Jezebel: Meat

Your Big Mac Just Got a Little Bit Less Disgusting

Cassie Murdoch — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:00:00 EST

Fans of Mickey D's rejoice, they've suspended their practice of using pink slime in your burgers. Oh, sorry, you didn't know that your "100% pure beef patty" was loaded with the pink gooey mess you see above? Yeah, well, it was. The pink slime is technically meat, because it begins life as a pile of beef scraps, or "select lean beef trimmings," as McD's calls them. The scraps are then soaked in ammonium hydroxide (also used as a household cleaner and in fertilizers), which bleaches the meat and kills all the bacteria that was clinging to it. Then it's ground up and extruded like a giant neon snake of nastiness, before being added into those burgers you so love. More »

Meat Now Available In Cupcake Format

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:20:00 EST

In the eternal struggle between pie and cake, many feel the former is cheating with the inclusion of the meat pie. Now a Chicago bakery has leveled the playing field by offering meat cupcakes. At Meatloaf Bakery, you can order eight varieties of the self-contained meal, including ground beef topped with mashed potato frosting and ground chicken and wing sauce covered with bleu cheese. We're giving the point to cake here, though it's unlikely that flavors like Alaskan salmon cake covered in wasabi mashed potato frosting will replace chocolate and vanilla as flavors at kids' birthday parties. More »

Guys, It's Time To Put Your Meat In Someone

Anna North — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:55:00 EDT

Good news, guys: men are allowed to cook now! As long as it's meat, and not sissy baked goods. More »

Weight Watchers Lures Men With Meat, Beer

Anna North — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:35:00 EDT

Weight Watchers isn't just for ladies anymore. New ads prove dieting can be manly, using beer, meat, and technology. More »

PETA Now Comparing Meat To Child Abuse

Anna North — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EDT

Clearly unsatisfied the offensiveness level of its previous campaigns, PETA has kicked things up a notch with a billboard stating "Feeding kids meat is child abuse." More »

In The Future, Meat Will Be Grown In A Lab

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:44:00 EST

While it sounds like the plot of something Kurt Vonnegut might write after reading Upton Sinclair and then dropping acid, biologists claim that it's not far fetched to assume that in the future, our meat won't come from animals that we kill; it will be grown in petri dishes in giant labs by mad scientists who drive flying cars. More »

Tiny Lady Gaga Outfits For The Fashion-Forward Tiny Doll

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:26:00 EST

Designer Anna Chong recreated nine of Lady Gaga's outfits in miniature. The doll-sized looks are cute, but all we can think when we see that prosciutto meat dress is that it needs some melon and a nice Muscat. More »

In Defense Of Sarah Palin's Hunting

Anna North — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:15:00 EST

There are lots of problems with Sarah Palin and her show/campaign ad. Hunting isn't one of them. More »

Lady Gaga No Longer Interested In Gimmicks

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:14:00 EST

Of her new album, she added, "Born This Way is about what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid." But what if you have a fear of having your body wrapped in raw meat? More »

11 Outfits Worn By Eva Longoria & Her Thighs During A Single Awards Show

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST

At some point, it became a thing for the host of an award show wear a different ensemble every time she hits the stage. Last night, Eva Longoria hosted the "prestigious" MTV Europe Music Awards, and fulfilled her presto-change-o requirements. More »

Lady Gaga Can Totally Explain Why Her Outfit Was Made Of Meat

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:56:00 EDT

After the VMAs, Gaga sat down with Ellen — who is vegan — and attempted to rationalize why she was wearing a hat, dress and shoes made of meat. More »

Lady Gaga Is Naked & Covered In Terry Richardson's High-Concept Meat

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:25:00 EDT

Ooh baby, she likes it raw. Wasn't this an ANTM challenge some time ago? Which was in French Vogue before that? Anyway. This is the September 2010 cover of Vogue Hommes Japan. Shot by Terry Richardson, of course. More »

Memorial Day With Williams-Sonoma: Nom!

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:40:00 EDT

Will your upcoming three-day weekend involve grilling, margaritas or making ice cream? It could, if you buy pricey gourmet gadgets from the new Williams-Sonoma catalog! More »

Cities Across America Reject PETA Ads

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:40:00 EDT

PETA has done a lot of things to piss people off, but their newest offer - to help cash-strapped cities pay off their deficit through ads on trash cans - makes us wonder if anyone can stomach the organization. More »

Where's The Beef?

Anna Holmes — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:00 EST

[Paris, March 4. Image via Getty]

The Passion Of The Parsnip: Vegetarianism And The Feelings Of Plants

Anna North — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST

Arguing about food is totally a thing in this waning year, and now Natalie Angier has thrown her hat into the ring by claiming that plants have feelings too. More »

Female Hunter Says Women Can Be "Positive Ambassadors To The Non-Hunting World"

Anna North — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:20:00 EST

"It's easy to stereotype a male hunter [...]. But when you see a woman out there in the field, it's immediately difficult to categorize her, because she doesn't fit the mold." — female hunter Holly Heyser (not pictured) [Utne] More »

Julie Powell's Cleaving Is A Bloodbath Of Meat/Sex Metaphors

Sadie Stein — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:20:00 EST

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A combination of the writer-learns-to-clown/cobble/farm genre and that newish breed, the personal-meat-journey, with the subgenre that might be called the infidelity-food memoir (a venerable oeuvre pioneered by M.F.K. Fisher, advanced by Ruth Reichl and Judith Jones), Cleaving gives good blood. More »

30% Less Meat Healthier For Hearts, Planet

Anna North — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:20:00 EST

In industrialized countries, cutting meat consumption by just 30% would not only reduce greenhouse gases but also cut heart disease deaths by 17%. Tofurky, anyone? [Reuters] More »

Four Myths About Vegetarian Cooking, As Seen On Top Chef (Plus Recipes!)

Anna North — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

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Natalie Portman annoyed us with her comparison of meat-eating to rape on the Huffington Post, but she was totally gracious on Top Chef last night. And her guest appearance revealed some of the common misconceptions about vegetarian cooking. More »

Mackenzie: Hot, Steamy, Scrumptious Food Porn

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:00 EDT

You want titillating, arousing, begging-to-be-ravished food porn? You got it. More »

Natalie Portman: If We Don't Tolerate Rape, Why Do We Tolerate Meat?

Anna North — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Today on the Huffington Post, actress/activist Natalie Portman has an impassioned defense of Jonathan Safran Foer's vegetarian manifesto Eating Animals. She writes that "being polite to your tablemates" shouldn't trump morality. More »

On Meat And Memory: What Vegetarians Give Up

Anna North — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:20:00 EDT

Jonathan Safran Foer's Times Magazine essay on vegetarianism brings up an interesting point: for many people, becoming vegetarian means breaking with a lot of the cherished food memories that have made us who we are. More »

Snap Into A ... Mechanically Separated Chicken Stick

Anna North — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:40:00 EDT

What's in a Slim Jim? According to Wired, "mechanically separated chicken" paste, beef of indeterminate quality, corn, soy, salt, lactic acid starter culture, and enough sodium nitrite to kill you — if you snap into 1,400 of them. [Wired] More »

From The Department Of Vom

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EDT

You really must be careful when using the words "come," "on," and "meat" in a food advertisement about a mayonnaise substitute. [Vintage Ads] More »

Well, They Know Where Their Food Comes From!

Sadie Stein — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:40:00 EDT

For those of you who closely follow those female chefs who hunt, well, you'll surely be pleased to know that five of these prominent women just went on a camping/hunting trip to Mongolia..complete with documentation. [SFWeekly] More »

Countereatuitive

Anna North — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Utne reports that environmentalists say eating some grass-fed meat is actually better for the environment than being a vegetarian, because it encourages more raising of "pasture-based livestock," which is good for soil and plants. [Utne Reader] More »

You Are What You Eat: Is Food TV Lookist?

Sadie Stein — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

One writer - from the carnivorous Meatpaper (vegetarians, avert your eyes) - has unearthed what he calls the "unattractive men/unattractive meat narrative" of food TV: "the weirder-looking you are, the weirder the food you have to eat." More »

Blow Job Jokes Abound With Gross New BK Ad

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Oh brother. "It'll blow your mind away," reads this new and annoying ad (via Singapore) from Burger King, which illustrates rather explicitly the link between food and sex, but in the most disturbing way. More »

Eat A (Tofu) Steak Today

Anna North — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Paul McCartney has joined Chris Martin, climatologist Rajendra Pachauri, and the Belgian town of Ghent in recommending that people go without meat one day a week as a way of reducing the impact of livestock on the environment. [Guardian] More »

Green Eggs & Ham: What Meat Is Best For The Environment?

Anna North — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:20:00 EDT

It's obvious every time we write a post on vegetarianism: lots of people love meat. But are some meats better for the planet than others? And what about the half-vegetarian's flesh of choice, fish? More »

Women Meat Pioneers

Anna North — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:45:00 EDT

BoingBoing thinks this 1943 ad "sounds like the name of a Damien Hirst work." We think "Women Meat Pioneers" sounds like an awesome punk band — help us name their first album! [BoingBoing] More »

Williams-Sonoma: A Pre-Thanksgiving Feast For The Eyes

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST

The truth is, we're probably going cram all kinds of delicious foodstuffs in our mouths and bellies tomorrow. And flipping through the Williams-Sonoma "Holiday Entertaining" catalog just gets us all excited: Between the farm-fresh cheese, the pot pies, the mouth-watering meats and the gorgeous cakes, it's like a four-course meal — for the peepers. The appetizers begin after the jump. More »

The Naked Chef: Pfaelzer Brothers Peddle Hot Food Porn

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST

The Pfaelzer Brothers holiday catalog, which arrived in mailboxes yesterday, is so steamy, it's positively scandalous. Sensually photographed turkeys, steaks, shrimp and desserts, all waiting for you. Warning: Hot food porn after the jump. More »

Being A Dude Who Doesn't Eat Meat Takes Balls

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

On the heels of Jessica Simpson wearing a T-shirt which read "Real Girls Eat Meat," a new study was released, claiming that eating tofu can lower a man's sperm count. Soy contains phytoestrogen, which has an impact on semen "quality." But, writing the Guardian, Barbara Ellen asserts that, less virile or not, male vegetarians are sexy. Writes Ms. Ellen: More »

Harold & Kumar Get Bongwaterboarded!

Moe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST

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Hey guys! Happy holiday we're not observing! Did you know Kumar from Harold & Kumar is an Obama supporter? Then you also probably knew Harold & Kumar are going to Guantanamo Bay this spring, just three days after the Pennsylvania primaries! Apparently the air marshals confuse "bong" with "bomb" and...get served burgers made from beef that is probably wayyyyy safer than the shit they are feeding your kids? (Hey, for the record, a CIA interrogator says Guantanamo isn't so bad. And wait, they have universal health care there, right?) That and Kosovo declares independence, John Edwards still doesn't declare his support for anyone, and the holy shit sad campus shooter's girlfriend after the jump with me and Megan Carpentier, who, as a bonus is IM-ing me from my couch. More »

Can Female Vegetarians And Male Carnivores Ever Find True Foodie Love?

Jessica G. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:30:00 EST

"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit." Ha! That's Anthony Bourdain in the best-selling memoir Kitchen Confidential, and the writer/celebrity chef's famous phrase made an appearance in today's New York Times, which, on the eve of Valentine's Day, delves into the issue of dietary restrictions as potential dealbreakers among couples. A vegan quoted in the article, Lisa Romano, says that she recently dumped a boyfriend because he liked grilling his burgers alongside her soy patties, something she found "unenlightened and disturbing." Explains Romano: "I need someone who is ethically on the same page." That makes sense: If not killing animals for food is so high on someone's ethical scale that she refrains from eating meat, I imagine that her moral compass is set pretty differently from that of a rampant carnivore. More »

The Case For Being A "Recession Vegetarian"

Moe — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:30:00 EST

So...you know how America is sort of a scam to make us all poor and fat? There were two stories in the New York Times on Sunday about this subject. The first is about the meat industry. Yeah, meat is great, I am not going to act like it's a handbag or some shit because it can really add to a wine-drinking experience, but the fact that it costs eight or nine calories of grain to produce every calorie of beef is not only a huuuuge drain on the food supply, it is, like most expensive habits, destroying the planet — a 20% reduction in American meat consumption would save as much energy as forcing us all to buy Priuses. Okay, now to the pharmaceutical industry: For a long time the pharmaceutical industry has been in bed with the beef industry, because cows are big consumers of antibiotics — the antibiotics make them fatter and more meaty, which is actually good for the cost of food but not for the efficacy of our antibiotics, though that's another story. More »