Vegetarian Star

Of all the celebrity chefs who’ve warmed up to the plant-based lifestyle, Jacques Pepin is still not one of them.

The master of French cuisine recently spoke with Bay Area Bites when he touched on the subject of California’s foie gras ban that goes into effect July 2012 and Paula Deen‘s grease fest southern cooking.

“They have no idea what they are talking about. And the worst is that they are righteous,” Jacques said of officials who created a ban that makes it illegal to “force-feed a bird with the intent of enlarging the animal’s liver “beyond normal size” or to “hire a third party to do so” and suggested similar measures to improve animal welfare standards like those in chicken slaughter were also ridiculous.

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Rufus Wainwright has admitted to the press he’s succumbed his fleshly desires.

The singer who made OUT magazine’s top 100 celebrities and said he’d rather eat a seitan or tempeh reuben because he felt like the real thing was eating his pet dog apparently doesn’t have a pet lamb because he had no problem gobbling up Mary during an interview.

Fortunately, his better half still lets the lamb follow him back home without getting butchered.

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So all the vegetarians and vegans were enjoying what they thought were veg-friendly Frappacinos made with soy milk. But now news has surfaced that the Strawberries and Cream Frappucinos and Strawberry Smoothies they consumed were made to look pink with cochineal extract, a dye made from female cochineal insects.

Yummy.

Stephen Colbert poked fun of the fact Starbucks justified the use of this product by saying it wanted to get away from artificial ingredients. Colbert may be a slow-food activist after all, as he suggests people just trying grinding up a good old fruit with the same color in soy milk.

An actual fruit.

Fresh. Unprocessed. More nutrients. Zero bugs. Maybe Colbert is onto something.

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We all know Bob Harper officially denounced veganism a few weeks ago, but we had no clue of the extent of his carnivorous gluttony.

The Biggest Loser coach was invited to dinner on a recent episode of the reality TV series.

He didn’t exactly order salads and seitan.

We’ll have Buddy TV explain it further:

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Anthony Bourdain has picked Playboy magazine to sound off his latest complaints about vegetarians and vegans.

Well, at least he’s still on our side when it comes to mass-produced food and factory farms.

He’s got choice words for both groups in between his love for sheep testicles, seal eyes and In-N-Out burgers.

On Vegetarians:
They make for bad travelers and bad guests. The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, “I’m not interested,” or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you

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So Chelsea Clinton has been a model vegetarian and vegan in the media.

She went veg while living in the White House, took cooking lessons from the chef there and fed her wedding guests with vegetarian and vegan food.

So what’s the deal with telling dad to eat Charlie Tuna every now and then?

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Photographer Tyler Shields and former O.C. star Misha Barton are playing Dumb and Dumber this week after a series of photos the actress took with raw meat pieces have made headlines.

Obviously, pictures of Barton nude and appearing to enjoy uncooked steak over her face and mouth have sparked controversy.

Because little children shouldn’t be exposed to such taboos as e.coli, salmonella and animal cruelty.

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It’s that time again when celebrities come out in public wearing their finest in meat attire.

Nicki Minaj sported a faux chicken necklace from Onch (the same company that manufactured a meat necklace after Lady Gaga made that trend famous) at the IHeart Radio Festival.

If you aren’t totally knocked off your feet from this piece of must have fashion, perhaps you should opt for Onch’s bacon necklace instead.

Or not.

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