Category Archives: Vegetarian

UN official urges vegetarian diet to combat climate change

Posted on 9/9/2008 by Ben

It’s frustrating how often I read “What you can do about global warming”-style articles that don’t mention vegetarianism. So I’m happy that Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is now highlighting meat production’s role in … Continue reading →

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Sin City Breakfast Tacos

Posted on 6/9/2007 by Ben

More celebrity recipes: Robert Rodriguez makes Sin City Breakfast Tacos. The best thing about this is he shows you how to make homemade flour tortillas. Looks time-consuming but well worth it and I bet they go great with Scrambled Tofu.

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Going Ape

Posted on 1/12/2007 by Ben

Another take on the Paleolithic diet. Ms Garton looked for inspiration to the plant-based diet of our closest relatives, the apes, and devised a three-day rotating menu of fruit, vegetables, nuts and honey. The prescribed menu was:safe to eat raw;met … Continue reading →

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Smarter Kids More Likely To Go Vegetarian

Posted on 12/17/2006 by Ben

High IQ link to being vegetarian. A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10… Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education … Continue reading →

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Paper Says Edible Meat Can be Grown in a Lab on Industrial Scale

Posted on 7/28/2005 by Ben

Some older news that I found in my link backlog. And, the authors agree, it might take work to convince consumers to eat cultured muscle meat, a product not yet associated with being produced artificially. “On the other hand, cultured … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Argument Against Factory Farms

Posted on 6/16/2005 by Ben

The American Conservative has a terrific article by former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully. Scully argues that conservatives should be opposed to factory farming and animal cruelty in general. While there is much in this article that I don’t agree with, … Continue reading →

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Juices saves

Posted on 5/23/2005 by Ben

The Village Voice has a funny essay about the author’s tour through different levels of vegetarianism. My own private Idaho potato went like this: When I was a teenager a renowned South African acupuncturist moved in next door to my … Continue reading →

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McDonald’s beef fries settlement disbursed

Posted on 5/23/2005 by Ben

McDonald’s will pay $10 million to 24 Hindu and vegetarian groups after falsely describing its french fries, which contained a beef additive, as vegetarian. I last posted about this two years ago, I guess they’ve been wrangling over the money … Continue reading →

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Rude Food

Posted on 5/19/2005 by Ben

The Vegetarian Society produced a highly suggestive video called Rude Food. From an article in the Scotsman: The film is set in a steamy kitchen and begins with a ripe melon being groped by a man’s hand. It then shows … Continue reading →

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BK Veggie

Posted on 5/18/2005 by Ben

Burger King has a new version of the BK Veggie veggie burger with a pattie from Morningstar Farms. This is being covered as if it’s an entirely new product but the BK Veggie has been around since 2002. I love … Continue reading →

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