A couple of deli items from the Tokyo branch of England’s Daylesford Organic. You can read about the store and restaurant here, and one day I’ll check out the restaurant, but for now, if you’re …
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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 lifestyle aren’t just wispy young actresses. They include talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, along with wife Portia de Rossi. (Or Oprah Winfrey, who isn’t vegan but led her staff on a public 21-day vegan cleanse.) Or men like Ozzy Osbourne and Russell Brand, who in recent weeks both declared themselves vegans. Athletes like Carl Lewis and Mike Tyson. Even NFL player Tony Gonzalez, tight end for the Atlanta Falcons and 245-plus pounds — attributes his longevity to a largely vegan diet.
And then there are the moguls, like billionaire publisher, real estate developer and recent avowed vegan Mort Zuckerman, and Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino magnate, who’s hired a vegan chef and put vegan options in all his resort restaurants. Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, also has spoken of his veganism.
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.
As a falafel addict, I can get behind this – a healthy-eating plan with falafel in every meal.
Falafel, a ball or patty made from ground chick peas (or sometimes, fava beans) is often served on …
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 …
Eat, drink and be veggie
