Re: Fwd: [vegan-23] 11 am Friday morning on WBUR FM: Vegans Take America: WBUR.org - FM

[Robert & Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Hey, thanks.

We'll listen to the archive some time.

 > From: chris <http://www.gmail.com/~drchrisbear>
 > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:46:05 -0500
 > 
 > FYI...
 > 
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 > Subject: 	[vegan-23] 11 am Friday morning on WBUR FM: Vegans Take 
 > America: WBUR.org - FM
 > Date: 	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:59:57 -0500
 > From: 	Maynard S. Clark <http://www.gmail.com/~maynard.clark>
 > Reply-To: 	http://www.meetup.com/~vegan-23
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 > 
 > Announcing a new Meetup for Boston Vegan Meetup Group!
 > 
 > *What*: Vegans Take America: WBUR.org - FM 
 > <http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Vegan-Meetup/calendar/16047727/>
 > 
 > *When*: Friday, January 14, 2011 11:00 AM
 > 
 > *Where*: WBUR FM Radio (or streaming audio at WBUR.org
 > 
 > http://www.wbur.org/ - 11 AM - Vegans Take America with Tom Ashbrook
 > 
 > Hour 2
 > Vegans Take America
 > 
 > Drop that hot dog. America goes vegan. We look at the trend with cooking 
 > doyennes Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Mollie Katzen, and more.
 > 
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 > Audio of this show will be available shortly after broadcast
 > Friday, January 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST
 > 
 > Vegans Take America
 > Drop that hot dog. America goes vegan. We look at the trend with Isa 
 > Chandra Moskowitz, Mollie Katzen, and more.
 > 
 > Red Lentil Thai Chili (Theppk.com)
 > For years and years, to be vegan was to be well outside the American 
 > mainstream.
 > 
 > On TV Americans heard ?Beef: it?s what?s for dinner,? while vegans ate 
 > no meat, no fish, no eggs, no dairy ? for some not even honey. Nothing 
 > that would exploit an animal, never mind keep a steakhouse or burger 
 > joint running.
 > 
 > But things change, and suddenly vegans and veganism seem to be 
 > everywhere. Some Americans going all the way. Some toe-dipping. It?s a 
 > remarkable moment, a remarkable shift.
 > 
 > We look at what?s up with Americans going vegan.
 > 
 > -Tom Ashbrook
 > 
 > Guests:
 > 
 > Kim O?Donnel, journalist, chef and author of The Meat Lover?s Meatless 
 > Cookbook. Her food column for USA Today is Family Kitchen.
 > 
 > Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of the ?Post Punk Kitchen? blog and author 
 > of the new book Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat 
 > Vegan Recipes. You can read an excerpt.
 > 
 > Mollie Katzen, best-selling cookbook author. Her books includeMoosewood 
 > Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest.
 > 
 > Susan Nitzke, chair of the department of nutritional sciences at the 
 > University of Wisconsin, where she also is a researcher in diet and 
 > nutrition.
 > 
 > You can join the conversation. Tell us what you think ? here on this 
 > page, on Twitter, or on Facebook.
 > 
 > Listener comments
 > 
 > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Daryl Elliott wrote:
 > Veg Source News - Veganism Top 10
 > 
 > Veganism has made giant leaps into mainstream culture this past year. 
 > Here are our top 10 reasons why.
 > 
 > Embraced by celebrities, the media, and even the business world, the 
 > vegan lifestyle has skyrocketed in popularity over the past year. Veg 
 > menus abound in upscale restaurants, magazines cover veganism like never 
 > before, and meat-free cookbooks fly off bookstore shelves. With our 
 > finger on the pulse of the vegan movement, VegNews' editors scoured the 
 > most compelling news stories of the year to determine the most 
 > significant indicators of veganism going mainstream. Here are our top 10.
 > 
 > 1. Good Housekeeping announces that it's publishing an all-vegan 
 > cookbook in early 2011.
 > 
 > 2. Food Network's sister network, the Cooking Channel, airs its 
 > first-ever vegetarian program, The Veg Edge.
 > 
 > 3. Vegan chef and winner of hit food program "Cupcake Wars" Chloe 
 > Coscarelli graces the cover of Woman's World magazine.
 > 
 > 4. In January, three vegan books landed on The New York Times' 
 > best-seller list, including The Kind Life by Alicia Silverstone, The 
 > Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen, and Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim 
 > Barnouin.
 > 
 > 5. Bill Clinton experiments with veganism to cure ongoing heart problems 
 > (of the physical variety).
 > 
 > 6. Bloomberg Businessweek publishes an article on the rise of "power 
 > vegans," including hotelier Steve Wynn, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, 
 > talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, and musician/entrepreneur Russell Simmons.
 > 
 > 7. Celebrity chef Mario Batali embraces Meatless Mondays and offers veg 
 > dishes in all 14 of his restaurants.
 > 
 > 8. 7-Eleven tests vegan entrées in select stores in New York City.
 > 
 > 9. Kathy Freston, best-selling author and Oprah Winfrey's health guru, 
 > is coming out with a book entitled Veganist in February 2011.
 > 
 > 10. Us Weekly magazine proclaims veganism "Hollywood's hottest trend" in 
 > a story on its website, highlighting the benefits of a meat-free diet, 
 > its popularity amongst celebrities, and the rise in vegan beauty 
 > products and high-fashion handbags.