a lot. She comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen. She really likes the dark side, but she’s so scared of going too far into it that she’s made everything appear very light and happy. But she’s living in that place out of fear that she won’t be able to control herself. There’s a lot to play around in. It was awesome. I had so much fun.”

Since Anne is known to flex in her diet, it was probably no issue for her to snack on nuts and salad while eating like the White Queen peacemaker.

Alice In Wonderland is scheduled for release in March.

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