The animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has named D.C.'s Sticky Fingers vegan bakery (City Paper readers' pick for "D.C.'s Best Vegan Restaurant 2011") as a finalist for its annual Libby Awards. "Libby," in this case, is apparently short for "liberation." The awards "honor animal-friendly people and products," according to a [...]
Quick hits on the meatless beat Vegan Business Secrets: Learn from vegan hero Sara Polon, owner of Soupergirl, about what it takes to run a business. WaPo's Bonnie Benwick hosts Polon and Yael Krigman, owner of Baked by Yael, on being a woman in the food industry. Hosted at Sixth & I, expect some ranting on Jewish mothers [...]
Quick hits on the meatless beat We're Number One! LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, surveyed 20 major cities and concluded that D.C.'s "preference" for vegetarian and vegan restaurants ranks number one. Although a closer look at the data reveals that our "high" veg-status remains low overall compared to other tastes: eight percent described their [...]
Anthony Bourdain has been a staunch defender of foie gras ever since Chicago banned the fatty liver (and then rescinded the ban on the fatty liver). In the past, Bourdain has focused on shooting down the ethical/humane arguments promoted by animal activists. Or arguing for an eater's right to choose. On Friday night at the [...]
Jiminy Glick Interviews 'Ronald McDonald' – watch more funny videos It's apparently PETA day here at City Paper. Over at The Sexist, Amanda Hess is slamming the animal-rights organization for not exploiting women well enough in the name of critters (former CPer Jule Banville's fave word). I think Hess is being ironic, but I'll say [...]
You knew that, sooner or later, someone would try to start People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables, and why not Chris Crocker, the Internet celebrity best known for tearfully defending Britney's comeback on MTV.
Advertising Age's Ken Wheaton was so ticked off by PETA's latest attempt to stir controversy—another, ho-hum, rejected sexy Super Bowl ad—that the blogger decided to counter the animal rights group's media manipulation with a video that he hopes will go viral. Squirrel melts, anyone? Okay, Ken, I'll bite.
Ingrid Newkirk is the founder of PETA, the animal rights organization known for exposing skin to save animal hides. Newkirk's latest attention-grabbing gimmick is to turn her will into a final statement about animal cruelty and meat-eating. Among the "suggested directions" of her will: That the “meat” of my body, or a portion thereof, be [...]
I could cull this list from Google Analytics, which would be oh-so-democratic. It would also prove to you the power of popular search terms, the insular nature of the blog world, and the insatiable need for more Elvis sex tales. Screw that. Here's my personal fave list of this week's blog items: 1. Chef Art [...]
I'm an idiot for tackling this issue because, well, that's exactly what PETA wants journalists to do. I'm taking the bait for one reason only: because the organization's proposal to lower health insurance premiums for vegetarians is the stupidest idea I've heard in years. Why? Simple: It's based on the massively faulty assumption that vegetarians, [...]
