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Michelle Obama Wants Better Food Access In Food Deserts

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 in Food & Drink.

Michelle Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced she would like to expand her Let’s Move! campaign to help provide fresher food to certain regions of the United States known as “food deserts.”

Food Deserts can be defined as areas or communities where people have difficulty accessing healthy and affordable food. The idea is to improve the selection at grocery stores and building up healthier options at smaller retailers that sell food, such as convenience stores.

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Anne Burrell Likes To Mix Up Her Greens

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in Chefs, Food & Drink.

Anne Burrell

Food Network star Anne Burrell knows the Secrets of a Restaurant Chef lie in the chef’s ability to turn a dull, boring salad into a lively one with a variety of greens.

“I try to be surprising when I make salads,” Burrell said. “I love using less traditional greens, like escarole, which has a real bite to it and can stand up to other strong flavors. And I like to play with textures. One of my favorite salads is based on raw asparagus cut really thin so it’s super crisp but still tender.”

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Nicki Minaj Eats Vegetarian At Atlanta’s Sunflower Cafe

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in Business, Female Singers, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj was caught gobbling up vegetarian food at Atlanta’s Sunflower Cafe.

The restaurant Tweeted what the singer ate.

“We had Ms. @NickiMinaj in the house tonight! She had the Crispy Fried Okra, Steamed Dumplings, and of course Sesame Soy Chicken.”

The restaurant that’s been serving tasty dishes like Walnut Toasted Orzo Cutlet, Spring Quinoa and Stuffed Acorn Squash was voted one of the “10 Great Places To Eat With An Easy Conscience” by USA Today and a winner of the 2009 Vegetarian Times Dining Out Awards.

Photo: PR Photos

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Levi Leipheimer Races Tour de France On Vegetarian Diet (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.

Levi Leipheimer

Is it us or has Tour de France been invaded by vegetarians this year?

Levi Leipheimer is racing proud in this year’s race on a veg diet. He’s also been active in several animal welfare campaigns, including hosting a fundraising cycling event for The Humane Society’s Forget Me Not Farm program which helps at-risk adolescents bond with animals.

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Rosario Dawson Was A Financial Flexitarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in Actresses, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.

Rosario Dawson

People go flexitarian for a variety of reasons like health, animals and the environment. Could finances be the next motivator to be a sometimes-vegetarian?

Rosario Dawson is featured on the August 2011 issue of Shape magazine. Inside she shared how she grew up eating mostly vegan, but would occasionally eat differently when money was low.

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Slice Of Celebrity Vegan Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in Actors, Food & Drink.

Omar Epps

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

Photo: PR Photos

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Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr made an appearance on The View where she discussed her ambitious goals of becoming both president of the United States and Prime Minister of Israel.

It’s going to take a lot of her energy to accomplish both, but lucky for her, Roseanne knows what to snack on to keep her energy level up while contemplating issues like student loans and making sure everybody eats their nuts.

The actress stars in the Lifetime series Roseanne’s Nuts, a show about her life on the macademia nut farm she owns in Hawaii.

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Lauren Bush Says Slow Fashion As Good As Slow Food

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 in Fashion, Food & Drink.

Lauren Bush

There’s a growing trend among people, vegetarian and meat eaters, to learn where their food was sourced. Products shipped hundreds of miles across the country that are preserved with unreadable chemicals and environment littering packages are being replaced with locally grown, fresh and natural items wrapped in biodegradable materials.

Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects and founder of her own fashion label, Lauren Pierce, thinks a similar movement is happening in the clothing industry.

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