Vegetarian Star

Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan has an interview with NPR on his recent decision to go vegetarian and devote his regular newspaper columns to plant-based eating.

Yonan’s “coming out as a vegetarian,” as NPR puts it, as a writer for a major national paper isn’t the only thing that sounds odd and surprising.

Yonan also hails from cattle country.

He grew up in west Texas eating “steak and barbecue and all sorts of meaty goodness.”

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The editor of the Washington Post food section has gone vegetarian and plans to share the recipes that now get his best critique.

The 204 page book from Ten Speed Press will be available in August.

Joe Yonan begin documenting his plant-based journey with his Cooking for One column.

Each new vegetarian food adventure would correspond to a similar expedition in his kitchen.

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Maria Shriver is one of several investors in a new chain of pizza restaurants, Blaze Pizza.

The company offers several pizzas on the menu, but promotes its ability to allow the customer to build its own.

Other investors include Boston Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner; film and TV producer John Davis; Panda Express founder Andrew Cherng, and Shriver’s son, Patrick Schwarzenegger.

“We love pizza,” Shriver told Bloomberg News. “My son and I are really excited to be in the pizza business.”

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Meredith Vieira already puts almond milk in her coffee but she’s a long way from becoming a vegan.

In an article titled “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” at US Weekly, Vieira says her love of lobster is one thing that’s standing in her way.

Number eight on the list of 25 things is, “My heart wants me to become a vegan, but my stomach craves lobster salad. Hypocrite!”

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Meredith Vieira and several other celebrities’ New Year’s resolutions are posted at Vegan Resolutions.

Vieira would like to give up dairy–at least in her morning cup of joe.

“I vow to use almond milk instead of milk in my coffee,” the journalist and NBC correspondent said.

That’s quite an upgrade from her old breakfasts of “cigarettes and cola,” as she explained on Today.

“When I was a smoker, I started every day with a Tab and a cigarette,” Vieira said.

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

• Candy Crowley (64)
• Jared Leto (41)

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Jane Velez-Mitchell may be one of the healthiest journalists around.

But that doesn’t mean she’s free from any vices.

The vegan and animal rights’ activists has an excerpt in her book, Addict Nation, that discusses her occasional indulgence in food that’s not always the healthiest even though it’s animal-free.

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Moderating a presidential debate in front of millions? Tough!

Making a good vegetarian chili that can also easily be veganized by leaving out the cheese? Ridiculously easy!

State of the Union‘s Candy Crowley has a recipe she shared with Rachael Ray for a vegetarian chili that made her the news of the evening at the CNN Chili Cook-off.

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