Vegetarian Star

Iron Chef America-Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy. Credit: Healthy Happy Life

Amanda Cohen, founder and chef of New York city vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy, will be competing on Iron Chef America on August 29th, 2010 at 10 PM ET/PT against Chef Masaharu Morimoto in a vegetarian on vegetarian challenge.

To Cohen’s surprise, Moriomoto stuck to an entirely vegetarian menu during the challenge in which Cohen worked so hard her pants fell down.

“I can only hope that this moment didn’t make it onto national TV,” Cohen told Lunch Box Bunch about the embarrassing moment during an exclusive interview.

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Sugar Cupcakery, a cupcake bakery offering vegan and gluten-free varieties that competed on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars television series, is teaming up with a program that funds research and education on Parkinson’s Disease.

From now until September 12th, two organic cupcakes from the bakery will compete with each other in sales and 25% of sales from the winning cupcake will go towards The Sunflower Foundation, a collaboration between UC Health/ University Hospital Foundation, UC Neuroscience Institute and the Davis Phinney Foundation that has raised over 1.4 million dollars for Parkinson’s Disease.

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The Smoking Gun has unearthed a document that reveals Lady Gaga has requested vegetarian hot dogs for her ryder.

Gaga asked for Yves brand of meatless hotdogs, but the request doesn’t just stop there. The no-meat wieners are to be “eaten with toothpicks.” Kudos to the Gaga for bringing vegetarian fare on board, but she could have made things greener by nixing the toothpicks and asking everyone to eat a dog the old fashion way with their hands or fingers.

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It’s hard to believe that in 2 more years, Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danielle Staub will be 50.

The reality TV actress recently celebrated her 48th at Houston’s in Hackensack, NJ with a friend, and Radar Online reports the two had an almost completely vegetarian dinner–spinach dip, french fries and veggie burgers which probably eventually smelled fishy before the meal was completely gone due to the sashimi salad they shared.

The Houston’s House Made veggie burger consists of “brown rice, black beans and oat bran recipe with sweet soy and melted Jack.”

It’s also a favorite of journalist Nicole Lapin.

Photo: PR Photos

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Moby made an appearance at the Wanderlust Festival, a yoga retreat and rock concert held at Lake Tahoe’s Squaw Valley. The rocker discussed his life changing cat Tucker, how consumers should vote with their forks and dollars to end this subsidizing of burger mess and how he wouldn’t even buy free-range eggs if he personally met all the chickens.

Attendees at the event were treated to tea and Evol Burritos, a company that, while not completely vegetarian, offers several vegetarian options and a green story behind its business.

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More catering info has been leaked about Chelsea Clinton‘s wedding tomorrow.

The New York Daily News is reporting Laura Pensiero is one of the high profile chefs schedule to create dishes suitable for a vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free menu.

Pensiero, one of Oprah Winfrey’s favorite chefs, owns Gigi Hudson Valley, which consists of Gigi Trattoria restaurant, Gigi Market & Cafe and Gigi Catering.

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What do you get when you combine Chicago’s famous vegetarian restaurant plus the makers of Daiya vegan cheese? Help that will result in a big “thank you” from every rescued animal that’s a victim of the Gulf Coast oil spill.

From now until August 31, for every “Radical Reuben” purchased at the Chicago Diner, $1 will be donated to Gulf Coast Wildlife Rescue organizations.

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Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy

Readers at Mother Nature Network nominated their favorite green chefs across the country and Dirt Candy’s Amanda Cohen is one of 40 young chefs who’s taken her passion for food and created both a menu and a restaurant that embodies sustainability.

From MNN:

“Made entirely of recycled and/or sustainable materials, and with as many omnivorous customers as vegetarian, Dirt Candy is a place where you don’t have to brag about your lifestyle, hold certain political beliefs or do anything besides eat all your vegetables.”

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