Vegetarian Star

Oprah Winfrey impressed us a little when she went on a 21-day vegan cleanse a couple of years ago on the advice of author Kathy Freston.

Now, O has given the diet another try and she gave the order to 378 of her employees at Harpo to do the same.

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Jessica Simpson is getting more vegan the closer to the date she marries fiance Eric Johnson.

After Tweeting about trying the diet for a weekend, eating Earth Balance non-dairy butter and her Thanksgiving experience with tofu turkey, the pop singer is reportedly now trying to improve her cooking skills with vegan cookbooks and picking up vegan entrees at Madeline Bistro in Tarzana, California.

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Art Smith. Credit: Stefan on Wikimedia Commons

Art Smith, who’s worked as a chef for Oprah Winfrey and Jeb Bush, married his partner of 10 years, Jesus Salgueiro, on August 18th.

Much talk went on about Chelsea Clinton offering meat to her guests even though she was vegetarian and whether or not the couple should think solely of themselves during the reception. Thankfully, Art and Jesus remembered the vegetarians and offered vegan friendly protein wraps and vegan chocolate cupcakes.

Smith is the founder of the non-profit, Common Threads, which teaches children about other cultures through food. He’s also the owner of the Chicago restaurant TABLE 52, which doesn’t offer the greatest selection of vegetarian options, but sources food from organic farms regionally in the Midwest.

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Sure, Katie Holmes may play a vegan working for an environmental magazine in her new movie, The Extra Man, but does the actress bring her own tofu scramble to the set on films?

According to one source, Holmes is a vegan in real life who goes gacca for Macca.

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Oprah Winfrey is holding a contest called Your Own Show: Oprah’s Show For The Next TV Star where viewers upload their ideas for a daytime show, whether it’d be about cooking, fashion or other issues and their clips are voted on.

Convert My Grill is a segment upload by vegetarian Justin Barker that wasn’t received too well by Oprah’s people. According to the San Franciscoist, the submission was banned from the contest twice–once for using alcohol in the clip and another for Barker using his friends instead of going solo.

Picky, picky…

Convert My Grill shows Barker and a friend making over another friend’s grill, making a homemade seitan-like sausage and swapping chicken for both it and asparagus.

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Forbes has compiled a short list of where the wealthy like Oprah, Donald Trump and Ted Turner eat. Mukesh Ambani, head of the Reliance Group, is a vegetarian who is said to frequent Cafe Mysore in Mumbai, a restaurant for southern Indian food.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Ted Turner, who founded Ted’s Montana Grill, serving up bison, chicken, beef and who knows what other animal that walked on four legs. Ironically, Turner has started the Green Restaurant Revolution, where he pitches ideas for making food establishments more sustainable.

Ted’s restaurant menu is printed on recycled paper, soft drinks come in recycled plastic bottles and to-go silverware is crafted from potatoes. That’s great, but one more idea would go a long way in making Ted’s Grill more green:

Start a Meatless Monday!

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The Cove director Louis Psihoyos and former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry were on Oprah recently to discuss the Oscar winning documentary and distributing the movie in Japan, where it is scheduled to be released in July.

“What does dolphins being slaughtered in Taiji have to do with our lives?” Oprah asked to give her audience a better understanding of the consequences of killing the species.

Watch to hear Psihoyos’ answer.

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If you stopped into the Oprah Winfrey retail store this week, The Oprah Store, you may have had the chance to sample some vegan treats from Karyn’s Raw Cafe.

Karyn’s goodies, which included bread pudding, squares of chocolate, and raw cookies, were some of the treats available in the store during a tea event with some of Chicago’s top bloggers.

Karyn’s raw is owned by Karyn Calabrese, who has appeared on Oprah’s show before on an episode titled, “Age Defying Woman.”

Karyn has an impressive CV: a raw foodist for over 20 years and a vegan for 30 years!

Karyn’s vegan empire in Chicago includes a Raw Cafe with a juice bar as well as cooked options, home delivered meals, beauty aids and health supplements and wellness classes.

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