Written by Vegetarian Star on April 15th, 2009 in Food & Drink, TV Hosts.
Ex vegetarian turned Hardee’s burger food porn star Padma Laskshmi recently discussed her earliest food memories of New York.
Apparently even when she was vegetarian, the Top Chef host wasn’t doing food right. Hot dog bun with relish anyone?
“Looking back, I’m amazed how much we ate street food. My perfect meal would be a pretzel with mustard and then an Italian ice. I was a vegetarian for a lot of my childhood, so I would order a hot dog but tell him to leave the hot dog out—just the bun and the fixings, like sauerkraut and mustard and relish.”
Um, a trip to the falafel cart for some high protein chickpeas stuffed in pita bread would have made for a more nutritious vegetarian meal. This is even worse than the vegetarians who just start eating cheese all day.
So now we know. Poor Padma just never learned what good vegetarian food was.
Even insects on hot dog bun sound more appetizing.
via nymag.com
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Vegetarian Times hosted their 2009 Dining Out Awards and nearly 700 readers voted for restaurants based in different regions of the U.S and several specialty veg restaurants like Most Eco-Fabulous and Totally RAWsome.
Chrissie Hynde’s Vegiterranean won “Most Promising Rookie.”
Several other restaurants made the cut, including The Chicago Diner for the midwest. If you recall, the diner is where Ellen DeGeneres went gaga over the vegan seitan hot wings and had some Fed Ex’d to her studios in California.
Peter Max’s fave, Candle 79, won the category for the northeast.
To find out what veg restaurants in your part of the country you should be visiting, pick up a copy of the April issue of Vegetarian Times.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 15th, 2009 in Athletes-Games-Sports.
Comments Off on John Salley Talks Veggies On ESPN: No One Messes With Him!
John Salley’s a busy man these days. This week he’s giving away veggie burgers to Chicago school children as part of a campaign to teach them how a vegetarian diet receives the best grade.
He also recently sat down with ESPN to answer questions submitted by fans.
John got several questions related to his vegetarian diet and lifestyle, including, “did guys ever mess with you knowing you didn’t eat meat?”
John answered, “No, no one ever really messes with me!”
Oh, yeah.
Here are a couple of other veg related questions from the chat.
What kind of work are you doing with PETA?
I did a PSA about a year ago with PETA since then they have invited me to speak about the health benefits of being a vegetarian.
How did you make the decision to go vegetarian?
I was a vegetarian first [before I became vegan]. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer and I new it was in the food so I changed my diet.
To read the rest of the Q & A session with John, visit espn.go.com.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 15th, 2009 in Business, Environment-Eco-Green, TV Hosts.
OMG, like Earth Day is just around the corner! Have you completed your green planet shopping list yet?
BoKU Super Food has teamed up with Distinctive Assets to deliver green gift baskets to several celebrities including veggies Ellen DeGeneres and Melissa Etheridge, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Bill Maher, Hugh Hefner, Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sheryl Crow, Drew Barrymore, Kathy Griffin, Tyra Banks, and Kate Bosworth.
The baskets will contain BoKU Super Food, which is, according to a press release, “a doctor formulated organic, kosher and vegan super food” and “loaded with naturally occurring vitamins, trace minerals, anti-oxidants and probiotics.”
“BoKU is a proprietary blend of the most powerful super foods on earth, all derived from natural plants with no chemical fertilizers or pesticides.”
If you’re feeling left out for Earth Day cause your green friends left you hangin’, treat yourself to some super food by ordering from www.bosuperfood.com.
via businesswire.com
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 15th, 2009 in TV Hosts, Videos.
Bob Barker invited TheInsider.com in his old dressing room on The Price Is Right when he returned to the show to promote his new book, Priceless Memories.
Bob and Drew Carey, the new host for The Price Is Right, started talking about diet and Drew wanted some veg tips to help him stick around longer.
“I did the show until I was 83. I don’t believe I could have done that had I not been a vegetarian,” Bob said.
“I became a vegetarian out of concern for animals. But very soon after I became a vegetarian, I could see why people do it out of concern for health because I had more energy and I felt better.”
Wanna know the best kiss Drew Carey ever got? It was from Bob, of course, after Drew told him he’d continue to advocate spaying and neutering pets on the show like Bob did.
You can view the video at The Insider to hear Bob talk veggie and his passion for animals.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 14th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Politicians.
Although months of rumors indicated the Obamas were getting a shelter dog, it was recently revealed the Portuguese water dog they took home was a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy.
The decision to do so after promising to adopt a shelter dog has incited a lot of controversy from animal rights groups. PETA, of course, is putting in their two cents. And they’re not happy with the decision.
“Let us be clear: The new first dog, Bo, is not a rescue. While he was returned to the breeder by his first owners, that subtle point is missing from or buried in most news reports and is no doubt lost on the masses of people who will be lining up at pet shops and demanding “Obama puppies.” These puppies will eventually lose their appeal, once people get tired of taking care of them, but because most pet shops and many breeders don’t take “returns,” guess where those unwanted “Obama puppies” are going to end up? At extremely crowded, overworked shelters like D.C.’s Washington Humane Society (WHS).”
Read the entire post PETA wrote on the Obama dog at peta.org.
What are your thoughts on Bo? Did Obama break an important promise and set a bad example for future pet owners? Or was it just extremely hard to find a shelter dog that was hypoallergenic?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 14th, 2009 in Business, Food & Drink, Male Singers.
Kanye West doing the organic thing? Oh, no. What’s next? The naked PETA ad we so humbly suggested months ago?
The hip hop and rap star is rumored to be teaming up with Guru Energy Drinks, an all natural, organic beverage company to create his own line of juice.
“I express myself through music, fashion, art, and design, and that’s why I am excited to collaborate with Guru; because the brand values what I value, and I can put what inspires me into this new product,” Kanye said in a press release.
At first glance, the drink sounds legitimately vegetarian. The ingredients listed from their website for their “secret” formula is as follows.
“Sparkling water, Organic white grape juice concentrate, Organic cane juice concentrate, Lemon juice concentrate, Natural flavors, Guarana seed extract, Salt, Echinacea flower extract, Panax ginseng root extract, Ginkgo biloba leaf extract.”
“Natural flavors” is always something to be wary of, as the source is not always known, so we’ll have to do more digging once Kanye’s beverage gets closer to the refrigerator at a store near you.
via Ecorazzi.com
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 14th, 2009 in Actresses, Fur.
Angelina Jolie is looking awfully furry these days.
She wore this fur-lined poncho and matching Russian style winter fur hat while filming on the set of her new spy thriller movie, Salt.
But while this looks like chinchilla, it’s actually a fake, or “synchilla.”
Jolie’s reps confirmed to PETA that Jolie only wears her own skin and that hat and coat are both synthetic.
“The chinchilla is actually synchilla,” PETA blogged.
Hats off (or maybe on, in this case) to Angelina for keeping it faux real!
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