Vegetarian Star

Ed Begley Jr., his wife and family were spotted having dinner at Portland’s Natural Selection restaurant, an eatery featuring vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free items.

Sources say Begley promised he’d return when he was in Portland again.

Just what is it about chef Aaron Woo, a graduate of the California Culinary Academy’s restaurant that would make Begley begley for more?

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This past weekend, the Food Network hosted its first ever breakfast making competition, which featured vegan donut baker Sara Beth Russert from Seattle’s Mighty-O donut bakery.

Russert won the challenge, beating out two other bakeries in a contest where bakers had to created donuts based on themes in two rounds of competition.

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Flavor Flav is known for a lot of things, including wacky hats, bizarre outfits and starting the fashion trend of wearing large clocks around your neck.

Okay, so maybe not the last one.

What Flavor Flav isn’t known for, however, is being one of those cooler hip-hop artists that has embraced a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

Now, PETA is offering him a chance to amp up his image by making his fried chicken restarant vegetarian.

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When Biz Stone wants pizza delivered, he doesn’t have to worry about ordering one of those weird, cheeseless ones with only sauce and vegetables.

Stone, who is scheduled to make seitan on Martha Stewart’s special vegan episode tomorrow, is lucky enough to live near Amici’s–an East Coast style pizzeria on the West Coast in California that offers vegan pizza topped with the popular Daiya vegan cheese delivered to his door.

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The New York Times has written an article on the soaring popularity of veggie burgers, for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans.

The article cites a study done by market research company Mintel, which found there was a 26% increase in items labeled “vegetarian” or “vegan” between 2008 and 2010.

The veggie burger used to be the item on the menu that everyone–even vegetarians–hated. It was either a stereotyped mush of carrots, rice and oatmeal or a sinewy textured soy patty that offered no taste.

Much has changed at both gourmet restaurants and fast food chains.

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The lone and lovely female judge of America’s Next Great Restaurant, Lorena Garcia, is making vegetarians who fly from the Miami International Airport a little happier and less hungrier.

Garcia, a former lawyer now turned celebrity chef, opened a restaurant in the Concourse D area of the airport that serves a variety of vegetarian-friendly options, including a veggie burger that’s doing great.

Garcia spoke to NBC Miami about her new venture, Cocina, which features mouth watering dishes like the Roasted Portabello, a sliced portobello with caramelized onions, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and pesto sauce on ciabatta bread.

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This year Farm Sanctuary celebrates 25 years of educating the public about animal welfare issues and pushing for reform.

In addition to its campaigns and acres of lands featuring free-roaming farm animals rescued from abused situations, Farm Sanctuary accomplished something significant to the vegetarian movement by convincing Burger King to put a vegetarian patty on the menu.

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Kentucky has brought us all kinds of good veggie things.

Like  Bourbon Barrel Foods‘ veg-friendly, anchovy-free vegetarian worcestershire sauce and soy sauce made from locally grown, non GMO soybeans.

And animal activist Ashley Judd.

And according to Hal Sparks, Lexington’s Alfalfa Restaurant is the next great veg accomplishment the Blue Grass state can be proud of.

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