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Denny’s Puts Amy’s Kitchen Veggie Burgers On Menu

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, August 30th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.


You know you’re good veggie burger when you land on the Denny’s menu.

Amy’s Kitchen has kept vegetarians and vegans on a full stomach for over 20 years, and now one of the biggest restaurant chains in America is adding its veggie burger to the menu. As part of both Denny’s “Hand-Helds” and “Better for you options,” customers can order the meatless patty either with Pepper Jack cheese, fresh spinach, tomato and grilled mushrooms on a wheat bun or anyway they’d like.

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RHINEBECK, NY - JULY 30: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton attend Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky's pre-wedding dinner at the Beekman Arms Inn on July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Bill Clinton is keeping a vegetarian vow after embracing the diet to lose a few pounds for daughter Chelsea’s wedding.

Page Six reports that the former president of the United States was spotted eating a veggie burger at Babette’s in East Hampton, New York. And let’s hear it for Hillary, who chose the falafel instead of meat as well.

“He was sitting in a corner banquette, eating a veggie burger and a mountain of vegetables. He was with Hillary, who had a falafel plate, and her mother, Dorothy Rodham, who ate French toast. Hillary kept her sunglasses on throughout the meal, and a security guard stood outside the bathroom near their table.”

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U.S. gambling tycoon Steve Wynn (C), accompaned by Wynn Macau Chief Operating Officer Linda Chen (R) and Vice Chairman of Wynn Macau Limited Allan Zeman, speaks before a fireworks display is held at his newly opened Wynn Encore casino and hotel in Macau April 22, 2010. Wynn said he may move his company's headquarters to Macau as it embarks on a major expansion there, in a nod to the rise of the former Portuguese enclave as the world's new gambling capital. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS)

After hearing the news that casino owner Steve Wynn has mandated all his restaurants serve vegan options, we’ve discovered a source that gives more detail as to how a meat, fish, egg and dairy-free Vegas lover can satisfy themselves at his Las Vegas and Encore resorts.

We’re please to say, after looking over the offerings, there’s no sign of what Vegan.com called a “half-assed grilled vegetable plate slop” at Red 8, Okada, The Pizza Place or any of his other dozen restaurants.

But here’s a sample of what you may order instead:

At Okada: cold soba noodles; hot udon; robata grilled vegetables; fried vegetable roll with vegan tempura dipping sauce; agedashi edamame tofu; coconut lime pudding.

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The Wynn Hotel and Casino is seen in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn Photo via Newscom
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn may no longer be gambling with his health. The operator of Wynn and other casinos in Sin City is rumored to have gone vegan and is extending this deal to patrons at his casinos.

Wynn has ordered every one of the restaurants on his Vegas properties to offer vegan menu items, including vegan desserts.

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Alice Walkers speaks out on value of black farmers and family farms

Author Alice Walker was honored at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, an advocacy group for black farmers. The Color of Purple author grew up on a farm with both her parents being harvesters, but told AI.com farming has over a 200 year history in her family.

A vegetarian, Walker said she considers her time with the Cooperative a merge between her passion for both animal rights and land preservation and hopes younger people will become educated about farming and choose to get involve.

Vegetarian Star has already briefly touched on initiatives to recognize and support eco-friendly black farmers, such as San Francisco’s Farmer Brown restaurant, which sources organic, sustainably grown and raised ingredients from local black farmers.

In addition, there is another organization that provides support to black farmers growing sustainable crops.

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NEW YORK - APRIL 14: Overview of the interior of Otarian, the planet's most sustainable restaurant, during the grand opening celebration on Bleeker Street on April 14, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Otarian)

Otarian, a chain of casual, fast food vegetarian restaurants which offers a menu displaying the carbon count of each item, has opened in Soho.

Created by Radhika Oswal, wife of billionaire Pankaj Oswal, Otarian keeps green by doing more than serving the Indian Chutney Burger and Vegetable Lasagna. Otarian doesn’t transport ingredients by air and will exclude them from a dish if no reliable from of ground transportation is available.

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Iron Chef America-Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy. Credit: Lunch Box Bunch

Iron Chef America-Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy. Credit: Healthy Happy Life

Amanda Cohen, founder and chef of New York city vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy, will be competing on Iron Chef America on August 29th, 2010 at 10 PM ET/PT against Chef Masaharu Morimoto in a vegetarian on vegetarian challenge.

To Cohen’s surprise, Moriomoto stuck to an entirely vegetarian menu during the challenge in which Cohen worked so hard her pants fell down.

“I can only hope that this moment didn’t make it onto national TV,” Cohen told Lunch Box Bunch about the embarrassing moment during an exclusive interview.

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Still Life of a Chocolate Cup Cake Decorated with Heart Shapes

Sugar Cupcakery, a cupcake bakery offering vegan and gluten-free varieties that competed on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars television series, is teaming up with a program that funds research and education on Parkinson’s Disease.

From now until September 12th, two organic cupcakes from the bakery will compete with each other in sales and 25% of sales from the winning cupcake will go towards The Sunflower Foundation, a collaboration between UC Health/ University Hospital Foundation, UC Neuroscience Institute and the Davis Phinney Foundation that has raised over 1.4 million dollars for Parkinson’s Disease.

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