Vegetarian Star

Alicia Silverstone treated herself to some delicious vegan food at NYC’s Candle 79 just minutes after her performance on stage.

Alicia held the launch party for her vegan diet and lifestyle book, The Kind Diet, at the same restaurant.

“I like my vegan food to be sexy, dirty fun,” Silverstone told New York Times.

Silverstone got her fingers dirty with nachos slathered in vegan cheese, tofu sour cream, with refried beans and seitan adding an extra protein punch.

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Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy

Amanda Cohen has been busy at NYC’s Dirt Candy making changes to the menu to refresh the not so old vegetarian restaurant she opened less than two years ago.

Change is allowing Cohen to introduce a vegetable version of a Chinese dim sum favorite–barbecue Pork Buns.

“We use carrots instead,” Cohen told Village Voice. “The buns will be different colors based on the different colors of carrots — there’ll be pink, orange, and yellow. They’ll have a slightly barbecued carrot filling and come with a little carrot cucumber salad, and I’m trying to figure out how to make sesame halvah to sprinkle on top.”

If you’re a fan of the kimchi doughnuts, sorry to say the carrot buns have replaced them.

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Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has declared March 20 as Meat Out Day for the state.

Vegetarians surrounded by the Great Lakes will probably celebrate with seitan skewers, but not everyone, especially those in the meat industry are happy.

WNDU reports that some meat lovers are planning a cookout on the steps of the state capital to protest.

“It’s important to us that people eat meat because that’s what we do for a living. I don’t think anyone should mandate whether people eat meat or not, it’s a personal decision,” said Brian McKenzie, a hog farmer.

The governor received the request to invite Michigan to partake in the meatless celebration from a representative of Meatout, a program of  FARM, Farm Animal Rights Movement, who’s theme for the year is “Eat for life–live vegan!”

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As mentioned earlier, vegetarian music great Paul McCartney is featured in the UK catering magazine Stir It Up, discussing his Meat Free Monday campaign and vegetarianism.

Introducing Meat Free Mondays into your diet should be fun, tasty and simple, and Paul proves this is possible by choosing a vegetarian dish in the very popular cuisine category of Mexican.

Vegans will be happy to know the recipe for spicy refried bean tacos with Mexican corn bread list cheddar cheese and other dairy ingredients as “optional.”

Spicy Refried Bean Tacos
230g canned refried beans
2 medium tomatoes, chopped small
1 tbs olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1-2 tsp hot chilli sauce or to taste
4 taco shells, warmed as per
instructions on pack
Grated cheddar cheese (optional)

1. In a large frying pan gently fry the onions in 2 tbsp olive oil for 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently.

2. Stir in the refried beans. Add the chopped tomato. Fry till heated through.

3. Season to taste with chilli sauce and a little salt if desired.

4. Half-fill the warm taco shells with the mixture and top with shredded cheese and shredded lettuce (lettuce can also be placed at the bottom of the shell)

5. Garnish with a slice or two of avocado and a dollop of sour cream.

Want to make Mexican corn bread with your tacos? Visit Stir It Up for the recipe.

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This week Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado introduced the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, H.R. 4870, a pilot program that would reward schools with food aid if they regularly offer vegetarian meal alternatives to students.

Polis is not a full time vegetarian himself, but has reduced his red meat intake to once a week and according to The Hill, Polis is a “big believer” in eating vegetarian.

He learned firsthand the problems adolescents have finding healthy food in educational environments when he visited dozens of schools.

“I have been in many lunchrooms during lunch period and can attest to the food that is frequently lacking from a nutritional perspective and very high in saturated fats,” he said.

“For a lot of kids, a lot of their meals come from schools, and many schools are really struggling to meet the USDA guidelines in terms of maximum saturated fat requirements,” he added. “What our bill will do is provide some lower-fat and lower-cholesterol ways for kids to get the nutrition that they need to be healthy.”

Polis’ legislation would create a $4 million dollar budget to test the introduction of vegetarian food and non dairy beverages into certain school districts over the next two years.

Politics has never been more exciting!

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Scott Pilgrim V. The World Movie Poster

The official Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie poster has been released.

The movie, based on the comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley,  stars Michael Cera and centers around the title’s character trying to win a girl’s heart while fighting off her seven evil ex boyfriends.

Mixing fantasy with traditional romance, one of the exes, Todd Ingram, is a vegan with superpowers he uses to fight Scott.

Normally, Vegetarian Star would be rooting for the vegan, but he supposedly cheats occasionally with gelato.

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Dom Partners is auctioning off the domain name “Sex.com” and animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is looking to get in on the, um, “action.”

PETA is hoping the organization will donate the website to the group, which will automatically draw tons of traffic to the site that will promote sex, illustrating how a vegetarian diet can only make it better by using saucy script and humorous eroticism.

From PETA:

“Visitors to sex.com would be exposed to PETA’s saucy campaigns, which point out, for example, the following:

• Meat-loving men tend to limp through their later years thanks to their artery-clogging diets.
• Nobody likes an eight-second ride.
• Many Hollywood hardbodies are hardnosed about not exploiting animals for their flesh and fur.”

PETA currently uses a domain called “meat.org,” which employs similar tactics in that web users who might be looking for information on meat are surprisingly educated about factory farming.

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“When you are eating out, very often the only vegetarian choices are pasta and salad. It’s no wonder some people think vegetarian food is a bit bland. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel all over the world and I know that there is exciting vegetarian food in every culture. If more people are going to really embrace the idea of regularly choosing vegetarian options, the food on offer has to reflect this variety.”

—-Paul McCartney, who’s gracing the cover of Stir It Up, a UK based catering magazine.

Inside, Paul discusses his Meat-Free  Monday campaign and shares a few recipes.

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