Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Celebrity Tweets, Food & Drink, Journalists.
Oh, to be the best friend of Jane Velez-Mitchell, who sent her favorite people some chocolate without the butter, milk and or egg.
“Sent vegan Chocolates to the Atlanta crew for Xmas – so far they’re getting rave reviews!”
Unfortunately, not everyone works with Jane and the rest of vegans are left to fend for themselves when the cravings attack.
Instead of giving in to Snickers or the closest available piece of candy you’ll gobble down so fast you’ll forget you’re cheating, invest a little time in learning some brands of vegan chocolates.
There are brands you might not suspect to be vegan, like Trader Joe’s chocolate chips or some of Newman’s Own Chocolate Bars.
Other brands specifically market themselves as vegan like Endangered Species Dark Chocolate or Plamill Organic Vegan Chocolate.
Raiding Jane’s candy jar hidden in her file cabinet would probably be a great place too, but most of us will never experience that option.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.
Comments Off on Real Food Daily Keeps Tobey Maguire, LA Celebrities Happy
Vegetarians and meat eaters can get along and even eat together, so says Lauren Harb at the Huffington Post.
Harb reviewed several restaurants in the Los Angeles area that ranged from totally vegan to meat dominant with recessive veggie features.
Real Food Daily, a vegan food mecca, made the list to make everyone happy in mixed company.
“OK, I’ll be honest. Most meat-eaters aren’t dying to eat vegan cheese or meat substitutes when they can have the real thing. But it is with extreme confidence that I promise you, no matter what your diet will or won’t allow, you want to eat their Not-chos. More often than you probably should. And yes, you want to add the tofu taco mix. No, you won’t know the difference from the real thing.”
Besides Not-chos and tofu tacos, RFD is the place to get a glimpse of numerous LA celebs like Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Berkley, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr and even meat loving country cutie Brad Paisley.
Is there an LA restaurant on Harb’s list that keeps you happy?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Recipes.
Comments Off on Alicia Silverstone Vegan Recipes Jumpstart Your Vegan Resolution
If you’ve already signed up for the 21 Day Vegan Kickstart Program with the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, you know you’ll be getting tips from the great cookbook author Alicia Silverstone.
When the three week initiation period has ended, why not continue with Alicia’s advice by grabbing a copy of The Kind Diet cookbook?
Extra has provided a few recipes you might start off with, but be warned: Tofu Not A Turkey may not be the first one to try if you stuffed yourself with bird, faux or real, for the entire holiday season.
Apple Crumble on the other hand…
Who doesn’t get into vegan desserts!
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Actors, Environment-Eco-Green, Transportation.
Ed Begley Jr. knows being vegetarian is a great complement to his other environmentally friendly behaviors like having solar panels in his home and getting from point A to B on a bicycle.
But is Ed driving an eco-friendly car with animal un-friendly seats?
From priuschat.com:
“Watching a recent episode of Living With Ed, it looks like Ed is now driving (or more likely Rachelle’s car) a level IV winter gray metallic 2010 Prius. I was a little surprised that he chose leather seats, being the vegan that he is.”
Granted, not everyone environmentalist is vegetarian, but with the environmentally unfriendly chemicals going into the tanning process to make leather not biodegradable, you’d think most hybrid worshippers would demand hideless vehicles.
Paul McCartney insisted his luxury Lexus be built with cloth seats versus leather.
Toyota 2010 Priuses come with either leather or non-leather seating.
Which one is Ed cruising around town in?
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Comments Off on Jason Mraz Says Gracias To Gracias Madre Vegan Taquerita
The owners of one of Jason Mraz‘s favorite raw vegan food restaurants, Cafe Gratitude, recently opened a Mexican vegan eatery, Gracias Madre.
As expected, Jason has expanded his love for Gracias Madre and recently made a Tweet about it.
“Today in San Fran: Cafe Gratitude opens Gracias Madre, A Vegan Taqueria! I’ve sampled the yumness already. It’s your new favorite spot.”
Gracias Madre offers 100% completely organic and vegan food and all cheese, milk and ice cream is created from nuts.
The menu features everything from tacos with fresh veggies, beans and cashew cheese to butternut squash soup to salads.
Gracias Cafe Gratitude for putting the vegan punch in Mexican!
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Animal Issues.
Animal activist Brigitte Bardot recently wrote to Agriculture Minister Gerda Verburg, condemning the Dutch goat and sheep cull that started last week and is expected to continue over the next month.
Bardot said the cull is a, “scandalously disproportionate slaughter which is deeply shocking because of its systematic character.”
Some 40,000 pregnant goat and sheep are expected to be killed.
The animals spread Q fever bacteria when they miscarriage and authorities estimate 2,300 people have become infected with Coxiella burnetii this year, while six people died from the infection.
Bardot states that Q fever in humans can be treated with antibiotics.
Q fever is no ordinary cold–it can give those infected with two weeks of shiver, headaches and a slow pulse rate.
Vaccinating animals can prevent Q fever.
Should the Dutch government have invested in an ounce of prevention versus using this cull as a cure?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Fashion, Female Singers.
Comments Off on Leona Lewis Stella McCartney Falabella Tote–“The Late Show”
If you spot Leona Lewis wearing leather or carrying a similar crafted handbag, you’d better get your eyes checked caused you know vegetarian gal wouldn’t think twice about doing that!
Which is why it’s no surprise Leona was spotted carrying a Stella McCartney ‘s bag while stopping by David Letterman‘s studios for The Late Show.
The Stella McCartney Falabella tote comes with a price tag-$1,145ish, but those with the pocketbooks of stars and the compassion of anyone regardless of their paycheck size, can snag this at stores like Neiman Marcus as a late Christmas present.
via bagthatstyle.com
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Written by Vegetarian Star on December 29th, 2009 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian.
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Rick Bayless. Credit: Joshua M. Thompson on Wikimedia Commons
Something smelled bad at PBS chef Rick Bayless‘ restaurants in Chicago recently–the smell of uninspected meat!
An Illinois Department of Agriculture inspector found 80 pounds of bacon without an inspection mark.
“The only product (Illinois restaurants) can have are either ones with an Illinois or federal mark of inspection,” said Colleen O’Keefe, a division manager of food safety and animal protection at the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Whether or not this meant unsafe meat made it to the patrons of Mr. Bayless’ restaurants is unclear, but with the knowledge of the health risks of tainted meat, one would think Frontera Grill, Topolobampo and Xoco would follow every regulation meant to provide a safer product to the public.
A helpful hint to customers of Bayless’ eateries–skip the meat altogether and order a veg meal instead!
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