Vegetarian Star

Keith Murray, band member of We Are Scientists, was nominated for World’s Sexiest Vegetarian in 2007.

Sure, he’s cute, but unfortunately, his boyish charm wasn’t enough to beat AFI‘s Davey Havok.

And he’s a little cocky about the defeat.

“I’m not gonna say that I think I deserved to win,” Murray told Penn State’s Daily Collegian. “But I certainly deserved to beat that guy!”

Murray attributes his decision to go vegetarian after eating a “college diet” of cereal and gummy bears.

Hello?!

Unless those were some Annie Duke-like gelatin free Sunny Bears, that diet wasn’t exactly vegetarian.

Perhaps Murray bought the vegan version on the campus natural foods store.

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First chef Aldo Zilli warned about processed meat, now he’s throwing the entire rump roast out the door.

Hooray!

Zilli has announced he’s relaunching his Signor Zilli restaurant as a vegetarian concept restaurant, according to Catersearch.

Every item on the menu at the all new Zilli Green will be meat and sea-food free.

Zilli came up with the idea after he appeared in the reality TV show Celebrity Fit Club.

“The program inspired me to alter the focus of my cooking with new ingredients and different patterns of eating,” he said.

The menu will feature a blend of Asian and Italian cuisines with items such as seared tofu, miso soup and smoked mozzarella.

Paul McCartney has been caught enjoying dinner made especially to suit to his dietary needs at Signor Zilli.

Now he and other plant lovers can walk into Zilli Green and browse an entire menu made exclusively for them.

Zilli Green opens February 14.

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The lovely and recently vegan actress Natalie Portman chatted with Stylist magazine for their recent January issue.

Nat discussed the disappointment of her fallen vegan shoe line, Te Casan.

“The company that makes them closed down,” Natalie said. “Nothing to do with my shoes, I hasten to add-but it was a learning experience.”

She explained she how she became vegan and why she continues to make the food decisions she does.

“Part of my reason for being vegetarian was because it practices respect and love for life all through the day, so three times a day, you make a decision to eat things that have not been killed.”

And author Jonathan Safran Foer helped push her to the vegan side.

“I have been a vegetarian for 20 years but I recently became vegan and that has more to do with the factory farming aspect and my friend’s book, Eating Animals [by author Jonathan Safran Foer], which was deeply disturbing.”

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Are you a poor, lost vegetarian soul, constantly picked on by friends, family and everyone you meet?

Are you ready to give up the tempeh and bite into a burger at the family reunion because you can’t take it anymore?

The Dear Abby column might have advice you can use:

“I am 27 and have been a vegetarian for five years. I am trying to develop a thick skin when it comes to people who question or make fun of my choice, but I’m tired of laughing and letting the comments “roll off” my back.”

“What is the best response to people who are so rude about my choices?”

Dear Abby says take comfort in knowing there are growing numbers of people choosing to eschew meat and dairy for health and environmental reasons.

And tell that annoying grandpa to stick his dentures in it!

“Your grandfather may be trying to be humorous — or he may be showing concern because he comes from a generation that didn’t learn there can be benefits from a vegetarian diet. Because he’s getting under your skin, rather than take the bait, sit next to some other relatives at family events.”

Read Abby’s entire advice at Yahoo News.

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Traveling to a foreign country is exciting, but challenging.

In between recovering from jet lag and studying the “How To Learn X Language” book in the car, there’s barely enough time to find good food.

AFI‘s Davey Havok says he had a problem eating vegan in London, but not due to lack of food establishments.

“I figured there would be lots of vegetarian restaurants out there, and there are Indian restaurants and there are a few vegetarian restaurants,” Havok told Vancouver’s Straight. “It’s just that they’re not good. It’s still British.”

Ouch!

Don’t offend any vegan British fans there, Dave.

They probably already know where to get good meatless grub like falafel at Hummus Bros or the seitan stroganoff at the 222 Veggie/Vegan.

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The LA offshoot of Erin McKenna‘s bakery for vegan, gluten-free and sugar free desserts, BabyCakes, has been open for a couple of weeks now.

If you had the opportunity to visit the New York bakery and are expecting the same delicious animal free yumminess, you’re in luck.

But be prepared for a few extras in terms of the store’s environment, according to McKenna’s blog.

“Although we wanted to recreate what we have in New York, we knew it was crucial to let this bakery be free to be itself. We wanted it to have it’s own life and personality so we just let it flow. This bakery’s got more room than New York–4 tables and chairs to rest your weary legs and a gasp-inducing vintage oil painting of two poodles with bouffants (thank you Bridget!). Of course we have Stumptown Coffee.”

Head over to the downtown LA bakery at 130 East 6th Street and rest your weary legs as you sink your teeth into a Red Velvet cupcake.

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Cute kids from movies is a guaranteed winner, but cute kids who already know to make good dietary choices are almost too much to handle.

Alina Foley, a child star in the new Jackie Chan movie, The Spy Next Door, is only six years old, but has been a vegetarian for 2 and a half years.

Peta2 had the opportunity to chat with this brilliant little girl who says, “the best thing about being vegetarian is that you’re saving animals’ lives.”

Alina even has suggestions for getting vegetarian food in school lunches.

Would have loved to swap lunches for some tofu jerky with this girl in grade school.

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Eric Stoltz admitted to Mother Nature Network that he first became a vegetarian just to annoy the rents.

“Because I loved animals, and it pi**ed off my parents, which I loved,” Stoltz said.

After following the diet for 25 years, Stoltz has realized there are other benefits besides making mom and dad fuming mad.

“It was a myriad of reasons that kept snowballing over the years,” he said and described his diet as the “greenest way to live.”

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