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Alicia Silverstone's "The Kind Diet" Book Release Party

Alicia Silverstone launched a release party for her book, The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet.

The event was held at Candle 79, a prestigious vegan restaurant in New York City.

Other celebrities that attended the event include Robin Quivers, Lake Bell, Giada De Laurentiis, Dan Hedaya and Dan Piraro.

The Kind Diet is set for release October 13.

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Singer and songwriter Diane Warren loves her veggies so much, it may take her awhile to make up her mind deciding which ones to eat.

Warren was spotted at the Veggie Grill in Irvine, California ordering her food while another customer in line waited patiently.

“In line behind Diane Warren at Veggie Grill in WeHo. She’s taking a really long time to order.”

Veggie Grill then suggested why Diane was taking so long.

“…Probably composing new song”

Hilarious!

The food at Veggie Grill would make for great inspiration, like Chinese Chikin’ or our favorite title from the menu, “All Hail The Kale,” containing marinated kale and red cabbage, roasted corn salsa, agave-roasted walnuts with a ginger-papaya vinaigrette.

Yum.

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Bethenny Frankel Pepperidge Farm 100 Calorie Thin Roll Veg Recipe

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, October 9th, 2009 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Recipes.

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Real Housewives of New York City star and celebrity natural foods chef  Bethenny Frankel has created a series of recipes that uses Pepperidge Farm‘s new 100-Calorie Deli Flats Thin Rolls.

“Deli Flats thin rolls offer a soft, wholesome and delicious taste in a figure-friendly portion. I love recommending them to friends and clients,” said Frankel. “At 100 calories and five grams of fiber per roll, Deli Flats are a good foundation for everyday healthy eating and an important part of making smarter sandwiches, better burgers and more. In my opinion, Deli Flats thin rolls are the greatest thing since sliced bread!”

Pepperidge Farm 100 calorie Deli Flat Thin Rolls come in Soft 100% Whole Wheat, Soft Oatmeal and 7 Grain.

Since Bethenny has remembered her veg fans in the past, we aren’t surprised this batch of recipes includes a vegetarian sandwich with hummus and eggplant, the feta cheese being optional if you’re vegan.

Get the recipe after the jump… (more…)

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Amanda Cohen “Dirt Candy” Chef Of The Month

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, October 9th, 2009 in Chefs, Food & Drink.

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Amanda Cohen

Amanda Cohen, founder and owner of Dirt Candy, has been named “Chef of the Month” at the Veg Cooking Blog.

Dirt Candy is an all vegetarian restaurant in New York City and Cohen was received prestige for her work at the restaurant.

Veg Cooking sat down with Cohen to discuss all things veggie and here are some of Amanda’s thoughts:

Lube it up:
Splurge on good oils. Truffle oil, almond oil, hazelnut oil, or pistachio oil are all really nice ways to finish off a dish. You can drizzle them over just about anything, cooked or raw, and they add an extra, savory dimension.

On Favorite Veg Ingredients:
Right now, what I’m really into are potatoes. And even though beet season is wrapping up, I’ll probably stay obsessed with them until the year’s last beet is pulled up out of the dirt.

On Vegan Cooking:
Everything at Dirt Candy comes in a vegan and a non-vegan version, and I really like skipping back and forth between vegan and vegetarian cooking. Vegan cooking is challenging in a way that’s a lot of fun. It wakes your brain up. And I actually think that the Orange Tofu we serve is better vegan (we use coconut milk in the sauce instead of butter).

On Producing Great Vegetarian Dishes
Vegetarian food should be about what you can eat, not what you can’t. Aping the “protein, sauce, side of veg” format of the standard meat dish just reminds omnivorous diners of what they’re not eating, and it doesn’t do justice to vegetables, fruits, grains, and all the other fun stuff we get to play with. To me, breaking the “meat replacement” mold is the most important element in cooking great vegetarian food.

Read the entire interview with Amanda at vegcooking.com.

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Dr. Robert Rey Educates Paparazzi on Breast Implants!

Dr. Robert Rey is the celebrity plastic surgeon on the television series Dr. 90210 who actually thinks plastic surgery should be used as a last resort.

Dr. Rey instead offers some advice to avoid paying him a visit.

“Firstly, if it doesn’t grow directly out of the ground, don’t eat it.

“Secondly, if it is not wild or organic, don’t eat it. If it doesn’t have scales, don’t eat it.

“And eat every three hours. That’s it.”

Is Dr. Rey implying his would be patients eat an almost vegetarian diet?

Sure sounds like he’s advocating abolishing all animals but fish.

Being the beautiful people we are, our advice is just as golden as Dr. Rey’s, so we’ll offer one additional tip for staying forever young.

If it has a face, don’t eat it.

via celebritynewsnow.com

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Gandhi, Pythagoras And Other Great Vegetarians In History

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 in Food & Drink, Misc Artists and Performers.

Young Gandhi

Treehugger has compiled a slideshow of some of the greatest vegetarians in history.

Gandhi’s birthday was celebrated earlier this month, and from his views on non-violence and the treatment of animals, it’s no surprise he made the list.

“Including Mohandas Gandhi in a group of vegetarians seems almost too obvious. Even so, such a list would not be complete without mentioning the famous advocate of non-violence. Gandhi wrote extensively about vegetarianism and once said that “I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.”

“October 2 is Gandhi’s birthday’s which is an excellent reason to eliminate meat from your diet, or at least skip it for the day. Whether you are motivated by a respect for the man, your compassion for animals, or, as many environmentalists are, a concern over the resource intensive nature the livestock industry, you will make a powerful statement and make one step towards being “the change you wish to see in the world.”

But there are several others in history you might not have known were vegs.

Pythagoras didn’t just invent those triangle theories to damn you in Geometry. The animal rights activist in Greece believed that “animals share with us the privilege of having a soul” and “for as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”

Visit treehugger.com to view the other great vegetarians in history.

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Mayim Bialik Double Chocolate Brownies Recipe

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Recipes.

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Mayim Bialik had said she needed a vegan, kosher, organic chef in the neighborhood, but from the looks of this recipe, sounds like Chef Mayim’s got it all under control.

These Double Chocolate Brownies can be made vegan or not, depending on your preference and have the unique addition of adding sweet potatoes to the batch.

Get the recipe for Mayim’s Double Chocolate Brownies after the jump… (more…)

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Christian Serratos Thanks Burger King

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 in Actresses, Celebrity Tweets, Food & Drink.

7th Annual Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party

Christian Serratos appreciates it when a traditional fast food giant remembers to put a little veg love on the menu.

On a recent Tweet, Christian wrote:

“Thank you Burger King for having veggie burgers. Yummmmmyyy”

The next time you’re in an otherwise meat-laden, grease fest food establishment and you’re able to consume something from the menu, follow Christian’s lead.

Because if they never know we want it, we’ll never get it!

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