Comments Off on Kristen Bell Asks National Pork Producers Council To End Gestation Crates
Kristen Bell is expecting and both her vegan diet and her experience being with child has made her consider the conditions many mother pigs endure on farms.
In a letter to the National Pork Producers Council, Bell asks that the industry do away with gestation crates that allow the pigs very little room to move freely and live naturally.
Bell says that although she loves being pregnant, she “can’t imagine how awful it would be under conditions like these.”
Comments Off on Wolfgang Puck Oscars Governors Ball Menu Has Vegetarian Dishes (Video)
Wolfgang Puck will be catering his 19th consecutive Oscars Governors Ball in February, and he’s already given a glimpse into the menu that celebrities and guest can feast on in the The Ray Dolby Ballroom on the top level of the Hollywood & Highland Center after the ceremony.
This year’s changes include smaller plates and more buffet style dinner options, with a total of 50 dishes to choose from.
Like previous years, Puck’s menu has something for Hollywood’s vegetarians and vegans.
The vegan actress has shared a recipe with Women’s Health Mag that involves replacing the traditional flour tortilla with a Nori seaweed wrap and filling it with brown rice, avocado, apples and more.
Comments Off on Paul McCartney Elvis Costello Collaborate For Linda McCartney Foods (Video)
Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello have collaborated in a new YouTube clip that is part of a series of advertisements to promote a new line of meat-free dishes in the Linda McCartney food brand.
Costello, a vegetarian since the early ’80s, said, “Linda always talked well and made it seem that you wouldn’t be joining a secret weird society by being vegetarian.”
Comments Off on Meatless Mouthful–Mike White Is “Enlightened” Like Amy Jellicoe
“The vegan part of me is where Amy Jellicoe lives. Making ethical decisions ultimately puts you in opposition to society’s norms. There’s so much in our society that values comfort and convenience. It’s annoying when someone asks, “Is this really the right way to live? Is this the right thing to do?” I see myself in Amy, even in irritating ways. But I also find her sympathetic.”
—Mike White, creator behind HBO’s Englightened, on the similarities between himself and the series’s main character who takes a stand against the norm in the corporate world. The entire Q & A with Mike can be found in the print edition of the January/February issue of Vegetarian Times.
Comments Off on “Downton Abbey” Cookbook One Of 2012 Unhealthiest
The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines is just one of the five unhealthiest cookbooks of 2012 as declared by the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine.
One serving of one recipe from the book, “Squab with Fig Foie Gras,” is said to contain more cholesterol than 10 Big Macs and as much fat as 12 tablespoons of lard.
