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"I Like Food, Food Tastes Good"

"I Like Food, Food Tastes Good"

I Like Food, Food Taste Good is a collection of recipes from bands that features an entire chapter on vegetarian main courses.

In fact, from glancing at the table of contents, it looks like meatless recipes make up about a 1/4 of the book.

The Night Before Mac-and-Cheese, Tofu Pot Pie, Semi Raw Everyday Pasta, The Karate Kid and Uncle Kyle’s Avocado Tacos all sound tasty with an interesting story.

Death Cab For Cutie‘s Veggie Sausage with Peanut Butter sandwich is included in the mix.

Vegetarian music enthusiasts, this is something you’ll want to add to your collection.

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Who Would You: Ben Gibbard Or Chris Walla (Death Cab Edition)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 in Bands, Polls/Surveys, Who Would You.

Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie are celebrating with Amy’s Frozen Burritos.

They’ve got one of the first songs to be announced for the New Moon soundtrack, Meet Me On The Equinox.

Ben and Chris will truly be the real vegetarian vampires of New Moon-not just the pseudo ones that don’t eat people.

Between the two band members, who would you rather…

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Death Cab For Cutie: Vegetarians For “New Moon” Veg Vampires

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 in Bands, Film & TV, Videos.

Death Cab For Cutie will have a song on the New Moon soundtrack called Meet Me On The Equinox.

Seems fitting that real vegetarians Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla would sing a song for a movie about vegetarian vampires.

Take a listen and say what you think.

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Zooey Deschanel, Ben Gibbard Marrying In September

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 in Couples, Food & Drink.

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We love veggie couples.

That’s why we’re overjoyed to hear that vegan Zooey Deschanel and vegetarian Ben Gibbard are expected to tie the knot this month.

From Page Six:

“A spy at the Bar Method ballet studio in Los Angeles says, “Zooey is in Belfast with James Franco and Natalie Portman” — filming Your Highness — “but will return at the end of September for her ceremony in Seattle.””

With Zooey and her sister Emily being vegan, and both Ben and his Death Cab For Cutie band mate Chris Walla being vegetarian, you know the reception will be filled with abundant veg food and may even be completely vegan.

Vegetarian and vegan weddings may be harder to plan if you have meat eating guests, but that’s no reason to back down. It’s your day, after all!

Check out this helpful post at weddings.about.com for resources from reception menus of couples who planned their vegan wedding to a directory of vegan cake bakers, and more!

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Rise Against Concert Gives Bad Veggie Burrito Experience

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, August 14th, 2009 in Bands, Business, Food & Drink.

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You know that the all vegetarian band Rise Against is big on spreading their vegetarian beliefs, whether it’s through bringing up the lifestyle during an interview or having vegetarian information packets available at their concerts.

At a recent Lollapalooza 2009 concert where the guys teamed up with band Animal Collective, their fans were fortunate enough to have vegetarian fare to choose from, but according to Time Out Chicago writer Doyle Armbrust, the vegetarian burritos were akin to euthanasia.

“Perhaps these PETA-championing vegetarians can write an homage to the veggie burrito that sent my writer colleague home early with food poisoning during their set.”

Of course, the food poisoning could have stemmed from the colleague’s earlier entree of beefy cold cuts or a chicken salad for lunch.

It’s never pleasant to see a veg burrito get bad publicity, though. Ouch!

If you’re looking for some good vegetarian burritos, check out Amy’s collection, which happened to be the staple of Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla.

From bean and cheese to vegan non dairy beans and rice to breakfast and even Indian flavored varieties, Amy’s wraps veggie burritos up and tucks them under in all the right corners.

And we bet they won’t send you home with a belly ache.

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Chris Walla’s Peanut Butter Veg Sausage Getting Rave Reviews

Written by Vegetarian Star on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 in Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Recipes.

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We brought you the, cough, cough, delicious details of Chris Walla’s Peanut Butter Veggie Sausage Toast Recipe. Yes, that’s right. Peanut butter and vegetarian sausage. Mmmm…yummy.

We have not been brave enough to attempt it yet, but the folks over at Sprig.com have. And they posted a pretty picture. Not only that, but they’re saying it tastes “pretty good.”

So hats off to them for being so brave, and if you’re still interested in being brave, have at it for the recipe.

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Scott Jurek Still Sees Many Vegans Drinking Soda Pop

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 in Athletes-Games-Sports.

Scott Jurek is an ultra marathoner who is featured in the October issue of Vegetarian Times, along with Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie.

Not only is he a vegan athlete, he is also a yoga man, and an instructor for a class he attended took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his lifestyle.

Jurek made his final decision to go vegan after a friend let him borrow, “Mad Cowboy,” by Howard F. Lyman, a former cattle rancher turned vegetarian.

“This book really opened my eyes to the factory farming nightmare and how unhealthy it was for me, the animals, and the environment,” he said.

And although turning veg has done great things for him, he’s cautious to anyone who thinks cutting out meat alone will make you healthy.

“It’s not like you wake up the next morning and feel ten times better. The changes are more gradual and you can see them better once you continue down the path for a while and then look back. In regards to competing and training I noticed my recovery times had shortened, that I was less injury prone, and had a higher level of energy. Above all, the major changes were in my relationship to food preparation and intake. I became very concerned not just about veganism, but about proper nutrition. I’ve come across many vegans who are still drinking soda pop. The point is you can be vegan and still have an unhealthy diet.”

Read the rest of the interview with Scott in Jai! Magazine.

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More from the Vegetarian Times interview with Chris Walla:

“Were it not for our freezer stash of Amy’s Frozen meals, the bus would be a much grumpier place. Eating healthy makes it easier to get along.”

They’re smiling, so they must have had some of Amy’s burritos recently. And what’s with the hand over the mouth-is he belching?

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