Vegetarian Star

“This isn’t just me, a vegetarian, banging on: it was a United Nations report … that got me interested. There’s a need to do something: the livestock industry produces more greenhouse gases than all forms of transport put together. People are confused about what they can do — they can try one meat-free day a week. It’s kind of interesting once you get into it.”

—-Paul McCartney, addressing a crowd at the European Parliament last week in Brussels, Belgium, promoting his Meat-Free Monday campaign.

Getting into going meat-free may be an occasional treat to start.

But who knows?

After awhile, you may find it so hot, you’ll wanna do the veg thing every day.

via Times Online

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Julia Child rarely showed any love for vegetarians.

And the author of her life story, Julia Powell, admits she wasn’t keen on eating less meat until she read a book by one irritating vegetarian author named Jonathan Safran Foer.

“Jonathan Safran Foer irritates the shit out of me, but he’s right,” Powell said.

“He and I are really together in that what we’re trying to come to a decision about what we feel like we can eat. There’s got to be some middle ground between the industrial farming system and all the ways that’s broken and the various privileged ways people like me [respond].”

Powell now calls herself a “restaurant vegetarian”–meaning she will only eat meat when she knows where it’s coming from.

Working in a butcher shop allowed Powell to witness the gory details of “gruesomely grinning, fleshy half skulls, eyes still in their sockets” before meat gets to the plate.

“If you make a relationship with the people you’re getting your food from, you’re going to feel so much better, I promise,” said the author of Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.

Or lose your lunch.

Like Paul McCartney said, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.”

via thedailybeast.com via treehugger.com

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Heather Burns, the actress who plays Leah on HBO‘s Bored To Death, calls herself a “bad vegetarian” because she loves chicken.

“I eat chicken and I would eat chicken constantly,” Burns said.

Whoa, there!

That’s a little more bird talk than any “good vegetarian” can handle.

And Heather had a fairly good vegetarian week when she let Grub Street into her life recently to share all the things she loves to chow down on in New York City.

A few highlights:

Sunday, November 29
“I had coconut water with my red drink, and Bare Naked granola with soy milk. For lunch, I had just some Amy’s Kitchen organic chili mixed with brown rice. And for dinner I had Brick Lane, an Indian restaurant on 6th Street. It’s one of my favorite places on that street. I had the peeli dal. It’s really good and it’s vegan, so I eat that quite a bit.”

Monday, November 30
On Monday, I had a meeting and then I met my boyfriend at Orlin and had a spinach-and-feta-cheese omelette with orange juice and Earl Grey tea with soy milk.

Learn what bakery Heather loves at grubstreet.com.

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Farm Sanctuary has teamed up with Charity Buzz to launch their Peace For The Animals Holiday Auction to raise money for their organization.

Boy, oh boy are there some treats to bid on this year.

The top prize is a private dinner party with Ginnifer Goodwin, Rory Freedman and five of your friends, catered by vegan chef Tal Ronnen.

There’s also a private yoga session with Russell Simmons, two VIP tickets to the Ellen DeGeneres show and and meeting Alicia Silverstone after watching her perform in the Broadway play Time Stood Still.

Not to mention touring Ed Begley Jr.‘s eco home before having lunch with him.

To view all available items and bid, visit charitybuzz.com.

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What non vegetarian food did you find hardest to give up after taking the big veg plunge?

For Alicia Silverstone, it was Shabbat dinners that made her weak in the knees.

“I freakin’ loved gefilte fish,” Silverstone told the Jewish Journal, during a recent interview.

Here are a few other highlights from the online story:

She Never Stopped Loving Meat:
I’m not the person who ever stopped loving the taste of meat. I’m a foodie. But I knew I had to give meat up to be able to look at myself in the mirror, to know that I’m a good person and a good Jew. How could I continue seeing myself as a person who cares about the world and yet be responsible for suffering?

On Equating Animal Slaughter To The Holocaust:
I’m always hesitant to go there, because I don’t want to alienate people. We all know that the Holocaust was devastating; one of my oldest, closest family friends was a survivor. But for me, it’s the truth. The production of animals is the greatest holocaust that is happening now, because it’s allowed.

On How A Vegan Lifestyle And Spirituality Connect:
I have found my peace in living in the world as kindly as I can. Going to yoga and meditation, and eating well — that’s how I feel my connection to God.

Read more at jewishjournal.com.

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“Counter, Tagine — it isn’t really vegetarian, but it has great vegetarian dishes — Josie’s uptown, and Angelica Kitchen.”

—-Natalie Portman, at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, on her favorite NYC vegetarian restaurants.

Know who else digs Angelica Kitchen?

The faux meat is a gateway drug to vegetarianism bald star Moby, who said, “I’ve probably eaten there 2,000 times in my life.”

If you start now, you could at least hope to tie Moby’s record at Angelica.

via grubstreet.com

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Bill Maher has collaborated with the Humane Society of the United States to record a PSA informing consumers that International House of Pancakes, IHOP,  continues to get eggs from suppliers that confine hens in battery cages.

It’s so cruel that Bill has nicknamed IHOP “International House of Pain.”

“You may come hungry to IHOP, but you shouldn’t leave happy,” Bill says.

“Not as long as they only use eggs from hens crammed into tiny cages, where they can barely move an inch.”

Maher points out that other restaurants like Denny’s and Burger King are using some cage free eggs, but IHOP has failed to make progress.

Sounds like IHOP needs to HOP on the progressive bandwagon and phase out this cruel method of obtaining eggs.

Watch the clip for more.

via vegnews.com

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BABYCAKES NYC: COMING TO LOS ANGELES IN DECEMBER!!! from BabyCakes NYC on Vimeo.

For all the gluten-free, sugar-free vegan dessert lovers in Los Angeles, Erin McKenna is almost there to rescue you!

As reported earlier, McKenna has been working on setting up a BabyCakes shop in LA.

According to the BabyCakes blog, the LA store is expected to open December 9 2009.

If you ever wanted to know what goes through McKenna’s mind when she’s frosting a cupcake, look no further than the video above, which follows her staff as they take the trip from LA To New York.

Let’s just say BabyCakes has its share of interesting fans…

Watch to find out who!

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