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  August 2006 Myth: Vegans Aren't Funny It's a Bizarro World! The Satya Interview with Dan Piraro and Ashley Lou Smith   Dan Piraro and Ashley Lou Smith. Photo by Kevin Lysaght Weaving through the New York City streets on their vintage Vespa scooter, with colorful vegan and abolition themed tattoos on their bodies, Dan Piraro and Ashley Lou Smith bust all sorts of myths. Most importantly, beyond being articulate, attractive and humorous, Dan and Ashley show that being an animal activist can include style, creativity and intelligence. Dan Piraro is the mastermind behind the popular syndicated cartoon Bizarro, featured in newspapers across the country, as well as in Satya's pages. With jokes about fur, circuses, vivisection, fishing and farmed animals, Bizarro is bringing animal issues to the daily papers. In his newest book, Bizarro and Other Strange Manifestations of the Art of Dan Piraro (Abrams), an illustrated retrospective of Dan's work, you'll notice his art has gotten more political, with a greater focus on animal rights and the environment in recent years. This has earned him accolades and awards, including multiple plaques from the prestigious Genesis Awards. A major influence on Dan's work is his wife Ashley Lou Smith, previously a freelance activist for Farm Sanctuary, PETA, COK and HSUS. She currently teaches humane education classes to public school students in New York, and spends much of her time touring the country with Dan, as he gives presentations and stand-up comedy routines at various venues, or at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, where she and Dan are founding board members. Dan and Ashley's Brooklyn home serves as a way station for rescued animals they help along an underground railroad to new homes or farm animal sanctuaries. Catherine Clyne spent an evening with Dan Piraro and Ashley Lou Smith, talking about their vegan awakenings, love, cartoons, and what it's like being animal billboards. Today, at this mome

Eating just 2.4 ounces of nuts of any kind was associated with declines in bad cholesterol, according to research partly financed by a nut-industry foundation and corroborated by other trials.

This article presents tasty and colorful examples of vegan dishes. What I appreciate about the recipes in this article is that it offers instructions along with dietary information regarding calories, saturated fat, sodium, and other factors. This information is beneficial for anyone beginning a vegan lifestyle and who wants to know how to make cooking vegan food an enjoyable experience. What I also think about these recipes is that transitioning from eating meat based foods to become vegan is not easy, and involves a huge learning curve. We will have to learn to become more independent and disciplined. This lifestyle isn't really consistent with a hectic lifestyle all so common in America and other places. This article can be a great resource for someone who wants to transition. Here are some interesting vegan meals based on guidelines from The Vegan Society and exclude all animal products.