Vegetarian Star

“So often, I think that the stories that are told are from young, privileged white kids. Part of my goal is to shed light on other communities that haven’t had much of a voice. To just say that fixing food is going to help resolve issues in these communities — it’s not looking at the bigger picture. If we do have access to healthful foods, that would address a lot of other issues.”

—Bryant Terry, during an interview promoting his latest cookbook, The Inspired Vegan. With evocative chapter titles such as “Freedom Fare,” “Detroit Harvest,” and “Winter in Hong Kong,” The Inspired Vegan is a collection of Terry’s cooking instructions for his favorite fruits, vegetables and grains combined with stories that highlight issues of food justice.

Below is a clip of Terry reading a passage from The Inspired Vegan, “Farm Fresh,” a chapter dedicated to those working hard to keep our food supply stable, despite financial, weather or political setbacks. “Farm Fresh” contains mouthwatering recipes such as Coconut Quinoa and Smokey Tomatoes, Roasted Plaintains and Crumbled Tempeh, so the video is definitely worth taking a listen to–before heading out tonight to purchase the book.

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Avengers stars Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner are doing lots of interviews these days and there couldn’t be more dynamics between The Black Widow and Hawkeye, even when they’re outside of costume.

Johansson and Renner got on the topic of vegan goodies during a recent chat where Johansson tries hard to explain to Renner all vegan food doesn’t taste like birdseed and toenails.

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We know, we know.

You were almost named one of People‘s Most Beautiful Faces of 2012, but for some reason, you couldn’t fax over the release form to print your gorgeous mug in the mag.

It’s okay, because this year’s most beautiful may not be represented by a full time vegetarian, but Beyonce has reported that she and hubby Jay-Z follow a partially vegan diet.

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Carrie Underwood is so confident the Nashville Predators will win the next round of playoffs and she’s going to prove it by making two of the opposing city’s radio personalities eat vegan for a month.

The country singer’s husband happens to play for the hockey team that will take on the Phoenix Coyotes.

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This past weekend, New York city celebrated its first ever Green Festival.

The event attracted over 25,000 environmentalists and featured vendors promoting eco-friendly products like reusable bottles and fair-traded food.

Several speakers known for their activism were present, including hip-hop businessman and reality TV star Russell Simmons.

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Giada De Laurentiis has already predicted that vegetarianism is going to make it big this year.

The Food Network chef who’s mother’s vegetarianism inspired her to to create more plant-based meals recently expressed her appreciation for the Meatless Monday initiative, which encourages everyone to eat vegetarian once a week for better health.

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Rufus Wainwright has admitted to the press he’s succumbed his fleshly desires.

The singer who made OUT magazine’s top 100 celebrities and said he’d rather eat a seitan or tempeh reuben because he felt like the real thing was eating his pet dog apparently doesn’t have a pet lamb because he had no problem gobbling up Mary during an interview.

Fortunately, his better half still lets the lamb follow him back home without getting butchered.

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What do you get when you combine Borat‘s Sasha Baron Cohen as a Middle Eastern dictator with a vegan, co-op grocery store owner?

One would hope a completely organic produce section where anything genetically modified would be zapped by super military powers.

But in the case of a new film titled The Dictator, you only get actress Anna Faris as the “ultra-liberal vegan grocery store owner who inadvertently rescues a Saddam Hussein-esque tyrant”

Plus, a few good jokes about educated women looking like monkeys on roller skates.

Watch a clip below to see how disappointed Cohen’s character is to learn to organic store doesn’t sell any assault rifles.

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