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“A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.”
– God bless George Bernard Shaw. He was one crazy, beautiful bitch.
I also love, “A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.” SO GOOD. Oh and, “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” Girl, TELL IT.
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Flip Winter the Bird with Your Very Own Vegan...
Put your sandals away kiddies, winter is here! That means it’s boot season. Don’t let all the Uggs and leather boots get you down, there are plenty of vegan boot options. Where? I’ll tell you where! I’ve searched online and compiled a brief sampling of some of the superfly options available. YOU’RE WELCOME.
First up, Madden Girl Cazino tan pleather slouch boots from Alternative Outfitters....
November 2009
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Luna Park is at it again with the crazy Twitter... →
Today, lunch or dinner, get all the $$ you spend at Luna Park back in the form of gift certificates! Holiday gifts taken care of while you stuff your face. Works for friends in L.A. too.
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New York Times encourages entire country to GO... →
I kid! Wouldn’t that be the greatest, though? Really, it’s an article about the increasing popularity of a vegan diet. Yay! The article will also make you want to visit Long Island so kudos to them for that because YEE GADS, those people are on a steady diet of hairspray and antidepressants, and I’m ascurred. Also, if you’re from/currently living anywhere in LI, to you I...
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Plant Cafe Redux
Vegansaurus had already posted some interesting stuff about the Plant Café location at Pier 3 in The Embarcadero so I had to check it out. Check it out I did! I’ve been there a few times and I give it 11 thumbs up! Here are some pictures from my recent lunch there. Yes those are wine glasses but it was totally 1 p.m., so it’s not like it was the morning. Jeez.
Here’s the Plant Burger...
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So, So Dense.
A brief piece in The New York Times Personal Health section from Nov. 23 takes a look at the mystery that is osteoporosis, and poses wacky questions like, “Why, for example, are osteoporotic fractures relatively rare in Asian countries like Japan, where people live as long or longer than Americans and consume almost no calcium-rich dairy products? Why, in Western countries that consume the...
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LIFE-SIZED BLUE WHALE ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN! →
What else is there to say? This is amazing! Just be thankful they left out the ginormous whale wiener.
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Vegan Black Friday PS!
One more Black Friday special for all you Vegansaurs: Berkeley-based Petals Purses is offering free domestic shipping through Monday!
Petals is a 1-woman operation — everything is designed and hand-made by Jodie, a dear friend of Vegansaurus. All her products are vegan, with no leather ever, and as much recycled fabrics as possible (a few products do contain recycled, vintage wool —...
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Vegan Black Friday Roundup!
This is going to be short and sweet, because there’s not a whole lot of Black Friday love from the vegan shops. The Vegan Collection even went dark and took their site down in observance of Buy Nothing Day. But for the rest of us who love Christmas and America, there were a few bargains to be found, that will keep your money buying vegan and keep your bad self far away from the insanity at...
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In The Mood... For Some VEGAN Food!
While sharing a Gracias Madre taco at Green Festival with the Pink Dino (a PREVIEW taco, Gracias Madre still hasn’t opened), I was given a prehistoric mission: report on your underground dining experience to the Vegansaurus Massive.
So I ask you, trusty Vegansaurus readers, do you like dinner and a show? Of course you do.
At least one weekend a month, Chef (and shakuhachi...
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PE-TA!!!
(Read that title in the same kind of bellow that Fred Flinstone uses to summon Wilma. Huh? Huh?)
So (sigh!) PETA is at it again. Not content with being the most annoying animal advocacy group on the planet, they’re now turning their attention towards politics (well, sort of). Introducing, Bin Laden Bites! Honestly, I don’t know what to make of these. Are they being funny? Is this supposed to be a...
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In The Future We Will Eat Cylon Burgers
In vitro meat made Time Magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009, coming in at #36. Which is pretty respectable, though it still means there are 35 other inventors who might cockblock you at a party if they hear you bragging about having the 36th best invention. “Meat farms? Please. I made the Electric Eye. Ladies, line up.”
Like Barack Obama, in vitro meat is one of those rare...
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Deep Fried Tofurkey! Aka, vegans can party just as...
Though reluctant to admit it, we vegans eat some nasty shit. Buttery grilled “cheese” with hecka fried soy bacon, Ike’s sandwiches with extra dirty sauce, crispy fried seitan served with Vegenaise for dipping.
Sometimes when nobody’s looking, I buy a 12.5 oz bag of Sweet Chili Lime Doritos at Safeway. Its healthy because we’re vegan, right?
In all seriousness, some...
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Tuna Rolls, now synonymous with diarrhea,...
If the idea of eating raw fish didn’t turn you off already (seriously? DISGARSTING!), I don’t know if the news that ordering a Tuna Roll could end with both bizarre cases of diarrhea (WTF, mate?) and waxy intestinal discharge is going to do much to change your mind.
For the rest of you: Scientists doing DNA testing at Sushi Restaurants (in order to make identifying species of fish...
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Herbivore Boys and Carnivore Girls!? Japan, you so...
The Japanese are famous for always coming up with the hottest and most obscure technology, but now they’ve expanded to re-appropriating terms. Enter the herbivores, or grass-eating boys: the Eastern response to our concept of metrosexuality.[Ed.: Love how the Japanese just take a concept and run with it! Hey America, you like suicide? Guess what, we do it in a group in the middle of a field...
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In Isa We Trust
Vegansaurus is getting ready to launch a new site in New York City! Here’s a sneak peek of on one of our fabulous writers, Brianna, who wrote the below piece in honor of a recent signing by vegan goddess Isa Moskowitz on Tuesday night at the MooShoes store. Sadly, none of us New York folk were able to go ( Super Vegan has a nice little write up, though!) but here’s a bit about...
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Esfir's reasons why not*
My parents are about as aggressively Russian as one can get without actually being Lenin, Putin, or one of those awesome cab drivers that you see so often in large metropolitan areas. This is not to say they don’t try: My mother often preaches to me about how important my Russian heritage is, while my father does his part by wearing several gold chains at once and buying trinkets from the...
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Loving Hut! Part two, Megan Rascal's take!
First of all, I’m not saying Loving Hut is run by a cult, but I think they might be run by a cult. And a fairly young blond woman seems to be at the helm [Ed.: she’s actually a 10,000 year-old Vietnamese woman who made a pact with the devil so that she might be the best poet, painter, musician, jewelry designer, fashion designer, and self published writer IN THE ENTIRE LAND]. But...
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This post is about FREE STUFF so who cares if the...
Everybody knows that the best part of Craigslist (AFTER finding your friends’ personal ads, I mean!) is the “Free” section. After a long day of responding to jobs ads with such exciting names as “Program Coordinator” (please hire me! L.A. area or telecommute! I have many skills!) it’s really refreshing to score a free hamster track from some kind soul in...
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Broccoli and Cauliflower with Lemon-Mustard-Chive...
Broccoli and Cauliflower with Lemon-Mustard-Chive Dressing
This is another one that’s endlessly expandable. As with the sweet potatoes, make however much you want. I like equal amounts of each veggie, but if you like one more than the other you should weight your dish in the direction of your favorite.
It also works well at any temperature, which is another plus for the holidays.
1 head...
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Test Drive: Candle Cafe's Sage Breadsticks
When it comes to fresh-baked bread goods, I’m in a bit of a rut. As in, I’m good at making one thing (quick-and-dirty drop biscuits) a few different ways (with or without Daiya cheese). I eat them, I like them, other people eat and like them, so in general it’s a win-win situation. Sometimes there’s gravy, and it’s a party. Now, since it’s the “HOLIDAYS” and everyone is putting their fancy fat...
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It's Adopt-a-Turkey Time
Why pardon a turkey when you can adopt one? It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means it’s time to plunk down your dollars for Farm Sanctuary’s annual Adopt-A-Turkey Project. Here’s what they have to say for themselves:
Adopt-a-Turkey Project seeks to end the misery of commercially raised turkeys by offering a compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving. Since 1986, Farm...
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Interview: Jesse Reklaw
Since 1995, Jesse Reklaw has been publishing his comic strip Slow Wave online and in syndication. He adapts reader-submitted dreams into the comic strip format, with often bizarre yet familiar results. The Night of Your Life, released last year, is a hardcover collection of these dream comics, and makes a great gift! He has been nominated for the Ignatz award five times, and won it in 2008 for his...
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And God Did Say, Let There be Kittens!
Sorry Jews and other non-Christian minorities, it’s Christmastime once again. You would know this if you’ve been to Union Square lately—the Christmas spirit is all up in that mofo! And while living by Union Square is a foot-traffic bonanza year-round, it just doesn’t bother me as much when there’s ice-skating to be done and roasted chestnuts to be had (which are GOOD. Jerks.). My...
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shopping vegan at the 99 Cent Only store (read:...
I love the 99¢ Only chain. I mean, it’s dirty, has hella long lines, and may be actively displacing the people of West Oakland, but shit. 99 CENTS ONLY!
If you can look beyond the box of frozen sausage marinara for kids and neon green “less than 2% avocado” guacamole, you’ll find a veganic wonderland of expired goods and opportunity. The West Oakland branch (across the street from BART!) carries...
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Editorial in the NY Times on veganism!? Surprise,...
What the heck?? An editorial in The New York Times on veganism?! It’s almost like … we exist! And not just for throwing red paint on some toddler’s ice cream cone or calling fat people whales. Vegan.com isn’t impressed, calling it “vegan advocacy at its worst”:
It’s hard to imagine somebody doing a better job of discouraging people from becoming vegan…. I...
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Defensive Omnivore BINGO!
Have you ever wanted a handy dandy sheet of paper that would help you navigate those conversations? You know, the ones you have with “funny” omnivores? The ones where you wished you could hold up a sheet of paper in front of their faces and punch them through it, a la the Three Stooges? Well, friend, your wait is over—that sheet of paper is here. I give you Defensive Omnivore Bingo! The...
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Holy Cranberry: Six Reasons to Be Thankful You're...
I think I saw a live Turducken today. I am as good at IDing woodland creatures as a former Ranger Rick reader can be, and that bird quacked like, but was so not a duck…oh, John Madden, what hath thou wrought? Clearly meat-stuffed-meat enthusiasts have figured out a way to grow this…”delicacy.”
Already spooked by the foul ghost of Thanksgiving fowl, I come home to this:...
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VegWeb's Thanksgiving page! →
It is so delicious. Filled with links for recipes, contests, and other deliciousness for Thanksgiving. You need to read it all. And then make me everything on it. And also, adopt me a turkey. Okay, I’m all out of requests. FOR NOW.
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Free vegan Thanksgiving at Cafe Gratitude!? →
yeah it’s a crazy place/possible cult but i said, FREE FOOD. I don’t care what they do when I’m not looking, free is free.
And that, my friends, is how you end up giving away all your possessions to follow a crazy person across the desert. Oh wait, that’s Jesus. STILL RELEVANT!
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Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes (aka Lisa Jervis'...
My friend Debbie loves this so much that she convinces me to make it several times a year. It doesn’t take much.
Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
This is even more flexible, quantity-wise, than all the other recipes I’ve posted so far. You can make it any amount, from one potato to ten or more. The key is one part maple syrup to one part olive oil, and you want enough to very generously...
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Interview: Paul Shapiro of The Humane Society of...
Paul Shapiro is kinda like…the greatest guy on earth. He’s the senior director of HSUS Factory Farming Campaign. He also founded Compassion Over Killing when he was basically 5. Okay, more like 7, but still. He works tirelessly for the animals while remaining the nicest, coolest guy ever. Honestly, if I did what Paul Shapiro does every day, I’d probably just go around setting...
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Island Earth Farmers' Market shut down by Board of...
According to friend of Vegansaurus, Kim (Hi Kim!), The Island Earth Farmers’ Market at the Metreon had all their hot food vendors shut down by the Board of Health today. Those mothers don’t play. It’s apparently some kind of permitting/bureaucratic crackdown (and not a health code violation! Phew!).
One of the vendors told Kim that there’s some kind of appeal meeting...
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Martha Stewart Is Totally Feeling The Veg Holiday... →
Apparently, Martha had a Vegetarian Thanksgiving special [thanks for the tip, Ed!] on her show today, with guests Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu, Jonathan Safran Foer [ed. some of the Vegansaurs are totally sitting in a tree with JSF—they even call him JSF like we are an issue of Tiger Beat from 1990] and Robert Kenner, the guy who made Food, Inc. We didn’t see the episode (because we...
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Tal Ronnen's Thanksgiving Menu! →
Yes, he was on Oprah. Yes, he is awesome. Yes, he is giving out some mad delicious recipes for thanksgiving, including a recipe for his AMAZING cashew cream.*
AND YES, YOU ARE WELCOME.
*That cashew cream is amazing stuff. It makes everything better. I’m telling you, this cashew cream could be the answer to peace in the Middle East. I’d rather eat this cashew cream than see a unicorn...
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The Cove and Food, Inc., short-listed for Academy... →
Go on with your bad selves, animal documentaries! If you haven’t seen them, they’re both well worth it. We’re especially enamored with The Cove. Must see! And maybe if it wins an Oscar, some more fools will see it. Man, I wish we could vote instead of these special committee motherfuckers. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THEM, PLEASE TELL ME. Oh yes, money and power. Got it.
