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Slice Of Celebrity Vegan Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 in Actresses, Birthdays, Female Singers.

Carrie Underwood

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

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PETA’s “Taking On Tyson” For Racing Pigeons

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Athletes-Games-Sports, Film & TV.

Mike Tyson

On Monday, Mike Tyson found protesters from PETA outside his home.

The activists are unhappy about his new Animal Planet series which debuted last week, Taking On Tyson, which features the boxing champion immersed in the sport of pigeon racing.

As always, there are two sides to the story.

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Aldo Zilli To Present At UK’s Natural & Organic Products Europe Trade Show

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 in Chefs, Food & Drink.

Aldo Zilli

Aldo Zilli will be one of several top-notch chefs presenting at the Natural Food Kitchen demonstration program featuring live sessions with chefs using natural and organic products at the Natural & Organic Products Europe trade show taking place April 3-4 in Olympia, London.

The show is the UK’s only trade show for natural and organic products.

Zilli said of the trade show: “I am delighted to be involved in The Natural Food Kitchen. I love the fact that healthy and organic foods are available and the fact that the show proves that natural food doesn’t have to be dull but can be interesting and delicious. I am proud to be showcasing my new organic range of baby food, Baby Zilli here and look forward to hearing the feedback about it from visitors to the show.”

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Forest Whitaker Says So Long To Soy For Weight Loss

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 in Actors, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

Forest Whitaker

If you follow Forest Whitaker, you know he had to shed that 70 pounds of extra baggage he put on for The Last King of Scotland, a film which earned him an Oscar in 2007.

Forest has been following a vegetarian diet for years, but he found cutting back on many processed foods, especially soy, helped the cause.

In other words: Forest cut the vegan junk food!

“I cut all the soy out and it changed everything… I just wanted to take care of myself,” Forest said.

Faux meats and cheeses are no doubt delicious, but YES, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. But is soy itself to blame for the vegan Santa Clause look? Not necessarily, says Dr. Andrew Weil, healthy living expert.

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"Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook"

"Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook"

Co-author of the Skinny Bitch series and author of her own cookbook, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate, Everyday Cookbook, Kim Barnouin, will be signing copies of books and greeting visitors to the Kaeng Raeng Cleanse booth at the LA Expo West at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday, March 12, from 1-3 p.m.

The Natural Products Expo West is one of the largest, natural and organic products and trade shows in the nation, and featured over 3,000 exhibits in 2010.

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Mark Bittman

“If it’s an anything-movement, it’s a common-sense movement. I do think the worm has turned and people are understanding that the diet that is the most prevalent and easiest is not the diet that’s best.”

Mark Bittman, author and food writer at New York Times, on how more people should adopt a diet that consists of less meat and more plant products. Bittman was featured in an article in the Fargo-Moorhead Forum that discusses the popularity of people who reduce their meat intake without officially declaring themselves vegetarian.

Vegetarian Times, a magazine devoted to recipes and all things food and veg related, has estimated that up to 70% of its readers are flexitarians, looking for meal ideas to replace meat dishes during the day, week or month.

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Leona Lewis

Plans to build a mega dairy in Britain have been scrapped, thanks to concerned citizens and environmental agencies.

Leona Lewis is one celebrity who is against buying and consuming milk from battery cows and finds it hard to understand why a plan like the one Nocton Dairy proposed would even be considered in Britain. She would like a complete ban of milk in Britain from cows in these factory farm settings.

“I think it is shocking that in a country like Britain – with our good reputation for animal welfare and farming – that we are even talking about intensive dairy farms… We won’t stop until we know factory milk from battery cows will never be allowed in Britain.”

After announcing it would not establish a mega dairy in Britain, Nocton issued the following statement:

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Food Network “Cupcake Wars” Vegan Bakery Winners

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 in Business, Chefs, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV, Restaurants.

Chloe Coscarelli set the example when she won the Food Network‘s cupcake baking competition, Cupcake Wars last year. Coscarelli impressed the judges with dairy-free and egg-free versions of Ginger Nutmeg Spice with Date Caramel Drizzle, Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake, Crème-filled Chocolate Orange with Candied Orange Peel and Raspberry Tiramisu.

Recently, Cupcake Wars featured a vegan-on-vegan competition, where Doron Petersan from D.C.’s Sticky Fingers Bakery and Kim Garr of L.A.’s C’est La V Bakeshop squared off.

In the end, Petersan took home the $10,000 grand prize, but when two vegan bakers are featured on such a popular national food show, is there really a loser?

We don’t think so!

Vegnews had the opportunity to chat with both owners to learn what it’s like behind the scenes with all the lights, cameras, hot ovens and muffin tins.

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