Vegetarian Star

The March/April 2009 issue of VegNews features an article titled, “20 Under 30,” about young activists who are the faces of vegetarianism.

Nicole Lapin, CNN news anchor, made the cut!

The 24 year old has a program in which she too recognizes young people who are making a difference in the world, “Young People Who Rock,” which highlights “talented, motivated, don’t-take-no-for-an-answer leaders in politics, business, entertainment, and social activism.”

Nicole’s a vegan, but don’t let that fool you into thinking she’s high maintenance. She once mentioned how easy it is to make meals out of vegan items, and that she could eat anywhere, including a steak house or a gas station. 

Congrats to Nicole for making the cut. For the list of other notable young activists, including two awesome bloggers from Supervegan.com, pick up a copy of VegNews.

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We’re starting to think Chrissie does this meat ban on all her concerts.

We recently told you that Chrissie asked Stubb’s barbecue joint in Texas not to serve meat in the outdoor concert area, and instead there was “wheat roast” and veggie tamales available.

Now, we learn that a similar ban was placed on a recent Phoenix, Arizona concert. From the Phoenix Examiner:

“But she’s not exactly dipping one foot in the grave yet and is still the coolest chick ever, from her knee high black boots to her black jacket with tails to her signature long bangs.”

“Maybe it’s because she eats no meat? At the Pretenders’ request, none was sold at the concession stands during the show. But I can forgive that because it was Chrissie’s wish, even though hot dogs are one of my favorite foods. Fortunately I had eaten dinner before going to the theater, and ironically it was just a salad anyway. But I like to be the one who decides when I will or will not eat meat. I guess my only exception to that rule is if the Pretenders tell me otherwise. Or the Pope.”

“Attendants at the concert also handed out copies of “Vegetarian Starter Kit” magazine because “Chrissie wants everyone to have one”. This meant that while waiting for the show to start, everyone was reading about the nobility of chickens. But hey, if becoming a vegetarian means I can look as fit at fifty-seven as the great Ms. Hynde does, I may have to rethink the whole thing.”

A fan of Chrissie’s rethinking the vegetarian thing? Sounds like Chrissie’s marketing plan is working!

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“It wasn’t that hard to become vegan for me. The only thing that was a little confusing was recognising animal ingredients that I never knew about before, such as gelatin or casein [milk protein]. Once you get familiar with that it’s simple. No dairy, eggs and those sneaky ingredients were the only differences between vegetarian and vegan.”

—-musician John Feldmann, singer and guitarist for the band, Goldfinger, during an interview.

Ingredients can be a pain in the butt sometimes. We all know that chicken broth doesn’t make rice vegetarian and egg whites don’t make bread vegan, but L-cysteine in your pita pocket? Monoglycerides? Don’t even get us started on sugar-who would’ve thought it gets white via processing with animal bone ash-yuck!

Luckily, there’s a list to help us sort through all that. Bring a copy of it with you at your next grocery store visit.

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Patrick Carney, drummer for the blues-rock band The Black Keys, grew up in the same city and attended the same school as The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde.

The two have collaborated on a fundraiser and he takes people to eat at her Vegiterranean vegan restaurant frequently. He thinks the food is great, but he’s not too keen on the music.

“It’s an awesome restaurant, but it’s surprising how bad the music is that they play there. It’s straight-up new age jazz. As my uncle [saxophonist] Ralph [Carney] would say, “It’s late jazz.”

Well now…Could he be mad that he doesn’t get the hometown discount?

So if you’re not into new age jazz, bring a set a earplugs with you before you go.

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Rory Freedman, vegan author of the “Skinny Bitch” book series was recently on “Issues” with vegan Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN where the two were discussing diet and health and tying everything into Jessica Simpson’s publicized weight gain.

Here’s a bit from the show:

VELEZ-MITCHELL: You talk about controversy, Jessica has put herself in the center of controversy over her diet in the past. She appeared in a t-shirt that said real girls eat meat; that provoked a scolding from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals…

Rory, your book is called “Skinny Bitch.” It sold well over a million copies. It`s helped a lot of women lose weight. What advice would you give to Jessica right now?

RORY FREEDMAN, AUTHOR, “SKINNY BITCH“: You know, I have to say, I think Jessica is a beautiful girl. I think she has a gorgeous body, curves or no curves. And I feel sorry for her that she`s having to hear about her body. Nobody wants to be scrutinized.

However, if we are talking about a healthy diet, I don`t think Jessica should be giving any diet advice by saying real girls eat meat. Unfortunately meat is definitely not something you want to be eating if you want to be skinny. It`s got lots of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol. People who are vegetarians have lower incidents of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and these are our nation`s top killers…

If we`re all so hung up on our appearances, we can see by the crisis that we`re having, everybody`s overweight. People care about how they look; it`s not making a difference. So you`ve got to get another motivator to help you lose that weight. And unfortunately, how you look is not going to be enough. You`ve got to care about your health. 

Read the entire transcript for more on what Rory had to say. The segment is towards the end, so you’ll have to do some scrolling. 

Big Thanks for the Tip: Tracie from Lifebeginsat31.com.

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Uh-uh. No real meat’s getting in my concert area. 

When we told you Chrissie Hynde performed in the outdoor area of a barbecue joint in Texas, we mentioned there were vegetarian tamales for sale.

Now, we are finding out a little more about the food situation. Apparently, the restaurant managers respected Chrissie’s wishes and only served roasted “wheat” sandwiches (sounds like seitan) and vegetarian tamales outside where the concert took place.

Awesome that Chrissie was able to spread the news both by word of mouth and what people put in their mouth. Of course, not everyone was happy.

“You know, I don’t know,” said one concert goer named Debbie, when asked what a wheat roast sandwich was. “I’m grateful that it was dark enough that I didn’t have to inspect it too carefully. It tasted so bad. In fact, I thought today (Monday) I’d get on the Internet and see what the hell I put in my mouth last night (Sunday night).”

Some might tell Debbie that any meat she eats should probably be inspected a heck of a lot more than any wheat sandwich, considering the hormones pumped into animals, the sickly condition of some animals that are still slaughtered, and the number of e.coli cases occurring every year from tainted product.

“We told the people that if they prefer to have barbecue they had a full line of barbecue in the restaurant, if that’s why they so chose,” said Ryan Garrett, Stubb’s venue manager. “We love the Pretenders and we want to have them back. We can’t have a negative spin on this.”

“We just respected her because we want her to come back, and at the same time offered our patrons barbecue items in bulk in our restaurant,” he added.

Source: Statesman.com

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You bet she has issues. Like how to handle all the sudden fame and popularity!

Jane Velez-Mitchell, the vegan anchor who replaced Glenn Beck on CNN news spinoff HLN, is burning up the ratings chart.

During it’s third month on air, Jane’s “Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell” pulled in HLN’s largest 7PM audience since it launched in February 2005.

And in January 2009, “Issues” averaged 531,000 total viewers and 221,000 adults 25-54, a 50% increase in total viewers and a 46% increase in the demo over her predecessor’s January 2008 ratings.

If you remember us telling you, Jane has used her TV spotlight to highlight tons of animal issues, from puppy mills and adoption to spaying and neutering to California’s Proposition 2.

And if her popularity is rising, that can only mean a bigger chance for her to get these “issues” to the public so they’ll be more informed.

Congrats to Jane. Let us know when the vegan foods segment is airing. We’ll be Tivo-ing it, for sure!

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A lot can change in two years. Joaquin Phoenix has undergone a transformation lately, and not just in his career. Some people are into that scruffy, hobo look. Some wish he would make an appointment with the barber. Don’t even get us started on that gansta rap thing. So between the two Joaquins, who would you rather do…

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