Vegetarian Star

“It simply takes more land, more water, and more energy to grow a pound of beef than it does a pound of broccoli. Nowadays, cattle, and hogs, and chickens are kept in very confined conditions too, so it’s not something I want for the animals or for myself.”

—Ed Begley Jr., during his Earth Day interview with Living Green Mag.

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Several celebrities came out for Farm Sanctuary’s Celebrity Poker Tournament to help raise money for one of the largest farm animal sanctuary’s in the country.

Actress Jennifer Coolidge was one of several stars present and during a behind the scenes interview with VegNews TV, she stated how raising awareness for farm animals is just as important as cat, dog and other pet adoption events.

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Nigella Lawson was a recent guest on NPR’s Morning Edition.

The program has launched “Cook Your Cupboard,” a segment that explores what to do with the random items in your refrigerator you bought eons ago and need to find a use for.

Lawson took one listener’s collection of items and suggested several vegetarian dishes of chili, almond milk pancakes and cauliflower soup with almond milk.

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A vegan bakery based in Matawan, New Jersey won the Food Network’s recent Cupcake Wars competition.

Papa Ganache received the top prize of 10,000 dollars and the opportunity to feed the sweet craving crowd at the People’s Choice Awards.

Judges were thrilled with the baker’s crème brulée, chocolate ganache and salted caramel, l Brussel-carrot curry topped with cream cheese frosting and maple-curry reduction, and gluten-free lemon with blackberry and lemon-thyme filling cupcakes.

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Michael Pollan was a guest with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report discussing his latest book that explores the art of cooking in the home kitchen, Cooked.

Pollan, also the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is not a proponent of a completely vegetarian diet, but he has a lot to say about avoiding processed food and shunning corporations that do not put a lot of thought into the ingredients that go into their products.

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Anthony Bourdain has never believed great chefs and vegans make good bedfellows.

And apparently, he threatened to remove himself from the bed of his wife Ottavia when she announced she was going to try veganism.

The No Reservations star jokingly told her they were close to ending it as he sat over a pile of “sludgy brown rice.”

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“I hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio when I moved to New York. He was vegetarian and he’d talk about how dirty meat is and how bad factory farming is.”

“I haven’t eaten red meat in 20 years and although Leo’s not totally responsible he definitely planted a seed.”

—Gwyneth Paltrow, on her (partial) inspiration for giving up red meat.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

• Kal Penn (36)

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