Veggie Blog

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Natalie Portman is a vegan actress. She believes in the right of the animals. Not only the she doesn’t eat anything alive but she also do things to prove to the world that she is a vegan. She did the shoe line with Té Casan that is vegan.

Besides from the kindness of her in lives of animals, she’s also smart who graduated from Harvard University with honor. She can prove that the movie stars are not stupid which we can say that she is a proud of Hollywood.

According to the shoe line she created with Té Casan, 5% from the sales would be given to the charity. The collection launched in February 2008, and Té Casan’s store and the shoe line closed in late November 2008. This shoe line was like the symbol of being a vegan and vegans were proud of it.

Anyhow, if you are not vegan like Natalie Portman, you could do the charity with them by buying the shoes. And why not to buy them, because even Natalie Portman wore them too.

“The View” is one of those shows where you watch it because you like one (or more) of the hosts or in this case hostesses. I watched when Meredith Viera was on and when Rosie O’Donnell took over last September, i was fine with the move, even looked forward to it, as Rosie always has something to say about anything even remotely controversial. (for starters bush, Iraq, fat people, gays, etc) I don’t have a problem with Rosie, i do have a problem with her co-host Elizabeth Hassellbeck as she comes across as holier than Marcia Brady. Her sanctimonious and self-righteous baloney really gets on my nerves at times, and this week it went too far with her not defending her Hollywood galpal, Rosie. She could and should have defended Rosie earlier this week when the media as usual snarped at Rosie for, yet again, “being anti-American”. If it weren’t for “The View”, no one would even know of Elizabeth Hassellbeck, and instead of being grateful and humble for this lucky twist in her career, she has turned into quite a belladonna. As of today it was reported that Rosie has officially resigned as co-host, and will not be returning to The View, caught in the middle of this nasty cat fight, was Alicia Silverstone (of clueless fame) who is a strict and vocal vegan, who apparently snubbed Hassellbeck on Wednesdays show, probably because she is anti-stupid people and did not appreciate the way Elizabeth carried on against Rosie.

If you are planning a trip to Thailand, do not worry about finding vegetarian food to eat. Thailand has a lot of vegan and vegetarian food, and this is a short guide to how to find it.

How easy is it to find vegetarian food in Thailand?

The old version of this post said that Bangkok has about 175 vegetarian restaurants and 72 vegan ones. I cannot verify those counts, but the point stands: dedicated vegetarian and vegan places are easy to find in the big cities. One well-known example is May Kaidee, which began as a street cart in Bangkok in 1988 and now serves fully vegan Thai food. Outside the cities, ordinary Thai restaurants will often cook a dish without meat if you ask clearly.

What is jay food?

Look for yellow flags with a red Thai character, เจ, which is pronounced “jay.” According to Wikipedia, the flag shows that a stall or restaurant serves food that observant participants of the Vegetarian Festival can eat. It is stricter than ordinary vegetarian food: no meat, poultry, seafood or dairy, no fish sauce or eggs, and often no garlic or strong spices. The festival is held in Phuket and other places for nine days every year, and the Tourism Authority of Thailand lists it for 10 to 18 October in 2026. It comes from the Hokkien Chinese tradition of Phuket and follows the Chinese lunar calendar, so the dates change from year to year.

Are there different kinds of vegans in Thailand?

The old post said there are two groups: people who are 100 percent vegan, and people who eat animals but avoid big ones such as cows. I could not find research that confirms this, so treat it as one writer’s observation. What I can say is that you should not assume a dish is meat-free just because it looks like vegetables.

How should you order?

Say you want to eat vegetarian or vegan food, and ask whether the dish contains fish sauce, shrimp paste, oyster sauce or egg, because they are common in ordinary Thai cooking. If you want to cook the dishes yourself afterwards, our post on Real Vegetarian Thai by Nancie McDermott is a good place to begin.