Vegetarian Star

If you past the eggplant basket in the produce section because you think cooking with the purple vegetable is akin to cooking for purple aliens, have no fear.

Mario Batali is here to answer all your questions about the plant so you can put something delicious like vegan eggplant parmesean on the menu for next week!

How can you tell if an eggplant is ripe?

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Carol Alt has published a cookbook, Easy, Sexy Raw, filled with 130 recipes containing foods she claims cured her of many ailments, including stomach issues and fatigue.

Those familiar with raw diets know they’re not always vegetarian, as is the case with Alt’s book, as some of the “raw food essentials” listed in the book include cured fish and meat. However, there are many vegetarian and vegan meals to choose from in Easy, Sexy Raw, like Salad Pizza with Tomato Sauce and Quinoa and Pesto Stuffed Tomatoes, a beautiful picture of which can be seen below.

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The June 2012 issue of Vegetarian Times features two athletes who power their Olympic training sessions with plant-based meals.

Mary Whipple is a champion coxswain who’s scored both a Gold and Silver medal in previous Olympic games. Dotsie Bausch is a seven-time U.S. National bike racer who says, “It makes no sense to me that anything would have to undergo one second of suffering so that I could enjoy it.”

The Olympic team hopefuls shared a pre and post workout snack they might enjoy as part of preparing for the July 2012 games.

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ABC’s Good Morning America is featuring several recipes for the Memorial Day Holiday and all of them are vegetarian friendly!

Some, like food critic Katie Lee‘s Pineapple-Coconut Sundaes, are even vegan friendly.

If you haven’t tried coconut ice cream as a delicious alternative to dairy, today might be a good time to do so. These sundaes show more than veggie burgers belong at the cookout, as pineapples are grilled slightly on each side before being topped with ice cream.

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"Farm To Fork" Emeril Lagasse

The portobello mushroom sandwich is often the vegetarian staple at restaurants and bars. But it’s also often the blandest of vegetarian staples, a shriveled shroom that may have even been grilled alongside meat and topped with wilted lettuce and a modicum amount of veggies.

If a bar near you is serving Emeril Lagasse‘s Portobello “Burgers” With Ricotta, Arugula And Truffle Oil On Brioche, your next 2:00 AM sober-up meal may be the equivalent of Happy Hour.

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Rachael Ray hosted vegan couple Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi on her show and also welcomed their personal chef Roberto Martin. DeGeneres joined the discussion from her studio via Skype.

The group talked about vegan cheese, vegan diets and weight maintenance and shared the couple’s favorite recipes, including stuffed mushrooms; red beans and rice; hamburger spring rolls and fajita quesadillas containing vegan cheddar and mozzarella cheese, something Ellen said reminds her of the real thing.

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Still planning the details for the Food Revolution event you’re hosting this weekend?

Actress Alyssa Milano has a few ideas for the date set by chef Jamie Oliver meant to raise awareness on cooking with natural, unprocessed ingredients for better health.

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Food and opinion writer for the New York Times Mark Bittman serves as a good example of how to live as a flexitarian for those that do not shun all animal products, for whatever reasons.

His self-invented “vegan until six p.m.” program helped him lose weight, lower cholesterol and incorporate a variety of plant-based meals into his diet, such as this Chickpea Salad with Arugula.

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