Vegetarian Star

“If it’s on your plate, I might get to cheat. If you’re sitting next to me, good luck. You turn your head once and your food might be gone. I think it’s pretty well known I’m a cheagan. I’m not perfect, but I try.”

—Venus Williams, on her near vegan diet she adopted after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Venus has invented yet another term for the flexitarian eater that includes part-time vegetarian, vegan until 6 and now, the “cheagan” or cheatin’ vegan.

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“We were of that generation that came after punk and post-punk. People don’t talk about it now, but it was non-macho. If you were an alternative musician, you were political, because of the times [Thatcherism and the Falklands war]. It was taken for granted that the bands you shared a stage with had the same politics. I’m not sure you could say that now.”

—Johnny Marr, in an interview with The Guardian on how many fans were turned on to some of The Smiths’ ideas, such as vegetarianism, after hearing hit songs like “Meat Is Murder.”

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“We do Meatless Monday at my house. We’ve done it for about a year and a half. Going meatless isn’t necessarily so much of a political statement, it’s about changing your diet and finding interesting ways to eat different things. On Sundays I start thinking about what I’m going to make because I want to make sure the kids are satisfied and interested and part of the game.”

—Mario Batali, during a recent episode of the ABC cooking show he co-hosts, The Chew.

It’s never too early to start planning your meatless day of the week. Start today to ensure everyone will play the game next Monday.

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“I work with animal rights, so maybe I’ll go and live on a ranch with rescue animals some day.”

—Pamela Anderson, vegetarian actress who’s lent her name to many campaigns for animals, including anti-fur and ending commercial seal hunts.

Maybe her future housemates will be eating fresh cranberries like the turkeys she fed on Thanksgiving.

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“That they’re boring and only really meant to be an accompaniment to the protein on the plate. And it has to be healthy – which isn’t a bad thing, but healthy usually connotes bland, and that’s certainly not how we think of vegetables or vegetarian food.”

—Amanda Cohen, owner and chef of NYC’s all-vegetable restaurant Dirt Candy.

The latest adventure in Cohen’s anything but boring culinary feats include making making pastrami from parsnip.

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“It’s so cool – yoga peeps, Christians, rabbis, all working together to feed the needy healthy organic, plant-based meals. The elderly woman I was feeding in the photo was 93. She was trapped on the 17th floor of her building for 5 days, no power or water, eating only peanuts. She loved that there was NO meat in the donated meals.”

—John Joseph, author of Meat is for Pussies and member of the band Cro Mags on his experience feeding the hungry at Interfaith Community Services, an organization serving vegetarian and vegan meals to those in poverty in New York City.

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“I don’t want to torture anything. It’s about trying to live a life where I’m not contributing to the cruelty in the world. While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.”

—Jessica Chastain, the World’s Sexiest Vegetarian, on her motivation for eating vegetarian.

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“It’s actually been an easy transition because my sister’s been vegetarian for about 15 years. I’ve always loved her vegetarian mushroom gravy. She also makes cauliflower mashed “potatoes,” and my mom makes a veggie stuffing. There’s always lots of vegetarian food to choose from.”

—Colbie Caillat, in an interview with Vegetarian Times in the December 2012 issue.

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