Vegetarian Star

As promised, we’re giving away a copy of Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian, the new cookbook that is the first vegetarian one from the editors of Cooking Light Magazine.

Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian is over 400 pages of vegetarian and vegan recipes, glossy photos, food cooking and preparation tips and even an entire chapter dedicated to just tofu and tempeh recipes.

To enter to win, simply do the following:

*For one chance to win, leave a comment on this post saying why you want to win Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian.
*For two chances to win, leave a comment on this post saying why you want to win Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian AND Tell us what you’re favorite vegetarian/vegan item to cook is.

Contests ends November 3rd, 2010 at midnight Pacific Time and the winner will be chosen randomly and notified by email within 72 hours.

Need an incentive to enter? Try this sample vegan recipe from Cooking Light Way To Cook Vegetarian, Hash Browns With Italian Seasoned Tofu.

Hash Browns With Italian Seasoned Tofu

Enter the giveaway and view the recipe below.

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The Jane Goodall Institute will benefit from these cute, plush toys from miYim.

The company has designed a pink hippo, yellow lion and gorilla for the Jane Goodall Wild Animal Collection, which features endangered species.

Crafted from cotton that is not treated with bleach and colored using only plant and mineral-based dyes, the collection is gentle to the environment, as well as kids’ (and adults’) health.

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The “would you rather have..” questions are always fun, and author known for his “vegan until 6PM” philosophy Mark Bittman was given a series of questions by Philadelphia Magazine’s Be Well Philly on which food he would choose over another.

Watch out pork industry.

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Daniella Monet PETA

Daniella Monet recalls the day she had to dissect an animal in class.

“The one memory I have, as far as dissecting goes, is in elementary school. I cried—a lot—and I was actually sent to the nurse’s office, and I used the phone to call my mom and say that I couldn’t do it.”

“It’s gross. It’s sad. I do think teachers should provide an alternative…And if kids stand up for themselves … it’ll definitely make a world’s difference.”

Hoping other adolescents won’t go through the same experience, Monet is posing in this PETA ad titled, “I Choose Not To Dissect.”

If you’re looking for an alternative to dissect for yourself, your child or students, you should know…there’s an app for that!

The Frog Dissection application by Emantras Inc. gives the educational experience of science class minus the guts and flesh of a real animal and having to fight with your ethics or the school board on making the decision to dissect.

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Art Smith and Tal Ronnen

Chef Art Smith was personally invited to cook for the Dalai Lama this past weekend in Toronto at a VIP guest luncheon hosted by The Canadian Tibetan.

Chef Smith served Southern Fried Vegan Chicken with Local Greens and Apple Cobbler with Buttery Short Crust, Whipped Cream and Candied Spiced Pecans.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• John Cleese (71)

Photo: PR Photos

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No Such Thing As A True Vegan

Think you’re a vegan?

Perhaps, in the strictest sense, you’ll reconsider after looking at this chart, which proves how hard it is to avoid animal products in our lives without extensively researching everything we use on a daily basis.

After reviewing possible animal ingredients in food and cosmetics, have you checked your air filters and wallpaper for cow-derived products? Is the plant-based item still okay if it grew in manure-enriched fertilizer? Should you pick another sport besides tennis if you can’t find a racket with vegan strings?

These are just items from a cow, by the way. Pigs, birds and fish creep into a vegan’s life at the most inconvenient times too.

How do you cope with the omnipresence of animal products in everyday items and is there a point where you draw the line and say “enough, I’ve done what I can?”

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Australian twin sisters and singing duo The Veronicas posed with some props you’ll probably never find with them on stage–skinned, dead animals representing what’s left after the material obtained for making a fur coat is ripped off them.

“[W]earing fur is unnecessary and unacceptable,” explained Jess Origliasso.

With so many fur-free retailers located at your local mall or shopping center, is it really that hard to choose compassion over killing?

A behind the scenes interview with the sisters can be viewed below.

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