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Chloe Coscarelli

Chloe Coscarelli

“Many people think vegan desserts taste like cardboard, rubber, whole wheat, or nothing at all! This may have been true in old-school vegan cooking, but now the bar has been raised and there are so many great products and techniques that make vegan desserts just as moist and fluffy as those with dairy and eggs.”

Chloe Coscarelli, vegan chef of chefchloe.com, who won first place and a grand prize of $10,000 on a recent episode of the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars”, a competition where cupcake bakers compete for a chance to cater for a high profile client.

Coscarelli added that vegan cooking is also easier because you don’t have to worry about “creaming butter and cracking eggs.”

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Rachael Ray Vegetarian Sloppy Joes With Portobello Mushrooms

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Recipes.

NEW YORK - JUNE 19: Rachel Ray attends the Brooklyn Food & Music Block Party at The Bell House on June 19, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Getty Images)

Rachael Ray featured vegetarian sloppy joes on her daytime television show, The Rachael Ray Show, today.

Mushrooms are one of the few vegetables that provide a “meaty” texture and feel in the mouth and because of this, many meat eaters are even satisfied when sharing a dish that contain the fungi with vegetarians.

Diced portobellos are smothered in a homemade tangy tomato sauce seasoned with onions, peppers and garlic before being placed between two rolls. Don’t forget to opt for a vegetarian friendly Worcestershire sauce without anchovies.

Ready to get sloppy? Grab the recipe here.

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Miss Scotland Nicola Mimnagh Would Love A Veggie Chow Mein Recipe

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 in Food & Drink, Recipes.

Nicola Mimnagh Miss Scotland

Nicola Mimnagh Miss Scotland

The newly crowned Miss Scotland, Nicola Mimnagh, is a 5’11” beauty queen who isn’t afraid to mess up her face.

She’s been boxing for 15 years, a sport she plans to continue during her reign as a way to stay fit between public appearances. One could guess she fills up on vegetarian Chinese food before delivering the punches to her opponent. Mimnagh told The Sun, “I also have a real weak spot in Chinese food. I can’t get enough of vegetarian chow-mein. I’m the takeaway queen.”

Take-out is awesome, but if you’re in the middle of a bean bag punch routine at home, it might be a bit much to make it to the Chinese drive-through, so why not make your own Chow Mein?

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Kelis The Carnivore Father Strict Vegetarian

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 in Female Singers, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian.

NEW YORK - JUNE 09: Singer Kelis attends ELLE's inaugural event celebrating the July Women in Music issue at Highline Ballroom on June 9, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for ELLE Magazine)

Kelis doesn’t win any popularity points among vegetarians and animal activists for a whole bunch of reasons, specifically, having no problems wearing fur on her head. But it’s interesting to know that this PETA hater who calls herself “the biggest carnivore” grew up with a father who preferred tofu to tilapia.

“I guess he wanted me to be too,” Kelis says in The Guardian about her strict vegetarian father, “but my grandmother gave me a chicken doner and it was all over – I became a meat-eater, full-on. Zero guilt. My last supper would be a charcuterie smorgasbord with every kind of meat, and sauces to dip them in. When I get through this album’s cycle I want to develop a Kelis sauce range. I’m a saucy saucier.”

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Jonathan Safran Foer. Credit: David Shankbone on Wikimedia Commons

Credit David Shankbone on Wikimedia Commons

Jonathan Safran Foer has an interview with Good.is where he recalls a recent poll he read that discovered most people are willing for fork over extra dough for what goes on their fork.

“I just read a recent poll that 70 percent of Americans are willing to spend more money for more ethically produced food. This isn’t San Francisco or New York; it’s the whole country. That’s an amazing number. People care about this stuff.”

The study, more than likely is from the national survey conducted by Context Marketing, which not only found 7 out of 10 people willing to pay more for ethical food, but 70% believe it’s better for the environment, 60% believe it’s healthier and 58% believe it’s safer to consume.

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"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, aka. Daniel Bryan

"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, aka. Daniel Bryan. Credit-ShawnSavior on Wikimedia Commons

Daniel Bryan has been ousted from the WWE!

Because removing a vegan from any sports competition is a major blow to vegetarians everywhere, PETA has personally written a letter to Vince McMahon, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, asking for Bryan to be reinstated.

“Lots of athletes, including baseball slugger Prince Fielder, the NBA’s Raja Bell, MMA fighters K.J. Noons and Mac Danzig, and Olympic Legend Carl Lewis, show that vegetarians often leave meat-eaters in the dust, gnawing on their greasy chicken wings as they wonder what hit them. But Bryan represents the quintessential vegan badass.”

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LAS VEGAS - JULY 31:  Poker player Cyndy Violette (R) competes on the fourth day of the first round of the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event at the Rio Hotel & Casino July 31, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 8,700 players have registered to play in the main event. The final nine players will compete for the top prize of more than USD 11.7 million on the final table which begins August 10.   (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

“I spent the summer living at the Taj Majal Hotel and Casino, and in the spring of 1994 I decided to set up shop there. I bought a nice house in the Atlantic City area and kept it as my personal haven – a place that could be a permanent home for myself all my many books, and transformational tapes. A sanctuary where I could relax and enjoy my life and pursue my passion for healthy vegetarian cooking.”

Cyndy Violette, poker playing champ, on her website, which also contains an article promoting plant based diets and Cyndy mentioning her one of her favorite soups is miso.

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Dennis Kucinich .arrives at The Art of Compasion PCRM 25th Anniversary Gala .The Lot.Los Angeles, CA.April 10, 2010.2010 Kathy Hutchins / Hutchins Photo... Photo via Newscom

After the U.S. soccer team tied with Slovenia on Friday, representative Dennis Kucinich received some complaints on his Facebook that had nothing to do with politics.

Fans questioned the offsides penalty call player Maurice Edu received after what would have been a winning goal for the U.S.

“If Edu was offsides then I’ll eat a hamburger,” Kucinich told his followers.

Relax, guys. Of course he was only joking.

Still, thank goodness, the ref, Koman Coulibaly, was dropped from the next round of World Cup Games. Wouldn’t want to hear any threats of Kucinich consuming a cheese log and milkshake over the next penalty call. Maybe he should feed the U.S. team vegan chocolate chip brownies as a consolation prize.

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