PETA

Five reasons why the foie gras ban in California is super-stupid

Starting July 1, California will enforce a ban on foie gras -- delicious, delicious, fatty goose/duck liver -- and while PETA is thrilled, chefs are pissed. Why the ban on these tasty liver-lobes? Gavage, or forced tube-feeding off the animals, is seen as cruel and inhumane. But neither side in this ... More >>

Chris "Birdman" Andersen lawyer alleges blackmail re: child-porn case

Update: After news broke yesterday that Chris "Birdman" Andersen's Larkspur home had been searched in relation to a child-porn investigation, we've heard from authorities, but not from representatives of the inquiry's target. Now, however, Andersen's attorney has stepped forward, asserting that his ... More >>

Goldfish racing gets a head start at the Bar on South Broadway

Reader: Vegetarian celebrities? Veggie scientists need hugs, too

In honor of the recent Hug a Vegetarian Day, Cafe Society served up the "Thirteen hottest vegetarians." But several commenters took issue with our choices:

Five reasons the circus is way creepier when you're an adult

​The things I remember about going to the circus as a child are limited, but they are awesome. I distinctly recall riding an elephant -- though my parents do not -- and only recently have I accepted the vegetarian guilt that comes with that potentially false memory. This was before I saw It an ... More >>

Green Machine

Iggy Pop is no more dangerous than a baby seal these days

Top five most ridiculous Denver Yelp restaurant reviews

​Members of the Yelp "Elite Squad" in New York City recently received a chiding e-mail asking them, among other things, to stop acting like greedy trolls; to stop freeloading the grub; to quit auctioning off their event RSVPs to the highest bidders; and to quit bringing their entire families ... More >>

Strange but True: The year's weirdest news stories

Gettin' Crafty: swanky New Year's shrug

​Sew swanky​​For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you "Gettin' Crafty" where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances ... More >>

Celebrity Lanes is part of Denver's past and Centennial's future

Drinking the haterade: Readers weren't so into the live octopus hot pot

​We knew when we posted the video of the live octopus hot pot at Sik Gaek in Queens that we'd stir some feelings of outrage. And we weren't disappointed. Haterade poured in on Digg, Youtube and Cafe Society, decrying us for what we ate. We already gave special recognition to a particular veno ... More >>

Coleadero Rodeo: After animal deaths, PETA wants event canceled, & Jeffco commish agrees

From Channel 31 coverage.​Yesterday, we told you about the controversy over the Coleadero Rodeo, which is slated to take place at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Sunday even though eleven animals were hurt, and two had to be killed, following an event at the same venue on July 18. Now, Peo ... More >>

The week in Cafe Society bloggery: pork slogans, lactating camels, sex toys, bratwurst, blood sausage and spoo

​Maybe it's the ridiculous, intolerable heat that made this week so weird and wacky, and the Cafe Society trolls -- specifically "Recession" and "Poutiner" and all your other bogus aliases (we've got your IP address, schmuck) -- so moronic and volatile. Whatever the cause, the last five days o ... More >>

Top ten new slogans for the National Pork Board

​For more than two decades, the National Pork Board's slogan, "Pork: The Other White Meat," has attempted to convince us that swine, which, of course, is best known for BACON, is just as healthy -- bawk! -- as chicken. But pork consumption has hit a rump patch, while chicken parts are flying ... More >>

The week in Cafe Society bloggery: PETA, the Avenue Grill's Andrew Lubatty, MEAT, picnic packing and Chiptole's Steve Ells's new TV gig

​Our favorite tables scraps of the week from the Cafe Society blog: 1. The fact that Coors Field made Peta's list of the country's most vegetarian-friendly ballparks, coming in at number five on their annual list, made the rest of us darksiders swear to eat steaks, cheeseburgers, bratwursts a ... More >>

How Colorado cooled the controversy between the Humane Society and big agriculture

PETA is hunting down the country's sexiest vegetarian

Vote for me, Marie!​If you're one of those people who doesn't poison your body with pork, cow, fowl, things with fins or anything else that might be construed as meat by PETA, then we have just the contest for you. The animal-rights group is in the final throes of its annual Sexiest Vegetarian ... More >>

Pete Townshend does not want to see your children naked. Seriously.

Watchdog group Protect Our Children, in a PETA-like bid for publicity, sent the below flyer to homes in Miami Gardens, near the site of this week's Super Bowl. Hide your children in the attic, everyone: Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend will be at large in your city, possibly accompanied by his music ... More >>

Strange Sauce: The week in national food news

We know, you just threw up in your mouth a little.​The trailer for Jamie Oliver's new television show, Food Revolution, has been released. According to ABC, Oliver will attempt to transform the eating habits of a bunch of rednecks in Huntington, West Virginia, and rumor has it that he bawls w ... More >>

Chef and Tell part two: Michael Long of Opus

Opus executive chef Michael Long​This is part two of my interview with Micheal Long, executive chef of Opus. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Norman Van Aken. I'm a south Florida guy, so when I came out of CIA in 1990 and moved back to Florida, Norman wa ... More >>

A vegetarian returns to meat: Where should we send her?

A flickr photo.​ A friend, Sarah, has been a vegetarian for more than four years and a red meat avoider for seven. On the surface, she's PETA's dream: She makes her own seiten and works as a baker for Watercourse Foods, the meat-free precinct at 837 East 17th Avenue. Yet the lure of delicious ... More >>

Top five most shocking food facts from Food, Inc.

Do you know where your cluck comes from? ​Following a recent birthday barbecue feast, I woke up before the sun with a wretched bellyache and proceeded to hurl my guts out. Nothing reminds you that you aren't 21 anymore like puking bacon cheeseburgers and red wine and going up against a hangove ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating?

Lori Midson​It's only Tuesday, and already we've seen a green chile smackdown between El Taco de Mexico and Santiago's and a shout-out to all you vegheads for meatless verde recommendations that won't make the PETA terrorists people pissed. And now, strictly by coincidence, comes the above photo o ... More >>

Vick to Broncos: It ain't happening

Michael Vick: PETA's wet dream/worst nightmare.InDenver Times' Hunter Ashley has become the first quasi-media-type to address the non-existing rumors that dog-whacking former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, now an officially free man, could get a look from the Broncos this off-season: Maybe becau ... More >>

Republicans weren't the only ones who took a beating in 2008

B.Side Lounge

Maybe size does count.

Snack Down

PETA gets to the meat of the problem at Frontier Airlines.

Sporting Chance

Fish Out of Water

Sushi Hai

Pluck You

Hmm. Would you rather live in Commerce City or KentuckyFriedCruelty.com?

A Call to Arms

A Call to Arms

Hard to Swallow

Cockroaches invade Colorado! Tell Tom Tancredo.

Pretty Girls Make Saves

As video games go indie, here's some ideas for a few likely pairings.

Lock, Stock and Barrel Racing

Remembering Never

Thursday, December 16, Rock Island, 303-572-7625.

Hit Pick

Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots

Bite Me

The Song Remains the Same

Bite Me

So Foie, So Good

Bite Me

Green Achers

Best Way to Fit as Many Meats as Possible Between Two Buns

Crown Burger

Off Limits

Sic transit gloria

Boogie Men

VHS or Beta inspires communal dance ecstasy and has a good beat. But don't call it disco.

Letters to the Editor

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Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 9, 2002

Off Limits

Animal instincts

Letters to the Editor

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Mouthing Off

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