Vegetarian Star

Jane Velez-Mitchell will be a keynote speaker at the NOLA Veggie Fest, a vegetarian fest in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday May 16th from 12 Noon to 6PM.

Jane is scheduled to speak at 1:00PM.

Besides other speeches by notables in the vegetarian community like Farm Sanctuary’s Gene Baur, veg entrepreneur Josh Hooten, and Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, there will be food samples, demonstrations and music.

Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under and children under 2 get in free.

For more information on NOLA, visit the event page.

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Mike Tyson and his wife recently had dinner at Mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills.

Mr. Chow also has locations in London, New York, Miami and one to soon open in Las Vegas.

Since Tyson is a newbie vegan and all, it would have been interesting to know what the former heavyweight champion filled up on.

Mr. Chow featured a special menu for 2010 Valentine’s Day which listed a vegetarian dumpling called “My Little Dumpling.”

Sounds like the perfect appetizer for a veg friendly couple!

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Saffron Burrows was a vegetarian for 25 years before landing a role in the 2008 film, The Guitar.

“As a kid, I felt you don’t eat anything you wouldn’t kill yourself,” Burrows told Backstage.

But her character Melody Wilder ate meat, and soon the line between character and self disappeared and Burrows returned to the steak.

So now that she’s eating meat again, does that mean weekend hunting trips?

A lot of words come to mind after hearing this, from disgusting to astonishing, considering the Law & Order: Criminal Intent actress had spent more than half her life not eating animals.

It’s quite easy to put fake meat substitutes in place of the real thing for the screen and it’s been done before.

Kal Penn‘s character Kumar chowed down on veggie burgers when he and Harold finally made it to White Castle.

And Lake Bell ate faux ham for Christmas dinner during Pride and Glory.

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An MTV show that displays the ups and downs of job hunting premieres Monday May 17th.

MTV Hired will feature several young adults as candidates for jobs in various professions and follow them through interviews, call backs and waiting to hear from the managers.

Who will work on Wall Street? More importantly, who will work on Organic Avenue?

According to the Futon Critic, Organic Avenue is a New York City company that will be featured on the show.

The company’s mission is to provide LOVE (Live, Organic, Vegan, Experience) in every service it offers, which includes detox cleanses, raw food, supplements and education on how to make the transition to a plant based, eco friendly lifestyle.

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Jesse Brune can be seen on the Food Network Channel’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills, where six chefs attempt to please and cater events for the rich and sometimes famous residents in Beverly Hills.

Many times, the requests involve lavish, unusual or unconventional food, so Brune follows the Boy Scout’s motto and is always prepared.

Being prepared means remembering some guests want meat-free, dairy-free or gluten-free, whether they’re “allergic” or not.

“I always make sure I have a vegan or gluten-free backup dish, because there’s always going to be someone allergic to something,” Brune told the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.  “Usually if people say they’re allergic to something in Beverly Hills, that just means they don’t like it. There’s so much money in Beverly Hills, people have to get creative with their lives. I’m never bored.”

Although Brune attended culinary school and has plenty of experience as a private chef, what’s healthy doesn’t always turn out well, like his attempt to make a cake with organic ingredients.

“I did have one food disaster where I did sort of give up. My best friend’s daughter was turning 2…All she wanted was a Mickey Mouse cake. I attempted to make this cake…First, it was a healthy organic version that looked like crap. Second, there was so much store-bought frosting my stomach turned. I just went and bought a cake.”

Even a pro can mess up a good dessert. Sometimes store-bought frozen vegan cake is really the best option.

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Rachel Bilson and her mother were spotted taking a lunch break at a vegetarian restaurant in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Cru boasts a menu that is entirely vegan, gluten-free and mostly organic.

Maybe Bilson and mom ordered items like the Shiitake Mushroom Ravioli, a pasta dish stuffed with herbed cashew cheese and chickpea miso cream sauce.

Or did the two spice things up with a raw vegan chorizo tostada and radish cabbage slaw?

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The Risk Takers: 16 Women and Men Share Their Entrepreneurial Strategies for Success

The Risk Takers: 16 Women and Men Share Their Entrepreneurial Strategies for Success was recently published and contains stories of how very famous businesses like Kinkos and Geek Squad made it.

Amy’s Kitchen, a popular line of prepared and frozen vegetarian and vegan frozen foods is included among the companies.

Andy and Rachel Berliner were both vegetarians who knew products already available to vegetarians two decades ago were tasteless, full of processed food and void of organic ingredients.

Today the company reports annual revenues of $270 million from sales of tofu pot pies, vegan pizzas, burritos and salsa.

Amy’s has also been named a favorite by celebrities like Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie.

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Mark Bittman took a jog with vegan marathoner Scott Jurek before heading over to his home to eat a meal cooked by the athlete and discuss his diet and career for Bittman’s column in the New York Times.

The pair ate a greek salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, seaweed, a tofu and vegetable dish with miso and cashew sauce and quinoa.

This is what an athlete that races in 100 mile competitions fills up on?

It’s completely normal, assured Jurek, who consumes 1,000 calorie smoothies with nuts, fruits and protein powder, plenty of sweet potatoes, tofu and tempeh combos and beans and grains during training for a big race.

“None of this is weird,” Jurek said. “If you go back 300 or 400 years, meat was reserved for special occasions, and those people were working hard. Remember, almost every long-distance runner turns into a vegan while they’re racing, anyway — you can’t digest fat or protein very well.”

Visit the New York Times for more.

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