February 2010
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Vote for Fat Bottom Bakery's Ashley for PETA'S...
We don’t play favorites here at Vegansaurus because lots of our friends are in the running for PETA’s sexiest vegetarian and they’re all the BEST (Shani and Shannon, holla! Vote for those hot bitches too! From multiple email accounts, WORK THE SYSTEM YO) BUT we have a special space in our heart for one very awesome sexy vegan, and that’s Ashley from Fat Bottom Bakery. Read...
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Our favorite Olympian, horrendous dinner parties,...
Aww, Hipster Puppies: “bernie moved to san francisco because it was more ‘laid back’ and ‘anti-consumerist’ than new york, but still manages to drink two cups of starbucks a day.”
First: Fun-times events! The Bay Area Vegetarians are having their monthly Vegan Food Party on Sunday, Feb. 28 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Sharp Park Library in Pacifica! Click here...
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European meat glue?
You know, it might just be time to re-think the way our “food chain” is working when we have to start worrying about things like how to best glue tiny, disgusting pieces of animal flesh together into a homogenous substance. Sadly, that has what we’ve come to. “Meat glue” is actually a substance called thrombin, which is derived from pig or cow enzymes, and a fibrous...
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SF Food Wars: CHOCOLATE COOKIE SITUATION!
Vegans! Enter this shiz and take one home for the team! DO IT. Also, will there be dancing? Because it’s at Mighty? Because some of us love Mighty for this reason exclusively?
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Goat in a Coat, or Ziege in Jacke →
Und??? Habe ich’s nicht gesagt? Wenn die Tiere draußen in der Wildnis schon mal anfangen Jacken anzuziehen, dann ist es doch der ultimative Beweis dafür, dass der Winter endlich zu Ende gehen sollte…
“Winter… Mann… Du bist peinlich… Hör doch endlich auf… Sammle endlich alle deine Spielzeuge auf und verzieh dich nach Hause, da wo du herkommst… Hör auf zu heulen und verschwinde lieber!…”
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Kangatarians? Oh HELL no.
If you don’t already know, I’m an amateur cultural linguist. I’m actually an amateur at most everything I do, but especially linguistics. To keep up to date, you know, linguistically, I follow columns like Schott’s Vocab. Yesterday my vegan interests and language interests came together when Schott posted an entry about “Kangatarians,” which according to the...
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Do not mess with a KILLER whale
So apparently a killer whale at Orlando’s Marine World killed a trainer. And this isn’t the first time. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, killer whales are the gang members of the sea, YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH THEM. I’m sorry, but who else has seen that PBS documentary or whatever it was where they follow a pack of orcas as they chase down a blue whale AND HER...
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Movie review: Avatar! (and the problem with PETA's...
PETA awarded director James Cameron their 2010 Proggy Award for Outstanding Feature Film. Huh? Is that an actual award? Working off of PETA’s recommendation, I went to see it. I disliked this movie for several reasons, but let’s overlook the remarkable racism and sexism for now and deal solely with the rationale behind PETA’s commendation. First, PETA praises Avatar because the CGI visuals...
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WE'RE ALL GOING TO INDIA →
OMFG this sounds incredible. VegNews is hosting a 12-day, 11-night tour of India, and it’s ALL VEGAN, which means no complicated internal debates about whether or not you can hang with eating ghee in a country that reveres its cows. We’ll start out in Delhi (and I’m saying “we” because WE’RE ALL GOING TO INDIA) and tour the state of Rajasthan. We’ll...
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Twilight studpuppy and new Calvin Klein underwear model Kellen Lutz teamed up with PETA for a new campaign to get you to save/adopt dogs from the many homeless pet shelters across the country. And being that it is PETA, he talks about seal clubbing and fur wearing as well. And check out these cute pics of Kellen and Kola at Celebuzz!
(via danielextra, our friend and current favorite tumblr!...
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Hellmann's launches new light mayo recipe with...
Hellmann’s Light Mayonnaise is the first consumer product of its stature and volume in the packaged foods industry to use 100 percent cage-free eggs—which equates to approximately 3.5 million pounds of eggs.
That’s a shit-ton of eggs. Before everyone bitches (and I know you’re gonna do it anyway because you’re all sassy and opinionated and I love that about you), I...
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More Meatless Evenings at Home: The Inside Scoop... →
Vegansaurus Laura GOES BIG TIME! She’s got a blog post up on Huffington Post and we all need to comment and share it and like it and support the shit out of her so we get more sassy vegan sass on Huffington Post and out into the rest of the world too!
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Soul Cocina serves up ALL VEGAN menu THIS... →
It’s from 6:30-9pm TOMORROW. Click through for more details on the food of the street. Apparently there will be dance to but that’s all you, guy, because I CAME TO EAT. Food line up looks pretty tasty and I especially love that there will be a “special dessert”. This immediately begs the questions, will you be serving it to me OFF YOUR NAKED BODY? Ladies, AM I RIGHT?
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Restaurant review: Spices 3 in Oakland!
Have you been to Spices? You shouldn’t have to think. With dishes like “Numbing Spicy Salad Noodle”, this Chinese mouth-on-fire hole-in-the-wall is hard to forget. My location of choice, nestled in the depths of Oakland’s Chinatown seems like an unlikely contender for vegan options, but to the contrary… I think they love us.
The menu is chock-full of carefully marked...
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Rocket Dog Rescue Needs Foster Homes!
That’s Kaiden. He is an awesome pit bull who gets along with everyone. He’s at a high kill shelter and Rocket Dog Rescue really wants to save him. Can you help by fostering?
RDR wants to rescue a bunch of dogs (mainly medium- and large-sized), and they need foster homes for them ASAP or they’ll have to leave them behind. Fostering is super-simple: RDR basically pays for...
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WatchIt’s Vegansaurus Video, y’all! Here is the first installment, STARRING ME, and a bunch of nobodies. Screw ‘em.
I kid. There’s Robin! And Liz from VegNews! And Jen from Sugar Beat Sweets! And Karin from The Humane Society! And Christine and Doris the Chicken from Harvest Home Sanctuary! And Jerrard and William from Cycles of Change APC!
Vegansaurus video was produced,...
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WatchLike myself, I’m sure you’ve been too busy to watch any movies ever since they put My So-Called Life on Hulu. But I’ve got something for you! Not just a movie but a DOCUMENTARY! A BUNNY documentary! A POLISH bunny documentary! Like that roll-out? Yes normally I steer clear of documentaries on account of my aversion to learning, but this one looks like something I can handle!
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Radiolab keeps the animal-related hits coming
Need some heartbreak in your day? Then tune in to Radiolab’s latest episode for the story of Lucy, the chimp raised as a human child (in the name of science).
Then, while your dander is up, urge your congress person to support the Great Ape Protection Act.
Slideshow of Lucy from Radiolab.
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SF Vegan Drinks is THIS THURSDAY! Ow!
The details: SF Vegan Drinks happening this Thursday, Feb. 25 at Martuni’s from 6 to 8 p.m. Come enjoy great drinks, including this month’s drink special, $5 “Peel Me A Grape” Skyy Grape Vodka Martinis. We will also be raffling off two 2010 Green Zebra Guides (MAD DISCOUNTS AND DEALS, Y’ALL), and all money goes to the Humane Society of the United States in giving aid...
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Super-dog saves the day!
Another heartwarming story of a lost child saved by the efforts of a loyal dog. Blue, a Queensland Heeler (shut up with your breedism!), went missing along with three-year-old Victoria in Cordes Lakes, Ariz. on Thursday afternoon. That night, temperatures went down into the 30s—that’s Fahrenheit, bitches. The girl and the dog were found by a helicopter on Friday morning. It was...
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Hey guys let's eat some rabbit!! →
At Bar Tartine tonight some chefs are doing a special menu serving rabbit four ways. FOUR WAYS! Even better, “a portion of the proceeds” will benefit Haiti! Holy shit let’s get over there and eat some fucking rabbit. It’s only $100 per ticket, plus you can make all these great puns while you’re enjoying the delicious flavors of Nibbler’s, Bells’ and...
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Yes, McDonald's has a "Head Chef"
Meet the enemy, the anti-Tal, or, as he prefers to be called, Chef Dan. Daniel Coudreaut is the head chef at McDonald’s, officially known by the wonderfully corporate title “Director of Culinary Innovation, Menu Management,” and is in charge of their research and development lab for new menu products.
Time magazine’s profile is a rare look into the creative process behind...
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Invest in a vegan future, for real this time
Hey vegans with dollars! Remember when Mission Street Food refused our investment money (or more accurately, refused our money in that “we’ll take your money but not give you any say in the business even though that’s how investment works in the real world”)? Well now’s your chance to put it to use, albeit on a smaller scale. Dolores Park vegan food truck Sunny...
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Recipe: East Coast coffee cake
I decided to chip in a bit for the most recent SF Vegan Bakesale, and I am a big coffee cake fan so I thought, “Hey! I’ll make a coffee cake! That’s the ticket!” I recently picked up Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, and there’s a nice little recipe in there she titles “East Coast Coffee Cake.” What makes it East Coast, you ask? OMG I asked the same...
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Liquid Sanctimony, blatant hypocrisy, fur in...
Videogum does it again! Beloved pundit Stephen Colbert reads Cat Fancy magazine at the Olympic games, where he is a member of the U.S. speed skating coaching squad. We have no events for you this weekend—but there is a contest! So go enter it, and read some articles, maybe watch a couple videos, and enjoy your weekend. Vegansaurus loves (to argue with) you!
You know what you want? A bunny...
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Dear New Zealand,
So I was checking my e-mail, minding my own business, when I received an e-mail forward about this university in New Zealand doing some pretty groundbreaking shit. They have a fucking “New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies” (conveniently acronymed NZCHAS). Yeah, believe it.
I wonder if Bret and Jemaine studied there…
[photo credit http://tvmedia.ign.com]
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Jean Paul Gaultier + Melissa
Here’s the new Jean Paul Gaultier for Melissa shoe. It’s set to come out this June. I’m a big Melissa fan but I’m not that into these. The black ones just make me think of shoes you’d get for a prom in the 90’s or something. I prefer the pin-up style Melissa did with Vivienne Westwood like this red Mary Jane. I don’t know, maybe I’m just being...
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What creepy chefs do to get laid
Seeing as it takes me days to sift through all of the swill that comes through my Google Reader, and last priority goes to blogs about foods I can’t even eat, I didn’t stumble upon this little gem called “What Chefs Cooks for Their Lovers” from Grub Street until today. Apparently, to get everyone in the Valentine’s Day mood, they asked chefs what they would cook for their “lovaaaahs”...
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Hong's Kitchen: Outer Sunset doesn't completely...
Ahh, ze French fry! Hoh hoh hoh! Zis ees mah french ax-awnt! Sorry. I wish I were Parisian most days, and it is painfully obvious that I’m not. Regardless, I have more experience with the tried-and-true fry than the French have with annoying Americans (might be a lie). Once you’ve eaten fries at pretty much every food-slinging establishment in the Midwest due to lack of options, you...
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Le Cordon Bleu student chefs get schooled by Tal...
Whether he knows it or not, Chef Tal Ronnen is starting a vegan revolution in the commercial kitchens of tomorrow, and he’s starting it at the grassroots that matter: student chefs.
Last Wednesday, we at Vegansaurus were lucky enough to sit in on a workshop led by Tal Ronnen at the California Culinary Academy, where he demonstrated gourmet vegan cooking to Le Cordon Bleu student chefs. Tal...
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Book Review: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear...
As I vegan, I know very well why I love dogs, don’t eat pigs and don’t wear cows. I would just as easily adopt a nice pig or sheep or cow if it could fit in my tiny NYC apartment. But for those of us who ever wondered how it became OK for some to live this way—to choose to eat one kind of animal and not another—there’s Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows by...
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The bizarre, fascinating habits of chickens
“Is it anthropomorphic to say that hens find life more or less interesting? I’m told that battery farming isn’t too bad because the chickens don’t know any better (and it’s not for long, anyhow); you can’t miss what you never knew existed - the convenient concept of tabula rasa again. I’m sorry, but I can spot a happy chicken a mile off. Anyone who ever...
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JEREMY FOX LEAVES UBUNTU WHAAA!?!?! →
According to SF Gate, Fox and most of his staff just upped and walked out of Ubuntu. Does anyone have the inside scoop? ENQUIRING MINDS AND THE FAT ASSES ATTACHED TO THEM WANT TO KNOW.
Unsurprisingly, the genius commenters on SF Gate are already at it:
“‘vegetarian cooking’ - an oxymoron. Don’t get me wrong. I love vegetables … discretely placed at the edge of a...
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Supreme Master followers are in Port-au-Prince! →
Second sentence of the article! “Their holy books vary widely and so does their disaster apparel. Devotees of Supreme Master Ching Hai, a Vietnamese spiritual leader, wore fluorescent yellow vests on their way into quake-damaged Haiti.”
Crazy vegan cultists: Always Be Converting.
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Mission Street Food Vegan Night →
It’s this Thursday. I’m gonna go because it’s awesome they’re doing it and vegans should support it etc. Woo. Just remember, don’t invest in their kickstarter fund because as an investor, you’ll have no say in what’s on the menu (that’s totally typical for investors to have no say in what they’re investing in, DUH). It’s kinda sad because...
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I have to pack a lunch RIGHT NOW and there's...
Somehow, dear Vegansaurs, I keep finding myself in this position. My day is perfectly planned, I’m about to go, and I suddenly realize I haven’t eaten anything. There’s plenty of food in the fridge, but all of it requires cooking time. And I don’t have time! And I also don’t want my housemates to get mad at me for leaving tons of pots and pans in the sink. I could...
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Meat is Murder is 25 years old today →
How old does that make Morrisey? Roughly a thousand? Work it, sexy skeleton/SHUDDER.
(thanks, the awl!)