Things couldn’t be going better for the 35-year-old vegan: She was just nominated for an Oscar for her role in“Zero Dark Thirty” and also shone in“Tree of Life” and “The Help”.

She said recently that it had been difficult for her to get roles for a long time because all the women in scripts are either dark-haired or blonde. In Hollywood, people don’t necessarily know what to do with red-haired women, you said in a recent interview. Al Pacino would have put you out of your misery: “He cast me in his movie“Wild Salome“. Al Pacino’s funny nutrition tip for Jessica on the movie set back then can be seen here in a short interview.

She owes her success not least to her principle of determination: what she starts, she sees through. For example, going vegan. If the chips have been deep-fried in duck fat, Chastain just doesn’t eat them. She has been a vegetarian for 15 years and vegan for five: “It’s about leading a life that doesn’t contribute to cruelty.” The actress also pays attention to her vegan lifestyle on film sets. The chicken in the movie ‘The Help’ was therefore purely vegan. In the scene in the movie, the “fried chicken” for Jessica was imitated from tofu;-)

In 2012 you were voted “Sexiest Vegetarian” by Peta:

Vegan kitchen like that red haired woman!

Her mother, Jerri Chastain, works as a chef in a vegan restaurant, so Jessica has no shortage of recipe ideas in addition to her success as an actress.

Backstage with Jessica Chastain, best actress/drama, Interview Video here.

Chastain in “The Help”, trailer here.

And here is the fried chicken imitated from tofu for Jessica Chastain in “The Help”

Nature, our greatest artist.

For a long time, however, fruits and vegetables outside the norm were not allowed into the store.

How regression, in times when it used to be taken for granted, can mean welcome progress:

Fruit and vegetables that do not look perfect or do not meet certain size or shape requirements are rarely found on retailers’ shelves. Up to now, producers were not expected to buy such products.

In the future, the wholesaler Coop will be giving more vegetables that are not visually perfect and other fruit that does not conform to standards a permanent place on its shelves.

Coop launches the “Ünique” product line . The name was chosen because the fruit and vegetables on offer are “simply unique”.

Coop is “increasingly noticing that consumers have more understanding for the whims of nature and are willing to buy exceptional natural products”.

From mid-August, three-legged carrots, crooked cucumbers and oversized cauliflowers or spoiled fruit will be given a chance.

According to the Coop, the aim is to help reduce overproduction in agriculture and promote the utilization of the entire harvest. Coop spokesman Gander attributes the fact that this has not been the case to date more to the demanding wishes of customers than to the need for standardized production chains from wholesalers.

No Ünique’s at Migros, but second-class vegetables:

Migros does not have such a special line. However, media spokeswoman Martina Bosshard points out that products that deviate from the norm are also sold in certain product ranges: This year, for example, apricots damaged by hail were sold as class II apricots. Migros also offers two classes of apples and pears. In the event of major harvest problems, the company is prepared to further adjust the specifications in favor of the products.

Vegan kitchen Imput:

“After all, it is to the producers’ advantage if they can sell as much of their harvest as possible. And last but not least, the initiative for the campaign came from the farmers themselves! However, the Üniques will compete with the “Perfects”. Because overproduction remains overproduction. Nobody will consume more just because more is on offer. The aim must be to prevent overproduction (currently 50% global food waste).”

The snack bar with specialties from the Middle East

The Palestine Grill offers fresh, oriental specialties that you won’t find anywhere else in the city. Whether it’s hummus, falafel, hand-carved chips, homemade sauces such as shaitan sauce or sabich – all snacks are freshly prepared. Sabich, an Israeli pita bread filled with egg, fried eggplants and homemade mango sauce and the vegetarian highlight of the snack bar: Sabich can also be ordered vegan, simply without egg.

Vegan kitchen’s favorite is the peace plate with the note VEGAN (be sure to say this when ordering, otherwise you’ll get egg and meat on it). It goes without saying that you can also eat especially good falafel here and that they are vegan.

Falafel

hand-carved fries

…hummus

Rarities can also be discovered among the drinks: Taybeh Beer from Palestine, for example, is only available here in Switzerland, as is Araq, an unsweetened, clear aniseed schnapps. In addition, there are typical Middle Eastern homemade teas and water with mint or lime, and the Karkaden iced tea is mega!

By the way: If you want to celebrate a private party or plan a business lunch in the office, Palestine Grill food is also available to pre-order.

Palestine Grill, Langstrasse 92, 8004 Zurich

Opening hours:

Mon – Tue: 12:00 – 22:00

Wed – Sat: 12:00 – 00:00

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Rad-Saft is a 100% natural Swiss organic product, made by hand and leg labor, from directly pressed juices.

(The intense flavor of the rhubarb is retained by gentle processing).

A self-built wheel machine is used to produce the individual juices:

The fruit is pressed using a bicycle-powered pneumatic press.

The fruit press consists of two bicycles which drive a piston compressor that inflates the bellows of the press.

The various fruit and vegetable juices (rhubarb) are produced at a pressure of up to 4 bar.

This is how it’s done: Click here for the bike juice video.

…The juice is mixed and packaged in Zurich in district 4 & distributed here in the city on cargo bikes:

• Bar Casablanca, Langstrasse 62, 8004 Zurich
• Kafi für Dich, Stauffacherstrasse 141, 8004 Zurich
• Cafe Zähringer, Zähringerplatz 11 , 8001 Zurich
• Bar Primitivo, Oberer Letten, 8037 Zurich
• Stazione Paradiso, Oberer Letten, 8037 Zurich
• Dynamo, Wasserwerkstrasse 21, 8006 Zurich
• Cafe Noir, Neugasse 33, 8005 Zurich
• Egli Reformhaus, Badenerstrasse 9, 8004 Zurich

The label

An emptied Rad-Saft bottle is best admired with a flashlight or sunlight through the hole:

www.rad-saft.ch