January 2012
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Top 10 links of the week!: A mad dash with the...
Another video sent in by my grandpa! He always finds me the best stuff. I want to meet lil’ gorillas! PS: Can’t see the video? Watch it on Vegansaurus.com!
Does Eating Raw Make You More Spiritual? Our raw correspondant Sarah E. Brown asks!
A Grist writer attacks soy and is super annoying! Like we always say, soy is destroying the rainforest because of THE BEEF INDUSTRY! She even...
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Paul Shapiro presents: Animal News You Can Use!
It’s Paul Shapiro’s Animal News You Can Use! Yay!
First, some good news: A bill (H.R. 3798) was introduced in the Congress this week to ban barren battery cages for laying hens, ban starvation molting, require egg producers to label “eggs from caged hens” on their cartons, and more. You can see a joint statement from major animal protection organizations on why they support this bill, and a...
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To be a healthy vegan, focus on...wait for...
Laura has already registered her disappointment (OK, rage) at the new ad campaign from PCRM, which employs fat-shaming as a means to scare people off cheese. This campaign ignores all the good reasons why we should skip cheese—its production involves animal cruelty, eating it is not particularly good for us—and instead goes for a cheap shot at chubby thighs.
The awesome Ginny Messina...
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Chef Chloe to bring new cookbook, snacks to SF!
Have you ever desired perfect skin, long, shiny hair, the cupcake prowess of an international superstar, and earrings long enough to catch fish? Well, you can’t have these things, because chef Chloe Coscarelli already probably has a patent on them or something. And if she doesn’t, she should really get on that, because she is so damn cute!
Anyway, the winner of Food Network’s...
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I spy with my little eye: PIG BLOOD DRAINING INTO...
Do you know what this is? It’s PIG BLOOD in the Trinity River in Dallas, Texas. Pig blood from a slaughterhouse/meatpacking plant that is draining INTO the RIVER! Do your eyes and heart feel assaulted? I know mine do!
According to Consumerist, “an amateur drone pilot in Texas was flying a simple rig with a point and shoot camera attached for fun” when he noticed something amiss...
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How-to, yo: Roast asparagus!
“What’s on that asparagus?” my roommate Dan asked me. “Why?! IS IT THE BEST ASPARAGUS YOU’VE EVER HAD IN YOUR LIFE??” “Yes. It’s really fucking good.”
This conversation happened. It happened 30 seconds ago. You see, I’m trying muster up the energy to write about my trip The Detox Market, which is the cutest vegan specialty shop in San...
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Why aren't there [reliably] vegan Girl Scout...
‘Tis the season when we send adorable little female children out onto the streets to hawk grease-bombs. Once upon a time I was a wee girl scout, bugging my mom’s coworkers in order to earn the fuzzy stuffed tiger you could get for selling enough cookies.
No more! Turns out the best antidote to falling prey to the vixens with their overpriced sweets is a commitment to an ethical...
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Stolen and abused dog Toto still needs funds for...
I checked in with the SF SPCA to see how the money-raising was going for Toto, and they still have $730 more to go! And they need it before Feb. 10th! They also said, “Toto is doing well! Yvette, his owner, says he was pretty tired last week after the vet appointment, but seems a lot better now… ‘more pep in his step.’ She’s getting him a lot of new toys to...
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Trashcan tilapia? Come on, omnivores
“This tilapia is one of the largest Toole has grown at The Point in Hunts Point, the Bronx.”
DNAinfo has a story on “the latest trend in urban farmsteading”: raising tilapia in trash cans. Christopher Toole, the self-styled “Johnny Appleseed of fish,” has been working on small-to-medium-scale urban farming of tilapia for selling and eating. You know, like...
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Five ways to take your tofu scramble to the next...
Is your tofu scramble missing something—flavor, pizazz, less slime? I’m no professional chef, but I did consult her for this article. And I’m sitting on the bench in my tofu scramble game: That means I DON’T PLAY. After complaining about tofu scrambles on restaurant menus, it’s only fair that I help others get on my level. Am I full of myself? You bet! Let’s start:
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NYC: Vegan Drinks is tonight! Come party!
Hey pals! Tonight is NYC’s Vegan Drinks! Deets:
Thursday, Jan. 26, 7 to 10 p.m. Benefits: The Civil Liberties Defense Center At Angels & Kings, 500 East 11th St. (btw A & B) [map] 21+. $1 off draft beers and well drinks
And there’s going to be a DJ playing punk and hip hop! Who isn’t me! So s/he will probably be competent with the sound system! That’s always...
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Celebrate Vegan Pizza Day with prizes from Fuck...
Click on an image above to get to the corresponding FYVP page! I can EMBED links into PICTURES! I’m the man.
Vegan Pizza Day is coming up! In June! It was supposed to be this week or something, but then it got moved. But! Fuck Yeah Vegan Pizza was already set up to have a giveaway! So dang it, they’re gonna have it anyway! And YOU should enter!:
Now through Monday afternoon,...
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Fox fur and feathers are the new vajazzling!...
Some winter-appropriate underwear. Such a bargain!
Hey “ladies”! Cancel your body-modification plans; we know exactly what you should be doing with your physical self. Get this: What you 100 percent want to do with your body is remove its hair, exposing your genitals to the winter cold, and partially re-cover your nudity with either neon-dyed fox fur or feathers. Enticing, right?
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Elle Macpherson ingests rhino horns, sucks
Elle Macpherson is attractive, sure, but she looks a lot less beautiful to me after reading about this Twitter interview she recently did with The Times Online, where she discussed her use of rhino horn, saying “it works for me.”
That’s just delightful that it works for her—it probably doesn’t!—but unfortunately it definitely does not work for rhinos.
There...
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A Serious Eats writer goes vegan for a month, and...
López-Alt’s Braised Kale and Chickpea Sandwich with Sumac Onions. WANT!
We’ve had our fair share of journalists who “go vegan” for a short period of time and write about it. Usually you get something pretty obnoxious. But guys, I think we might have something different in our midst! J. Kenji López-Alt of Serious Eats normally writes about hamburgers, but starting Jan....
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Guest post: Black bears need your help in...
Black bears are in trouble in Connecticut! I know what you’re thinking: “There are bears in Connecticut? I thought Connecticut was just full of old rich people sitting around counting their money.” And you’d be RIGHT; that part totally sucks. But we have bears, too! They are awesome! And right now the State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental...
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Animal News You Can Use: a Paul Shapiro...
It’s Paul Shapiro’s Animal News You Can Use! Yay!
Like good news? Here you go: Americans are eating 12 percent less meat than we were just five years ago. For real. Interesting takes by Mark Bittman and Forbes on the issue.
Not so good news: Six states—Florida, New York, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, and Nebraska—now have “ag-gag” bills pending in their legislatures; the bills seek to criminalize...
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Vegansaurus giveaway: Hearty Vegan Meals for...
Who wants a cookbook? You do! You especially want Joni Marie Newman’s and Celine Steen’s Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites, because it’s fantastic! It’s full of tons of super impressive recipes that will blow some omnivore minds. We even got an unsolicited guest review of it, it’s so beloved.
Laura says, If you want to go on the opposite of a weight loss diet...
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It's time for Puppy Bowl VIII!
Let’s get ready to PUPPIES!
This year, Brandy of the Pennsylvania SPCA is my MVP!
With Aberdeen of the Sullivan County SPCA
and Friday of SRL, Inc. as close runners-up. I love a maltipoo!
All the players in Puppy Bowl VII are both totally adorable and totally adoptable. Who are your picks for MVP? Does anyone else dream about being the ref? PUPPIES I LOVE YOU. See you in two weeks!
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S.F. Vegan Drinks is back on Thursday! New venue,...
C’mon, I know you missed all the awkward mingling and the chance to catch of glimpse of the hot ladies of VegNews and Vegansaurus! So hot. I’m stoked it’s in a new venue this time around (though I do love Martuni’s, change is good!) and the cocktail special will be vegan white Russians! I’m so there. When: Thursday, Jan. 26, 6 to 8 p.m. Where: Dr. Teeth and the...
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Vegenaise coming out with some bomb new flavors!
Here are the new Vegenaise flavors, pictorially, because I’m sick and you should feel bad for me. I tried them all at the Fancy Food Show because I’m fancy and they were all outrageously delicious. Specifically the barbecue, which would make one damn fine bbq potato salad. And the pesto vegenaise, holy shit. UGH IT WAS ALL SO GOOD. I can’t think about it right now because...
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Guest post: A vegan guide to Madison!
So, you’re a vegan in Madison, Wis. Maybe you live there, maybe you’re traveling through. You may have a lot of despair in your heart, because you know that in Wisconsin, underneath the earth’s crust is a river of molten cheese. You may have also discovered that everyone born in Wisconsin is composed of pure cheese. In fact, if you were to shake my hand right now, it would melt.
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People's Grocery goes solar!
You knew West Oakland’s People’s Grocery was awesome,* but now it’s getting even awesomer: As of today, Jan. 23, the joint will run on solar power. And not just any solar-power, but uber-progressive, crowd-funded solar power from Solar Mosaic.
If you want, you can pretend like you’re a reporter and sneak into the media event they’re having today — at...
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Hella cats and dogs need your help in Oakland!
There about 80 cats and two dogs in Oakland that desperately need your help, whether by being able to foster, provide placement or donate cash-money. The OAS seized these animals about two months ago (the person with the animals has been charged with a crime of which I do not know) and until this last week, all the animals have been in legal limbo. They are now available for placement! All of the...
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PCRM tells Paula Deen to go vegan
This woman looks scary! Take the knife away! And this is from her Food Network bio page!
Laura makes a great point that PCRM is being pea-brained with their new ads. On the other hand, they did something pretty cool this week too. Let’s catch up, shall we?
“Southern” food guru Paula Deen (who is responsible for Cheesy Ham and Banana Casserole, among her many other...
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Foie gras is cruel, even if you think it tastes...
Scary video, very well made. If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, just check out the stats in the beginning. This is not a rare occurrence, this is where the majority of foie gras comes from in the U.S.
A reader alerted us to this post on Etsy gushing over foie gras and complaining about any measures to stop it. It’s just a sickening, confused bit of writing that attempts to...
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WatchThe Cute Show brings you: baby wombats! OMG I want a baby wombat! Without flying to Australia though. Because I’ve been on that flight and it’s hella boring. Dramamine can only keep you knocked out for so long and my tum prevents me from boozing it up on the plane. I know, I’ll bring my baby wombat along to entertain me! Oh, Womby, you’re the best.
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WTF, PCRM?
What a bummer. PCRM is an amazing organization with many smart, compassionate people working for it, but I was beyond bummed to see these ads. I’m loathe to say boo about them because I’ve done contract work for the organization and found the experience fun and rewarding. BUT COME ON. When you put shit like this in the world, shit you will get in return.
Vegan community, we gotta...
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Freakonomics wonders why all environmentalists...
Here’s a nice link for you guys!: Agnostic Carnivores and Global Warming: Why Enviros Go After Coal and Not Cows, by James McWilliams.
I think it’s a must-read. Freakonomics summarizes and discusses a recent report (link to PDF, FYI) by the World Preservation Foundation in which they make the case for a vegan diet in the fight against climate change: “As the WPF report shows,...
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Guest post: Maintaining your vegan values through...
Being a vegan can be especially difficult in the winter. Follow these tips in food-growing and gathering to help get you through the cold moths with your vegan values intact.
Winter Prep A home garden can be a vegan’s best friend. Use winter as a time to prep your plots for the spring. Once warm weather hits all your tending time will be spent on plants. So work on projects like elevated...
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How-to, yo: Blanch broccoli!
Is it crazy that I just learned how to blanch my vegetables? Yes, yes it is. But I figure, if I didn’t know, and I cook all the time, other people have got to be stumped by this too.
Whenever I cook my veggies, they end up a mushy mess. Don’t get me wrong, I kind of like it that way. However, I believed it was time to learn the more professional method of blanching my vegetables,...
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World's smallest, trippiest frogs discovered!
I am probably drunk and might have just tried to convince a table of six other people that nail stickers are the wave of the future but isn’t Paedophryne amauensis at once the cutest and raddest thing you’ve ever seen?!
I swear, they could show me pics of tiny anything and I would love it. Tiny scorpions? Yes! Tiny lemurs? I’m all about it! Fuckin’ krill? Sign me up! What...
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Product Review: Rodelle Chocolate Extract and...
This is not totally about vegan stuff, but as we vegans are a baking people, I could not refuse a free sample of Rodelle chocolate extract and vanilla bean paste! The great thing about this stuff is it’s organic, which is always nice, plus their facility is wind-powered AND a portion of the profits go toward environmental and reforestation efforts by Trees, Water and People. They also...
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Sneak preview: The Vegg!!!
I don’t even know where to start with this, but I need it. I miss fried eggs, for real—the way I could mop up the still-liquid part of the yolk with my toast and cover the whites with pepper. Sorry for grossing you out.
For the past six years I’ve been hurting for a fried egg substitute. I’m gonna give you more info as soon as I get it, but the world needs to know about...