May 2011
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Restaurant review: Nick's Tacos at Underdog, plus...
Underdog is a sports bar that serves Nick’s Tacos, located in an area of San Francisco I like to refer to as the Mid Sunset. Not quite Outer, not quite Inner. Technically, what is 19th and Irving? I have no clue.
Nick believes in slow food, fast, which I guess I love. I don’t respect the Slow Food movement so much, as it tends to be super meat-heavy/hypocritical. Unless we are talking ...
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Happy Veggie Kids: Ash, Valley, and Sloane!
That’s right! We got a three-for-one! Three times the fun! From Victoria, BC, Canada, we have eight-year-old Ash, four-year-old Valley, and two-year-old Sloane! Yay! Super cute vegan family!
What is your favorite food? Ash: Waffles with cashew-almond whipped cream and raspberry coulis [Mom note: He’s a fancy lad] Valley: Veggie dogs with ketchup on them and a bun. Sloane: Food [Mom...
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Op-Ed: Legal backyard slaughter in Oakland? Screw...
This backyard livestock slaughter thing in Oakland is serious. There are actually folks advocating that Oaklanders must be allowed to raise and kill animals to eat because—well—they don’t even know.
One such advocate group is the Oakland Food Policy Council. In its recent “Statement on Urban Agriculture” the OFPC indicates strong support for “the integration of...
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Recipe: chocolate-raspberry orgasm cupcakes
Who doesn’t get off on chocolate with raspberry? Aliens? Orcs? Total jerks? No matter, because you’re going to love this sweet, tart variation on Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s classic chocolate cupcake: This photo is designed to show the filling. It’s so much yummier than it looks, promise.
Chocolate raspberry cupcakes Ingredients Cupcakes 1 cup “milk” 1 teaspoon...
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Happy Veggie Kids: Ruby!
Ruby is a four-year-old vegetarian living in Oakland, Calif. The girl knows how to wear a hat!
Vegansaurus: What is your favorite food? Ruby: Fruit. Especially Plums and Blueberries from our garden.
What is your favorite kind of birthday cake? Strawberry…no…chocolate…um…actually…I mean…all kinds of cake! [Ed. note: WORD]
Why are you vegetarian? We’re...
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Vegansaurus does BluePrint Cleanse: the verdict
[Our series on cleanses continues, with a look into the rest of our three-day BluePrint Cleanse!]
If you’re wondering if I broke the cleanse early, you’re right! I totally did. But, it was pretty late in the game, with two juices left on Friday night, I declared enough and ordered some vegetable sushi for delivery. My stomach did not revolt, a BluePrint Cleanse fairy did not appear...
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Millennium's Southern Comfort Dinner is coming!...
This is a reblog of what I wrote for SFist yesterday because I’m on deadline for a project that actually pays me, unlike you ungrateful jerks friends of mine!
On Wednesday, May 25, Millennium goes country! Well, as country as a vegan restaurant in San Francisco can go. Which means, it’s country cliches left and right! Previous years feasts have included buckets o’ beer, mint...
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Happy Veggie Kids: Dylan!
Dylan is 11 and vegan. He has a vegan sister named Kayla. As you can see, Dylan has a way with cows. Go Giants!
Vegansaurus: What is your favorite food? Dylan: Everything my mom cooks. My favorite is baked tofu.
What is your favorite kind of birthday cake? I’m gonna have to go with red velvet (from Sprinkles).
Why are you vegan? Because when we became vegan my mom told me about how the...
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Saturday: Berkeley Vegan Bakesale for Animal Place...
Here are the details on Facebook, where you can also RSVP. If you’re not on Facebook, I get it, you’re better than me, but it’s in front of Nature’s Express in Berkeley (1823 Solano Avenue—get the Reuben and the vegan soft serve!) from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. All the proceeds will go to help Animal Place continue to be amazing and also, get even more amazing. So...
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Roger Ebert reviews Forks Over Knives!
Roger Ebert has a review of Forks Over Knives up that’s worth reading. There are some truly insightful bits, but I really really really hate this part:
Hey, I’m not going all holier-than-thou on you. Think how fat I was for years. I knew the solution, I was weak and lazy. Over 12 years I was eventually able to lose about 70 pounds with a proper diet, but my current weight and superb...
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WatchMore footage from Have Trunk Will Travel, the “trainers” of Tai, elephant star of Water for Elephants. This time the footage is of daily life. What you can see in the video, from Animal Defenders International:
Have Trunk Will Travel boss Kari Johnson viciously striking an elephant
A baby elephant being hit over the head and dragged by the trunk
Elephants being hit and jabbed with...
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Meet Toby! Help save his maltipoo life!
This cutie pie maltipoo needs our help, stat. You see, Toby has been diagnosed with both diabetes and a disease called Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA). He needs only insulin for his diabetes, but a cocktail of other medications for the IMHA, including prednisone, cyclosporen, doxycyclin and leflunemide. The meds for IMHA actually make Toby’s diabetes worse, and therefore he has...
