Vegetarian Star

Does anyone even read those suggested lists posted by Amazon.com users? Seems like it’s more for the user to feel highly important, knowing they’ve made a difference by enlightening a potential buyer that Radiohead is very dissimilar to Filter, but both CDs sound great while reading the Natural Herbs book.

Here’s a list you might find helpful, though. Bruce Friedrich at the HuffingtonPost has compiled his essential reads for vegetarians.

Kathy Freston, author of the Quantum Wellness books, including her latest, The Quantum Wellness Cleanse is included.

“In our toxic society, Kathy Freston is pumping in some much-needed fresh air, with chapters discussing not just the importance of eating a vegetarian diet for health, ecological, and spiritual reasons, but also discussing a range of other practices that will inspire readers to be the happiest and healthiest people we can possibly be,” writes Bruce.

The Engine-2 Diet, which inspired Newsweek editor David Noonan to go vegan made the cut. 

Dr. Dean Ornish and John Robbins are also a few of Bruce’s favorites, but he does give warning to the faint of ears who plan to read anything by Skinny Bitch authors Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.

“…for anyone, really, who enjoys a chatty and irreverent — and I do mean irreverent, so be warned! — tone…”

Read Bruce’s complete list at huffingtonpost.com.

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In a new documentary, Processed People, author Dr. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson explains the very simple reason why he went veg: He didn’t want to see animals slaughtered.

Masson thinks that most people feel this way and if we were forced to kill our own meat, at least 90% of people would be vegetarians.

“There are always people who are willing to kill,” Dr. Masson says. “But you know what’s interesting? In every society, butchers are almost a class apart. It’s as if the person does not want to be associated with the act of killing. I think almost everybody has a bad conscience about it.”

Masson is the author of books such as The Face on Your Plate: The Truth about Food and When Elephants Weep.

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The world’s most famous Skinny Bitch, isn’t stingy when it comes to causes she cares about.

Rory Freedman, co-author of the famous Skinny Bitch series, has offered to donate $5,000 to peta2 in her mother’s honor, but only if you help her out.

Rory will match donations, dollar for dollar, up to $5,000 for every bit you donate to Peta2.

Let’s say you found a machined washed $10 bill in your winter coat after giving it the final cleaning for the season. Like Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers would say, “Give it away, give it away, give it away now.” Rory will donate her $10 (although maybe not as washed out and wrinkled) to match your money!

Mother’s Day doesn’t last year round and neither does this donation challenge. You have three days to dig those coins from the couch cushions. 

Visit the Facebook cause page to donate now!

via peta.org

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The best things in life are free and vegan. Seriously.

Which is why you should head over to living.peta.org and register to win a copy of author Kathy Freston’s latest book, The Quantum Wellness Cleanse: The 21 day Essential Guide to Healing Your Mind, Body, and Spirit.

All you have to do is make a comment on their blog post, stating how your health goals for 2009 involve being healthier for yourself, animals, and the planet. Pretty easy for a vegetarian, who helps all three entities in one meal, huh?

The contest ends May 28th and winners will be contacted June 3rd.

Freston is the lady who convinced Oprah Winfrey to go vegan for 21 days and regularly makes appearances and gives interviews on the benefits of increasing vegetarian and vegan food in your diet.

The Quantum Wellness Cleanse contains daily eating plans as well as recipes.

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Poet Benjamin Zephaniah recently interviewed with the UK Times Online and revealed when he visits China, he’s often challenged in several ways, including his vegan diet. 

“When I got to China I found I was being challenged in really interesting ways. For instance, I always believed that everybody in China had only one child. But I kept meeting people with six children. And it’s challenging being a vegan in China, like I am — but the best vegan restaurant I’ve come across in the world is in Beijing.”

Sure wish Benjamin had mentioned that awesome vegan restaurant in Beijing. It might come in handy for some of you international travelers.

Have you had any overseas veg dieting challenges?

Read the entire story on Benjamin at entertainment.timesonline.co.uk.

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Post Punk Kitchen

Update from our post on Sign Carrying Vegans in the American Idol audience!

Liz D. just dropped a tip to let us know that the sign carrying vegan was Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Punk Kitchen!

You kitchen fanatics know Isa from her cookbooks, such as Vegan with a Vengeance and Veganomicon.

We think it’s totally rad that Isa got some face time for carrying her vegan sign! Maybe this will make Simon Cowell reconsider going back on the vegetarian diet he tried for a week years ago. 

For other pics of Isa at the American Idol show, visit PostPunkKitchen.com.

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Happy Earth Day! Do you have big plans?

Bones actress Emily Deschanel and Skinny Bitch author Rory Freedman described to Chloe Jo of the Girlie Girl Army their idea of the perfect Earth Day friend date.

It involves trapezes and vegan food. Hopefully, they’d wait awhile after eating the vegan food and getting on the trapeze.

Rory Freedman: First stop: trapeze school on the Santa Monica pier! It’s one version of man-made fun that doesn’t leave any carbon footprint. You swing around in the air confronting your fear of heights and bodily harm. It’s an amazing workout where you get to be outside, enjoy the fresh air, see the ocean, feel young, and get manhandled by hot guys. When we’re done playing Circus of the Stars, we can go stuff our faces at Golden Mean Cafe, the new vegan spot in Santa Monica that’s all the buzz. The food is ridiculously good, there’s an upstairs mediation/reading room, the space is really Zen (the walls are infused with crushed quartz crystal, selenite, mica, gold, and incense), and the owner and head chef couldn’t be sweeter.

Emily Deschanel: Ooh I can’t wait! I’ve been dying to do trapeze school, and I haven’t been to that restaurant yet!! You know we both love vegan food!!! I wonder what the crystals in the walls will do for us.. We’ll probably feel all centered and new-age-y.

Read the rest of Rory and Emily’s date plans at GirlieGirlArmy.com.

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Vegan chef Christina Pirello once said that dairy should be illegal.

She’ll be sharing her legal cooking secrets with passengers abroad Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam in August, performing cooking demonstrations, answering questions, and offering tastes of her vegan cooking.

This woman is the Rachael Ray of vegan cooking!

Famed for overcoming leukemia which she attributed to taking on a plant based diet, Pirello hosts the PBS television series Christina Cooks and has authored several books, including This Crazy Life: A Prescription For Endangered Species, Cooking the Whole Foods Way: Your Complete, Everyday Guide to Healthy, Delicious Eating with 500 Vegan Recipes, Menus, Techniques, Meal Planning, Buying Tips, Wit, and Wisdom, and Christina Cooks: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Whole Foods but Were Afraid to Ask.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Food Science and Nutrition, has been a guest on television shows like “The Early Show” on CBS, “Home Matters” on The Discovery Channel, “Women’s Day TV” on The PAX TV Network and “In Food Today” on the Food Network.

via earthtimes.org

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