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Moby “Gristle” Says Think Twice About Meat Eating

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 in Books, Food & Drink.

Gristle

Gristle

Moby has edited a collection of essays written by several notable vegetarians, policymakers, food business leaders and activists that warn of the dangers of over consuming industrial produced meat.

Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat), is set for release this spring.

Besides Moby himself, contributors include Brendan Brazier, Lauren Bush, John Mackey, Wayne Pacelle, Gowri Koneswaran, Meredith Niles, Sara Kubersky, Tom O’Hagan, Christine Chavez, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Paul and Phyllis Willis, Michael Greger, M.D., Frances Moore Lappé, Anna Lappé, and Miyun Park.

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USOC Athlete Portraits

Olympic snowboarder Hannah Teter is featured in the 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.

She looks just as athletic there, only with less clothes on.

If you haven’t clicked away to her swimsuit pic and are still reading this, you should know that according to MNN, Teter eats an organic vegetarian diet and supports living local by selling Vermont made maple syrup through her charity, Hannah’s Gold, which helps provide clean drinking water and land for homeless AIDS victims in Kenya.

Teter won the gold medal in the women’s halfpipe competition in the 2006 Olympics and has appeared on reality TV show Punk’d.

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Wolfgang Puck Earns Oscar For Putting Vegetarian Food On Menu

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 in Chefs, Film & TV, Food & Drink.

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Once again, Wolfgang Puck will be in charge of catering the Academy Awards governor’s ball.

According to Eonline, Puck has been preparing dishes for everyone who attends for the past 16 years.

And when Puck says everyone, he includes the vegetarians.

“We have almost everything,” Puck said. “If somebody says, ‘I want salmon,’ we have salmon. If somebody wants vegetarian, we make it. It’s really just like a restaurant.”

Puck is no stranger to more compassionate food.

He made vegan pizza with Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime talk show, tossed the tofu for a party benefiting the Best Friends Animal Society and has spoken out on the cruel conditions factory farm animals endure.

Puck deserves a statuette of his own–one that’s delicious, edible, milk and butter free, caramel flavored…

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Leona Lewis On Fur–She Won’t Go There

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 in Female Singers, Fur.

Singer Leona Lewis spends a busy day in London promoting her new single 'I Got You'

Leona Lewis says seeing people wear fur makes her stomach churn.

“When I see people wearing fur it makes me so sick. Especially when I see young singers doing it – that sickens me.”

Being such an animal lover, you can imagine how she felt when stylists tried to throw animal attire on her for a photo shoot.

“When I rocked up to my first photo shoot they had feathers and fur there and everything in despise,” she said to Live magazine, according to Angry Ape. “I had to make it so clear that I just do not go there.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow Vegetarian Reading List

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 in Actresses, Books, Food & Drink.

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Gwyneth Paltrow‘s no vegetarian.

But that doesn’t mean she’s not flexible!

In the latest edition of her web newsletter, Goop, Gwyneth has included some of her recommended vegetarian books for reading, cooking and educating.

There’s How To Cook Everything Vegetarian by the vegan until six author Mark Bittman, Veganomicon by Post Punk Kitchen queen Isa Chandra Moskowitz, something for the Italian veggies to enjoy and Jonathan Safran Foer‘s tale of how he became vegetarian.

Visit Goop for more of Gwyneth’s veggie book recommendations.

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“Skinny Bitch” Rory Freedman On Drinking Milk

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 in Authors, Food & Drink.

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Those darn humans!

They’re so slow to catch on.

Like when it comes to consuming milk, for example, every other animal is so ahead of the game.

Says Skinny Bitch co-author Rory Freedman:

“When we have babies, we breastfeed them, and then at a certain point, we stop. It is exactly the same for cows and every other mammal on the planet. They produce milk when they give birth, they feed their young, and then they stop. We are the only species on the planet that drinks the milk of another species. We are the only species on the planet that drinks milk as adults.”

Rory’s got her theories on why humans are getting slower and slower when it comes to mastering the task of removing lips from nipple juice.

“Because the multi-million dollar dairy industry has convinced us that we need milk for healthy bones,” she said, and gave evidence to the contrary.

“Yale researchers found that countries with the highest dairy and meat intakes also suffer the highest osteoporosis rates.”

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Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs says a vegetarian in his band won’t last very long.

According to Hitfix, when asked what the key to surviving on the road and not killing bandmates was, Benson answered, “I think there’s a combination of things. Humor would be key. If everyone has relatively the same sense of humor, then that helps. And things in common, like food, eating. If there’s one person who’s vegan, say, then that person might be alienated in my band (laughs)… Last night we went to this vegan restaurant because someone said it was great. It was okay, I think some of us would have preferred a steak.”

That’s quite contrast to some other bands, like Death Cab For Cutie, who, although only 2 members are vegetarian, all 4 eat veg on the road to make it easier on the herbivores.

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Jonathan Safran Foer. Credit: David Shankbone on Wikimedia Commons

Jonathan Safran Foer. Credit: David Shankbone on Wikimedia Commons

“In high school I became a vegetarian more times than I can now remember. Many dinners of those years began with my father asking, ‘any dietary restrictions I need to know about tonight?”‘

—-Jonathan Safran Foer, as quoted in the New Zealand Herald.

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