Perri is a New York City-born-and-based writer. She holds a B.A. in psychology from Columbia University and is also a culinary school graduate of the plant-based Natural Gourmet Institute, which is now the Natural Gourmet Center at ICE. She's worked on Mark Bittman's team for the plant-based meal company The Purple Carrot and on his cookbook projects.
Perri O. Blumberg
Ricky Gervais Wants Lions to Eat His Body to “Give Something Back to Animals”
Today, in weird celebrity news, let’s take a moment to discuss the fact that comedian Ricky Gervais hopes to be devoured by lions after he dies to pay something forward to the animal kingdom from which we’ve taken so much, as we first heard from Plant Based News...
Kim Kardashian Announces She’s Eating Plant-Based and Wants Fans to As Well
New year, new Kim. The reality-star-turned-entrepreneur is embarking on a vegan journey this month –and she wants you to come along for the healthy living ride. As Kardashian shared on her Instagram stories yesterday, her “Sister Boot Camp” plan starts this mon…
Study Finds Eating Plant-Based Can Help You Save $1,260 on Groceries Per Year
While we’ve long held here at The Beet that eating vegan can be affordable (and delicious!), we know that healthy eating can have the rep of being pricey. The nutrition research wizards at Deakin University’s School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences in Melbourne…
New Toyota and Lexus Models Can Help You Find the Best Vegan Food Near You
Sometimes, you just need to know where the nearest slice of vegan pizza can be procured so you can book it there for your ‘za fix pronto. For moments like that, HappyCow—which allows you to find vegan and vegetarian eatery options around the world—comes to the rescue, whether you f…
Starbucks Brings Back Vegan Christmas Wrap Just in Time for the Holidays
One of our holiday wishes this season is that Starbucks’ Very Merry Vegan Wrap makes its way over the pond from the United Kingdom stateside for our enjoyment in the US. The tantalizing wrap brimming with flavor from crumbled butternut squash fritters and roasted red cabbage, al…
Is Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Plant-Based? Here are Her Healthy Habits
Recently, polls showed that roughly three-quarters of vegans planned to vote for Joe Biden. With the election behind us, we’d like to turn our attention for a moment to Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ enviable healthy eating habits. Below, we reveal five of her best rituals for eating a mostly-p…
Beyond Burger to Launch in 7,000 CVS Locations Nationwide in January
Who knew that your CVS run for toothpaste could turn into an opportunity to pick up some Beyond Burgers to make for dinner, tonight? Well, there’s good news for fans of the plant-based patties from Beyond Meat: Starting in January, Beyond Burger meatless burgers will be ava…
Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson Shares His Go-to Plant-Based Recipe
This coming March, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson is slated to release his first cookbook, co-authored with his cooking partner Julie Tanous, Food Between Friends, but he’s getting the culinary fun rolling early with his new partnership with OZO, a new plant-based protein br…
The Best Vegan Dinner Ideas for Weight Loss, According to Nutritionists
So, you’re staring at the clock. You’re wondering what’s for dinner. But you’re also wondering when did your stretchy pants get so, um, un-stretchy. Maybe you gained some weight during the lockdown, or maybe you’re on a …
Reducing Your Meat Consumption Can Help to Prevent Future Pandemics
Here at The Beet, we’re guessing you know our stance: Eat less meat—or better yet, no meat at all, and load up on plants—to look better, feel better, and be healthier. You’ll even save money and help reduce climate change, to boot. With the coronaviru…
5 Ways Houseplants Can Improve Your Mental Health
The other day, it occurred to me that my boyfriend had gone off the quarantine deep end when he converted my aromatherapy diffuser into a humidifier, complete with a jerry-rigged paper straw funnel to promote airflow, to create well-being enhancing tropical climate in our tiny Manhattan abode—…
7 Reasons Vegans Are More Likely to Be Women Than Men
Who’s leading the way when it comes to cutting back on meat consumption? Women, Democrats, and non-white people—at least according to a Gallup poll released earlier this year. According to their survey, 23% of Americans are eating less meat, or report that they have reduced the…