April 2011
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Top 10 links of the week! A rollercoaster ride...
[Your cute animal viral video of the week! OMG that duck is scary! I feel your pain, dog.]
There are 55 restaurants in NYC that serve shark fin soup, according to Gothamist, but there’s one that just gave it up! He says he decided to drop the item from the menu after encouragement from customers. Awesome!
Bittman commented on this bullshit situation with every state and their mom...
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Shut up, David Chang!
God, this fool loves to run his mouth something stupid. I know it’s part of his schtick (hey! I relate!) but the problem with him is people listen to this garbage and agree. So when Chang is just stringing random words together and making about as much sense as the lady on my corner who thinks I’m her husband (reminder: need to shave!), it genuinely worries me!
Because, for real, the...
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The power of language: "pets" vs. "companion...
The Journal of Animal Ethics may be a new publication, but it’s already raised an intriguing issue: What should we call other animals?
Domestic dogs, cats, bunnies, hamsters, snakes, and what-have-you shall henceforth be referred to as “companion animals” rather than “pets,” while the humans formerly known as “owners” ought to be called “human...
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WatchCheck out this video guys; it’s not scary. It is a little sad. It’s a really weird phenomenon though, right? That people will raise animals like they love them and then they kill them and eat them? It’s totally perverse! The day that someone can logically explain that to me, is the day that I’m Donald Trump. That makes sense, right? It’s Friday, cut me some g-d...
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Feeding baby elephants to inmates? What kind of...
[Can’t see the video? Watch on Vegansaurus.com]
I’m posting the video above to illustrate what complicated and emotional animals elephants are. The video is about a poor little baby elephant that lost its family and is totally depressed. Elephants have strong feelings of mourning and loss and as sad as this baby is, I imagine it’s got to be at least that traumatic for an adult...
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ORGANIC STRAWBERRIES ON SALE TODAY!
At Whole Paycheck, I mean Foods, silly me. Today and today only organic strawberries cost $1.99 a pound, and only while supplies last, so hurry—you can brainstorm recipes on the way over! Or try this one. Strawberry “crab” cakes? I’m interested.
Strawberries are one of the dirty dozen, as in one of the 12 fruits and vegetables you should always buy organic. No excuses today,...
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The Worldwide Vegan Bakesale is ON, son!
Check the site for where your local bakesale is, but there’s some in SF and NYC! Dang, what did you guys do to deserve this? There are THREE BAKESALES around the Bay on Saturday, Apr. 30! That’s a lot of Earth Balance!
Oakland! Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Splash Pad Park (Grand and Lake Park Avenues) near the Grand Lake Farmers’ Market
Join us for a yummy vegan bake sale...
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CLOSED! Vegansaurus giveaway: Vegan's Daily...
That’s right, pals! We are doing another giveaway! This time one lucky reader will win a copy of Colleen Patrick Goudreau’s Vegan’s Daily Companion! It’s got all kinds of good stuff to carry your vegan heart through the week!
To win, you must comment on this post with your dream vegan tattoo idea! Let’s get it on! We will be picking a winner next Thursday!...
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Tonight: SF Vegan Drinks!
There’s a lot of that going around, eh? Yes, you lucky ducks, it’s vegan drinks in SF tonight too!:
SF Vegan Drinks is here! Come meet other awesome herbivores and have a little after-work fun. Be sure to come out to enjoy a great drink special—this month, $5 chocolate martinis—as well as all-you-can-eat vegan popcorn. Come see just how utterly enjoyable the veg life...
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Just like grandma didn't make: corn casserole
When I was but a wee college vegetarian first learning my way around the pots and the pans, my grandmother—doll that she is—sent me an enormous catalog of recipes she used to make with food from the commissary when she was cooking for my mother and her siblings. Sadly, I have somewhat ignored those three-by-five cards in the wake of receiving Veganomicon. But it’s time to bring...
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You've got lunch plans: veggie burger power hour!
Our own Laura has taken over the reigns of Eater SF’s Burger Week and she’s turned it veggie for the day! Enter the Veggie Burger Power Hour! At 11 a.m. Pacific/2 p.m. Eastern, get a veggie burger for lunch and tell the world! When you get your veggie burger, tweet about it with the hashtag #vegburgerarmy! Laura says, “If you can add a picture, that’s major bonus points!...
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NYC Vegan Drinks tonight!
Ya heard? It’s vegan drinks in NYC tonight and your friend Megan Rascal is PUMPED. I will be there and I will be fun and awesome as usual!
Info:
You’ll get an extra hour to drink, eat and donate to Mercy For Animals (MFA) at this week’s Vegan Drinks NYC on Thursday, Apr. 28 at Angels & Kings Bar in the East Village. We’ll get started at 7 p.m. and keep things going...
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Happy World Tapir Day! Print some biology...
Maggie Koerth-Baker over at Boing Boing shares two glorious reasons to pause and enjoy the wonders of biology today. First of all, who knew?
It’s World Tapir Day! This tapir is celebrating with a nice, long bath. You deserve it, tapir! It’s hard work, lookin’ like a pig, but being more closely related to a horse.
Even more exciting though, here’s some free art!
This...
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Awesome vegans: 1; defensive omnivores: 0
If you’re vegan, you’ve heard it. And if you’re an omnivore, (admit it) you’ve said it. It’s usually one of the first “lines of defense” against a vegan diet: “If we weren’t meant to eat meat, why do I have these canine teeth?”
But do the meatheads have any ground to stand on? Lucky for us (and the animals), Milton R. Mills’...
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Vegansaurus survey: Eggplant! Veggie steak or...
Yo, cuz! I have another important issue for you to weigh in on! I was inspired by this piece in the Guardian about eggplants. Fill out the survey and let’s discuss eggplant! Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don’t. It has to be cooked a certain way. Am I right?
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Five tips for starting a vegan business!
You have to admit, the vegan community has come up with some pretty awesome ideas and businesses. Ten years ago, we didn’t have Souley Vegan, Pepple’s Donuts or Never Felt Better Vegan Shop. But now, there are vegan businesses and vegan products popping up all over the place. But what is it,exactly, thatmakes vegan businesses different (ie- more special) than other business ventures? Over the...
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Hello, friends! It's WTF Wednesday!
You guys, I was wrong about only my pride being hurt in my fall down the stairs the other week. Turns out my body lulled me into a false sense of security with this whole “you only twisted your ankle” bit, and then threw me a curveball by taking my back out again. Honestly, I do not know how long I am going to survive, considering how often I’m falling down stairs, having my...
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Party to save Steve the cat in NYC!
You’ve been spending all your money at crappy dive bars, MEANWHILE Steve the cat has been organizing an event to pay for his own surgery! Poor Steve needs surgery to remove bladder stones and his owner/bff can’t afford it. But Steve is not the type to lay around—he’s a cat of action! And so, a party:
What: Steve Saves Steve: a benefit to save my fuzzy butt When: Saturday,...
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Get out of town: The vegan charms of Northern...
I should start by saying that California’s North Coast is a lot like San Francisco: often cold, foggy and filled with people who smell like a dirty pair of underwear. But, what the North Coast has that the City don’t is a whole lotta peace, quiet and ocean views for days. And this incredibly intoxicating smell of earth and fresh rain that I’ve never smelled anywhere else....
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Vegan-friendly rock climbing! Work it out!
I wasn’t vegan when I started rock climbing a few years ago, but I was lucky enough to already own a pair of synthetic climbing shoes when I decided to become a vegan. For all of you climbers who weren’t so lucky or if you’re a vegan and new to climbing I did some research on some of the top synthetic climbing shoes to share with you all.
Defy’s are my original...
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Awesome vegan blog alert: the Vegan Stoner
The Vegan Stoner is an amazingly illustrated recipe blog. I’m in love! I know I say that a lot but this time I think it will stick! The pictures are great but the illustrations just make it super awesome.
Check it out: “The Vegan Stoner was created under the premise that vegan cooking can be made without extensive ingredient lists and involved recipes, that recipes are only...
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To do: 1) Save 300 bears; 2) Start bear army!
Say it with me: BEARS RULE! Sadly, they’re always getting punished for, you know, being bears. The California Fish and Game Commission votes soon on expanding black bear hunting, but the silver lining to perpetuate bear awesomeness is that three out of four California citizens oppose it.
To get you amped up: Black bears are the smallest bears in North America. They power through bee...
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Steve Wynn is all, "IN YOUR FACE, KATE MIDDLETON!"
Steve Wynn, American vegan gazillionbilliontribillion$$$$$aire and some woman 1/8th of his age are getting married the same weekend as Prince William and Kate Middleton. Here’s the joker Wynn and his terrified lucky bride-to-be!
I like to imagine Kate Middleton and Steve Wynn as Anne Hathaway and what’s-her-name—Goldie Hawn’s more unfortunate looking daughter? WHAT IS...
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Demetri Martin schools us on vegan vocab!
You guys! Demetri Martin defines “Strict Vegetarian” for us: “That’s someone who eats only fruits and vegetables that have been disciplined in some way—like, for example, corn that was grown in a perfect row, or grapes that were stomped by someone in uniform.”
Finally! We know what a strict vegetarian is! I’m sure it counts for “strict vegan” too....
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Celebrities invade SF, eat at vegan restaurants!*
Josh Radner of How I Met Your Mother eats at Cafe Gratitude when he’s in San Francisco! He’s friends with the owners, Matthew and Terces Engelhart. Of the restaurants (SF, Berkeley, Cupertino, Oakland, Healdsburg and now L.A.) he says, “They’re fantastic. They’re vegan. You just feel a vibe of love and goodness when you walk in.” OMG Josh Radner is a hippie! Who knew?
I always miss the...
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Dashi risotto gets all multicultural in your mouth
Ever have a giant bag of arborio rice but no veggie broth at your house? Yeah me too. But Japanese dashi broth is really quick and easy to make, thus saving you time in which to get a hand cramp stirring your rice for half an hour. But seriously, this dish is both surprising and delicious. If you’re a crazy hoarder like me, you might even have all the ingredients on hand. Thanks to La Fuji...
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LA Folk! Get grub, help PETA!
EXCITING NEWS! At least if you’re in the Los Angeles area! On Thursday, Apr. 28, one of L.A.’s best vegan restaurants is donating 50 percent of its beverage and food purchases to PETA. That’s right folks, use this flier at Veggie Grill’s Sunset Boulevard location and they will donate HALF of your order total to PETA. Isn’t that great?!? Some suggestions when...
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Tomorrow is the NYC premiere of Forks Over Knives!
Hey New Yorkers! Tomorrow, April 26*, Forks Over Knives will be debuting at Sunshine Cinema! Whole Foods and the Engine 2 Diet are co-hosting the event and there will be a panel following the film that includes Gene Baur from Farm Sanctuary. Sounds like a party!
I haven’t seen the movie yet but according to Laura,** it’s all about how going vegan is totally rad for you. I’ve...
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Let's all be vegan and live forever!
[can’t see the video? watch it on Vegansaurus.com]
Happy birthday to Loreen Dinwiddie, who has an awesome name and just turned 108 years young! She credits her vegan diet, which she started in 1922 with her husband, for her longevity.
Loreen, a Seventh-Day Adventist, says she draws her diet from biblical teachings: “People say to me, ‘you don’t have any aches or pains and you’re...
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Keep shoes for Japan!
I got this in an email from Keep today. Pretty cool! “A portion from every sale of our Japanese Thatch collection will be donated to Japanese Disaster Relief efforts.” There’s no more info on their site about it, at least none I can find, so I don’t know the percentage they’re donating or anything but every little bit helps! Plus VEGAN SNEAKERS HOLLER AT ME.
Now...
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Product review: Nacheez! Because vegan nacho...
At Berkeley’s first Vegan Earth Day I got to sample Love and Joy Foods’ Nachheez sauce, with tortilla chips. OMG, it was everything I’ve been wanting out of nachos—sorry soy cheddar, you’ve never really done anything for me. Seriously, Nacheez tastes just like that neon stuff from gas stations (you know, you used to eat it on road trips before you wised up) and movie theaters,...
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Fire departments get pet oxygen masks, because...
[Can’t see the video? Watch it on Vegansaurus.com]
The city of Denver just outfitted all its trucks with oxygen masks specially designed for pets. Now when a sexy firefighter saves your beloved Roxy from a burning building (so scary!), he or she can treat said animal companion for smoke inhalation without the ridiculous-looking proposition of trying to fit a human mask on a snout....
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Guest post: Captain Marty’s rules for vegan dining...
I fly a charter jet for a living and I’m usually in the air 15-plus days a month. Sometimes I fly somewhere, wait for a few hours, and fly home; other times I’m away for a week. Sometimes I spend that week in one place and others I do 14 landings in different cities. I eat out a lot. And I’m a vegan. And the other pilots I fly with and eat with aren’t.
You know when a flight attendant gives that...
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Hey vegan ladies! A vegan lady needs your help!...
No comments from the peanut gallery (me), just straight down to business because I’m hungover and useless. Take it away, Erica!
I am currently a student at California College of the Arts doing a project on girl power and veganism! If you or someone you know wants to participate, pass along this message!
I want to make a ‘zine that talks about how veganism can be a useful tool or...
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There's a dog fighting game for Android, probably...
That’s right, a damn dog-fighting game. Super. I probably don’t have to tell you this but that is EFFED. Dog-fighting is gross. It is not a game. It should not be promoted in any way ever. EVER.
A call to action from BSLNews.org (Breed Specific Legislation):
Contact the Android market team here and email press@google.com to demand this disgusting application be banned from the...
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Top 10 links of the week! A breezy ride through...
Ccute animal video of the week is interrupted to bring you Ron Swanson being a dick about veggie bacon because it makes us lol. I know, vegan bacon can be realllllly good but this is still major lolz. Love that Ron Swanson! This video is crappy quality so go watch a nice version(and some more awesome Parks & Rec funny food-talking footage at Eater!]
First up: Cute Roulette! No explanation...
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If you were important, you'd get free vegan queso...
Cameron Diaz is getting a jar of Food for Lovers Vegan Queso for Earth Day and I’m not pleased. I’m super-jealz—WHY HER AND NOT ME?! Life is so hard and unfair sometimes. I’m also mad because I was just in Austin last month—the city of its conception and the only place I’ve been recently that it’s available for purchase—and didn’t pick any up since somehow I’m so out of the...
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Reader challenge: help vegan donuts take over the...
Yesterday Google finally let us, the Americans, have a tool that people in 183 other countries have been rocking for like three years. It’s called Map Maker and it lets users edit the Google map, all Wikipedia-style. In places like Romania, it’s the only reason there even is a Google map.
You may have heard of it because everyone and their mom and even the Wall Street Journal was...
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Introducing the sexy new Vegansaurus writers!
We’ve added some smart sexy writers (we know what’s important!) to our numbers so that we can bring you even more awesome content! You guys want to meet them? YEAH YOU DO.
We totally made them answer some questions so that we can get better acquainted. It’s like a crappy corporate retreat when you join the Vegansaurus team! Fun! Here’s what they had to put up with: 1) What...
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Vegansaurus Diet: Tamara Palmer!
We welcome food writer extraordinaire Tamara Palmer who approached me about doing a Vegansaurus Diet (inspired by Grubstreet’s New York Diet, of course!) and I was beyond stoked. Not only is she one of my favorite food writers, she’s also just a totally rad lady. Oh, she also writes about Too $hort on the regular, so she’s basically living my dream life.
Anyway, I’m...
