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Erin McKenna “BabyCakes” On Martha Stewart (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Videos.

Erin McKenna, the vegan, gluten-free baking domestic diva has posted a series of videos from her stint on Martha Stewart.

Warning: There is a clip of a huge pile of chocolate cupcakes and if you’re refraining from sugar today, it might send you into relapse.

“For the 11 million people who are allergic-they suffer from food allergies-and the 3 million people with Celiac Disease, your bakery is a godsend. And your recipes, too,” Martha told Erin.

But you don’t have to have allergies or food sensitivities to enjoy Erin goodies that have been gobbled up by celebrities like Jason Schwartzman and Zooey Deschanel.

Watch the clip to see Erin talking about the bakery and visit babycakesnyc.com to see three other videos of Erin demonstrating baking with Martha.

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“The Biggest Loser” Bob Harper Loves Barbecue Popchips

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Reality TV.

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The Biggest Loser coach Bob Harper interviewed with Never Say Diet, where he revealed what a typical day of his vegetarian diet consisted of.

Bob used to have a craving for chocolate, but since saying good-bye to the artificial sweeteners, it’s all about the Popchips now.

“I freakin’ love Pop Chips!” Bob said. “They come to my house and I’m like, Nicole [his assistant] get them out of my house! The barbecue flavor is my favorite.”

“They all know that I’m a vegetarian now. I tried to keep that under wraps for a while. It’s different for everyone, but I always try to hit three basic food groups and protein is number four in my book. I’m wanting people to get their fruits, vegetables and their grains and that to me is a well-balanced diet. Yes, your body needs protein, but it doesn’t need as much protein as everybody thinks it needs. I’m just trying to get people to eat their vegetables again. I’m like everybody’s father in America right now going “eat your vegetables.” It’s so sad that in 2009, people are still scared of carbohydrates. It’s sad that people are still thinking that you’re getting fat from eating carbs.”

To read the entire interview with Bob, visit neversaydiet.com.

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Kathy Freston, Rory Freedman “World Veg Festival” San Francisco

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Events, Food & Drink.

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What are your plans for the weekend?

Don’t lie and say you have a life, instead head over to the World Veg Festival in San Francisco.

Featured presenters include Skinny Bitch author Rory Freedman, author of the Quantum Wellness books Kathy Freston, Mad Cowboy Howard Lyman, the Humane Society’s Dr. Michael Greger, author John Robbins and more.

Besides star speakers, the event will have cooking demos, cuisine sampling, a kiddie play area and Veggie Speed Dating.

Yes, veggie speed dating. Find the love of your life who’s breath smells as garlicky like yours.

The two day party is this Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4, from 10 AM to 6 PM at the San Francisco County Fair Building, Lincoln & 9th Avenue entrance to Golden Gate Park.

There’s a suggested donation of $6, and it’s free for everyone before 10:30 AM on both days, free for children and students and seniors with I.D.

On Saturday night at 6:45 PM, there’s a catered dinner, $20 for cooked and $25 if you like it raw.

For more information, visit sfvs.org.

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Alicia Silverstone “Real Food Daily” Sighting

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Actresses, Celebrity Sightings, Food & Drink, Videos.

Alicia Silverstone was spied picking up some vegan grub from Real Food Daily.

“You’re looking great, Alicia,” said one paparazzo.

Tell us about it. Does this vegan chick ever age?

Alicia’s new vegan diet book, The Kind Diet, debuts in October.

Could Real Food Daily be on her list of best restaurants to get veg food chapter?

via x17video.com

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Cindy Crawford Should Re-Read “Skinny Bitch”

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Models, Not So Vegetarian.

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Cindy Crawford has recently announced she’s a fan of Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin‘s vegan diet book, Skinny Bitch.

But Cindy either has a different copy than the rest of us or she needs to go through the book again with a yellow highlighter cause she thinks it gives her great incentives to cook with healthy ingredients like “chicken.”

When asked what book she’s recently read that’s had the most impact on her, Cindy answered:

“Skinny Bitch, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. It’s a great incentive to eat well, and I get extra energy from healthy choices like vegetables and chicken – all food we can eat together.”

But Cindy is known for her misunderstandings of vegetarianism and animal issues.

She once posed in an anti-fur campaign, then appeared on the cover of Vogue wearing a hide that wasn’t her own.

Veganism and chicken, anti-fur and fur-it’s all the same to some supermodels.

via famousveggie.net

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“Mr. Bumble” Obese Skunk Goes Vegetarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Humor, Offbeat.

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Meet Mr. Bumble.

Sir Bumble hails from the UK and was put on a vegetarian diet after his former owners gave him to the Royal Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).

Apparently, bacon is what caused Mr. Bumble to lose his sexy figure.

Mr. Bumble, who’s currently the Hot Slut of the Day,  is now residing in Tropiquaria animal park near Watchet, Somerset, according to BBC reports, and park owner Chris Noisier said: “We’re now working on dieting him down to what he should be and clearly bacon butties are not a normal part of a skunk’s diet in the wild.”

Skunks are omnivores, but usually stick to bugs and frogs in addition to berries, plants, and fruit.

Mr. Bumble weighs in at 14 pounds and needs to lose 5 or 6.

“We’re putting him on the vegetarian option at the moment. It’s very much like a human weight-watching issue,” Noisier said.

When Mr. Bumble slims, will he become the next pro vegetarian model for a certain animal rights groups that will probably ask him to take his clothes off as well?

One thing’s for sure, he’s definitely an anti-fur activist.

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AFI Hunter Burgan Loves Vegan Cheese Sourdough Bread

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

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But make sure you wash your hands before making it for him if you’ve sneezed recently.

Hunter Burgan,bassist for AFI known for his sarcastic, witty, and downright ridiculous comments on his blog or during interviews, shared with buzznet.com what he’d love to put on his sandwich.

Buzznet: If we gave you sourdough bread and you could put anything on your sandwich what would it be?

Hunter: It would be very thoughtful of you. Thanks! (I might melt some vegan cheese on it, or maybe marinara sauce if you didn’t give me vegan cheese.)

But Hunter’s quite a germaphobe, so never do something like cough and touch his sandwich. Or stab him.

“I hate it when people sneeze into their hands and then place them inside my mouth. I also hate being stabbed to death…that’s a pet peeve of mine.”

And to all ladies without eyes, sorry, you’ll have to find another man.

“The first thing I look for is eyes. If a girl doesn’t have eyes, it’s a no-go. (my apologies to all the girls reading this without eyes).”

Read more, find out when AFI plays near you and possibly determine if Hunter’s been eating too much moldy sourdough bread from his answers at buzznet.com.

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Meatless Mouthful: Isa Chandra Moskowitz On Baketivism

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in Authors, Chefs, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.

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“Oh, you mean baketivism? I just made that word up. I think that activism isn’t what you decide to do but how it affects people. So if someone says, I’m going to become an activist! I’m going to stand on a street corner and preach about veganism! And then they go ahead and do that but no one listens and no one becomes vegan, then is that activism? On the other hand, maybe there’s a girl in the middle of nowhere who loves animals and decided to bake vegan. And then people taste her cupcakes and are like “What the hell, I’ll go vegan, too.” Obviously I think the latter is more effective, but I guess people might not see it as activism.”

—-Isa Chandra Moskowitz on a different, definitely tastier method of activism, in an interview with vegnews.com.

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