Fourth of July Company

I had a fabulous Fourth of July celebration and cookout with great family and friends. Here they are… This is Chooey’s new friend, Shark – he is an 8-week-old, male Blue Merle Shetland Sheepdog . As you can see, Chooey & Shark are great pals. Chooey is not the only one with a great pal – here I am with mine. My great-uncle Al & great-aunt Marilyn were there too, sharing a homemade Root Beer Float. Here is my grandfather with a family-friend of ours ( she is Shark’s owner! )… …and Shark with his other owner ( the husband of the family-friend in the previous photo ). Here are my mom, two nephews, and the daughter of our family-friends , discussing something. I was not there for the conversation. Also in attendance, but not photographed: VeggieDad ( of course! ), more family-friends, my brother, and my sister-in-law. **With whom did you spend your Fourth of July, regardless of whether or not you are living in the United States?**

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Eric Lohela of the Food Scraps Collection Program in Santa Barbara

“Three years ago Lohela asked himself what it would take to get Santa Barbara to the next level of sustainability, and out of that question came the Food Scraps Collection Program.” Eric Lohela, the sage of sustainability. [Photograph: Sarah Fretwell] “I love frolicking in food scraps,” Eric Lohela told me. “I have steel-toed galoshes for it.” Lohela, an environmental services specialist, started the Santa Barbara Food Scraps Collection Program with colleagues three years ago, and it’s now under his purview and gaining momentum. While he is partially joking about jumping around in the food scrap compost bin, his excitement for the project is contagious. A five-minute conversation with him almost inspires you to don galoshes and join in the romp with him. The Food Scraps Collection Program collects food waste from restaurants and schools, trucks it to a composting site, places in it long rows called windrows, and turns it regularly by large machines to introduce oxygen into the pile. Voila! The waste is now soil used by local farmers to grow more food, or goes to parks. Essentially, this program…

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Joan Jett to New Yorkers: Go Vegetarian

[Jett hanging with a VSK newsstand] What Would Joan Jett Do (WWJJD–get it)? Well, last Tuesday what Jett did was help launch PETA’s Vegetarian Starter Kit (VSK) “blitz” of Manhattan in which thousands of VSKs were to be stocked at 30 stand-alone newsstands throughout the city. PETA rep Amanda Schinke explained that they decided to start offering VSKs at newsstands after the group filled more than 400,000 requests for the brochures in 2009 alone. There are also stands in Chicago and DC; those of you not lucky enough to live in any of these veg-awesome cities can order a free copy on PETA’s site . Joan Jett has been veg for 20 years and has done a “vegetarian testimonial” for PETA as well as helping out Farm Sanctuary in the past (check out the amazing photos of her visit to the farm). When I asked Jett why she decided to do the launch for PETA, she explained that she liked the organization because it’s “intense” and it “doesn’t stop.” Explaining that you “can’t always do things with smiles and kisses,” it was clear that Jett approved of this grassroots approach to spreading the veg message (though this event featured more polite conversation than in-your-face ranting). Joan engaging a passerby Accompanying Jett was Kenny Laguna , her …

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Video: Neapolitans Talk Pizza (While Ed Levine Antagonizes Them!)

From Slice Hot Stuff* Donatella Arpaia’s Pizza Oven

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Fainting Goat Gelato in Seattle

Apparently goats can get so excited at meal time that they cause themselves to faint, an experience I can definitely relate to. [Photographs: Brad Thomas Parsons] I was recently at the Palace Ballroom in Seattle celebrating the release of my friend Amy Pennington ’s debut cookbook, Urban Pantry , when I caught up with one my favorite food enthusiasts, Eric Tanaka, who’s the James Beard Award-winning executive chef and business partner for the Tom Douglas restaurant group. When the conversation turned to ice cream he encouraged me to check out Fainting Goat Gelato , where he and his wife had recently stopped by for dessert after dinner at nearby Joule . Located on the main commercial drag running through Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood, I was surprised to learn that Fainting Goat had been open for almost a year. Unless you’re on foot it can be easy to miss, but anyone with a sweet tooth will appreciate its prime location just blocks away from Trophy Cupcakes and the original Molly Moon’s . Fainting Goat is a true mom-and-pop operation, owned and operated by husband-and…

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The Bra

Your Future is right in front of you or beside you This conversation sums up my crazy life… (Viewer discretion advised) I am working on my computer the children are in bed it is late on Saturday night. My 68 year old mother comes trudging into my room, with a confused expression on her face. “Robin, can you help me figure this out?” She asks. “What is it mom?” I reply, a bit nervous. “Well, I’ve never had a bra that fit me quite right.” She says, “But, I found this cute little chart to help me fit a bra properly, and I need help.” Oh S&^$#. She hands me a little piece of paper with a diagram showing how to measure for the best bra fit. Next to the instructions are her numbers, 32+4 36-4 2, 7 a, b. Ohh , this should be fun. She begins explaining, “First, it said to measure below the bra band.” I look at the number placed next to this instructions. I ask her where she measured and she lifts up the three layers of clothing to show me her …

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Date This Vegan #1: Randy from Williamsburg!

[Randy! Randy! Randy!] ” Date This Vegan ” is a regular SuperVegan column in which we feature a reader in the New York metro area who is not only hot and smart, but also VEGAN and looking for love. Meet Randy. He’s a 35-year-old, Brooklyn-based (Williamsburg, if you must know) writer who is letting us post his handsome face on the internet so he can meet vegan women. Here’s Randy’s totally unbiased self-assessment: “I just crossed the threshold of 25 years as a vegetarian. I went vegan six years later. The things that are most important to me: food, friends, music, my cat (well, most cats, really), and meaningful conversation. Cooking is my meditative act. Others tell me that I am the most cynical and/or sarcastic person they have ever met. I feel this just means they need to get out more. I grew up in Texas, but please do not hold this against me. I read like a banshee and enjoy film and comics. I am far more introverted than extroverted and have a gimp left leg that makes me look a bit like John Cleese and his silly walk as I meander down the street…

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Roast Beast Is A Feast I Can’t Stand In The Least

So, what do we eat for Christmas?

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The Biggest Loser Season 8 Finale: Livebloggin’

Welcome, readers, to the official CHG 2009 Season 8 Biggest Loser Finale Liveblog! (CHGSEBLFL for short.) We were going to have a t-shirt made, but didn’t want to swamp CafePress at Christmastime. In the grand tradition of bloggers (note: Sports Guy ), I’ll be providing running commentary on the results show as it goes along. New updates will appear at the top of the post, and will be refreshed every few minutes as BL progresses. This actually makes it more of a running diary, but technology is hard and I’m an idiot. Feel free to add your own ideas in the comment section, and I’ll post fun ones as they come in. Interactivity is neat! Oh! Also? Please excuse any typos. We’ll clean ‘em up later. 8:16 Sean, Antoine, Julio, and Alexandra are out. They all look great, but Julio looks INCREDIBLE. You might remember him from this conversation earlier this year: JILLIAN: Julio, what’s emotionally wrong with you? JULIO: Nothing, I think. JILLIAN: Does your family hate you? Do you hate you? JULIO: I don’t think so. JILLIAN: No! You’re very sick in the head. JULIO: Uh … I have to go. 8:15 “Is there anything you want to say to America?” “Um … water? Please? I’m very dehydrated.” 8:14 America loves … …

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Did you book?

Here we are in the middle of the ” season ” and Cape Town is full of visitors all spending money and out to enjoy themselves. However for many Capetonians in the hospitality business, life just goes on as usual as they appear to be going out of their way to piss people off when it comes to service standards. Of course they are totally non discriminatory since they couldn’t give a toss whether you’re a local or a visitor, you’re just a bloody irritation in their lives. The other day, with a few friends, I popped in to a small casual restaurant in Simonstown, a bustling little seaside resort, for a light lunch.Instead of a welcome at the entrance we were accosted Basil Fawlty style ” Yes. Well. Did you book ? Did you book?” although it was patently obvious that the restaurant was nowhere near full. Perhaps it was a sign we should have taken more notice of. Anyway we settled down with the menus and despite the fact that it was right in the …

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