Vegetarians and vegans in the Hiroo area now have Island Veggie to turn to for a healthy and cruelty-free repast. To tell you the truth, I had never heard of ’Hawaiian macrobiotics’ but if the dishes …
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From the Wall Street Journal:
On June 9 in Las Vegas, after months of strict vegan training, the undefeated boxer Timothy Bradley Jr. hopes to have the fight of his life—and defeat the world-renowned champion Manny Pacquiao.
“Dude, I swear, it’s the most unbelievable feeling ever,” Bradley said. It was Thursday morning in New York City, and Bradley, 28, was riding to a news conference in a slick SUV, praising the diet he believes gives him a pronounced advantage in the ring.
“The reason I love it so much is that I feel connected to the world,” Bradley said. He was wearing a charcoal gray suit jacket, a purple dress shirt, and jeans. “My thoughts are clearer, crisp. I am sharp. Everything is working perfectly—I feel clean. It’s a weird feeling, man. It’s just a weird feeling.”
Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting post about all the unlikely new celebrities advocating veganism, from Ozzy Osbourne to Howard Stern, Steve Wynn and Bill Clinton.
Call them the big-time vegans: The celebrity standard-bearers for a vegan …
Given the dismal rate of posting on this site, I’d like to point you to the VegOut Tokyo blog, which is far more lovingly, thoroughly and beautifully maintained.
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A useful little article about protein sources for vegetarians/vegans, this time picking the foods that have a better protein-to-calorie ratio than a cheeseburger. If you want to know how much protein and other good stuff …
From The Guardian:
It began as an exercise, but became nothing short of a small revolution. Notorious carnivore Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall now eats little or no meat or fish. Here he explains why:
Let me be clear: I …
The Guardian has an interesting, obsessive article about how to make hummus perfectly, including whether to add bicarbonate of soda, whether to peel the chick peas, and whether to use tinned or dried beans.
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The New York Times has a recipe for watermelon gazpacho that looks great, and just as importantly, easy as hell to make.
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Mark Zuckerberg is pursuing a new “personal challenge,” as he calls it. “The only meat I’m eating is from animals I’ve killed myself,” says the Facebook founder and CEO.
Zuckerberg says:
This year, my personal challenge is …
The best vegetarian meal I’ve had in Tokyo was at Pierre Gagnaire, a French restaurant that probably wouldn’t normally consider a multi-course meal that didn’t involve foie gras. The second best was at Sense, a …
The meat and cancer link has been raised in plenty of studies, but the World Cancer Research Fund has just taken its strongest stance ever, advising people to cut down on red meat and avoid …
From Chowhound, a quick, easy veggie soup.
The Guardian has an interesting, obsessive article about how to make hummus perfectly, including whether to add bicarbonate of soda, whether to peel the chick peas, and whether to use tinned or dried beans.
[Read it …
