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animal treatment. Former model Kim
Barnouin, who studied holistic nutri-
tion, researched the information.
A cookbook consultant helped
with the recipes for Skinny Bitch in
the Kitch. The mac and cheese — no
animal products as with all the recipes
is Freedman's favorite.
"We don't talk about counting calo-
ries," says Freedman, whose exercise
routine includes hiking with her dogs.
"We talk about reading ingredients
osher had nothing to do
with Rory Freedman's deci-
sion to become a vegan.
Nor did health.
It was all about her love for animals.
Freedman, who has written five
books about maintaining a plant-
based diet, explains it all 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 18, at Ferndale High
School. The occasion is
VegFest, running 8 a.m.-5
p.m. and offering several
speakers, food from local
restaurants, cooking dem-
onstrations, exhibitors,
free samples and door
prizes.
"I feel passionately
about the information
that I've learned, and I've
been trying to share it. I
find that wherever people
are open and willing to
Rory Freedman
listen to something new
is a great place to be says
Freedman, 35, author of Skinny Bitch;
and knowing what's being eaten,
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch; Skinny Bitch
enjoying whole foods and avoiding
Bun in the Oven: An Eating Guide for
chemicals.
Pregnant Women; Skinny Bitchin' and
"I eat kind of the same things that
Skinny Bastard.
everybody else eats except I swap out
Freedman, who turned vegan while
the meat products for non-meat prod-
in college, worked as an agent for a
ucts," says Freedman, who has found
modeling firm before becoming a
that she feels lighter, clearer, happier
full-time animal-rights activist. The
and more positive with this diet. "It
decision to change was motivated by a
was shocking to me that I started
conference on factory farming.
craving healthy foods once I started
"I couldn't bear that animals were
eating them:'
being so abused and tortured so that
Freedman, a single who convinced
humans could enjoy the way their
her parents to turn away from meat
flesh tasted:' she says. "One day, it
and insists they feel better and are
occurred to me to write a book. I'd
more fit because of it, will be signing
never done it before, but I wanted
and selling her books at VegFest. Her
to make the world a better place for
latest release, Skinny Couple in a Box,
people and animals.
is a hardcover edition of Skinny Bitch
"I wrote a proposal, outline and
and Skinny Bastard. A Skinny Bitch
three chapters and sent them off
calendar comes out in June.
through an agent. I got turned down
"I'm proud to be a Jew, [and] I know
by a few publishers but got signed by
that in the Jewish community, humane
Running Press?'
slaughter is really important for
Skinny Bitch, which came out in
kosher," says Freedman. "[But] to me,
2005 and maintains a flip tone as
humane slaughter is a huge oxymoron.
indicated by the title, developed into
There's really nothing humane about
covering nutrition issues as well as
ending the life of another being:'
—
Banquets
V
Animal Activist
April 8 - 2010
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VegFest takes place 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at Ferndale High
School, 881 Pinecrest. $5-$10, free to children under 6 and VegMichigan
members. (877) 778-3464; www.yegmichigan.com .