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“The Taste” Has Vegan Food For Anthony Bourdain To Loathe

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 in Chefs, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV.

The Taste

ABC’s The Taste has the pleasure of showcasing not one but two vegan chefs this season.

Hosted by celebrity chefs Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey, the reality cooking show that premiered on January 22, The Taste features all the usual drama of culinary competition–picking teams, food-related challenges and chefs that hate vegan food.

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Tobey Maguire Inspires Meatless Butcher Shop In Australia

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 in Actresses, Business, Food & Drink.

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire’s visit to Australia to film The Great Gatsby has inspired one vegan chef to open her own vegetarian butcher shop.

Suzy Spoon was Maguire’s personal chef while completing the film.

Spoon’s Vegetarian Butcher was co-founded with Chris Moses and carries a variety of faux meat products created by Spoon as well as other vegetarian companies in the area.

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“Kumail Tours Portlandia” And Finds A Vegan Strip Club (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in Business, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Videos.

Hooters would be great if it weren’t for the real chicken wings.

The creators behind Portlandia realize this in and in a clip from “Kumail Tours Portlanida,” the guys get together for some fun in a place where the food is as fake as the breasts–the vegan strip club.

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Meatless Mouthful–Mayim Bialik Makes Everyone Want Vegan

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.

Mayim Bialik

“I love to cook and I feel like there is so much interest in plant-based eating. I get a lot of non-vegans saying to me, ‘If more people cooked like you do, I would actually eat vegan more often.”

Mayim Bialik to US Weekly. More people might be eating vegan soon, as the Big Bang Theory actress is in the process of writing her first cookbook, The Plant-Based Family Kitchen, which Bialik says will include vegan versions of many traditional Jewish recipes.

If you can’t wait until the cookbook comes out, get a head start learning Mayim’s cooking style by sampling her vegan Rosh Hashanah cake.

Photo: Tabercil/Creative Commons

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Manti Te’o PETA Ad Shows Fake Meat Just As Good As Fake Girls

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.

Manti Te'o

Manti Te’o thought he had a real girlfriend.

And most meat eaters will think they’re biting into the real thing if they sample any numerous faux beef or chicken products on the market.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has once again successfully turned a high profile news controversy into witty pro-vegetarian propaganda.

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Slice Of Celebrity Vegan Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in Actresses, Birthdays.

Sara Gilbert

A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

Photo: PR Photos

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Olivia Newton-John Chilled Watermelon Gazpacho

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, January 25th, 2013 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Recipes.

LivWise Olivia Newton-John

Winter is here for some of us in many parts of the world and a cold drink may be the furthest thing from your mind if you’re covered in a foot or more of snow or sliding down the driveway that’s slick with ice.

It may be a little sunny in your region, making it the perfect time for a summer-like dish.

Or you could be one of those that will always down a slushee, regardless of the negative temperatures outdoors.

Whatever category you fall in, you’ll still enjoy this chilled watermelon gazpacho from Olivia Newton-John‘s cookbook, LivWise.

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Paul McCartney Once Thought Vegetarians Were Wimps

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, January 25th, 2013 in Food & Drink, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is a longtime vegetarian.

He plays an important role in the decisions made by Linda McCartney Foods, the company created by late wife Linda that manufactures ready-made, vegetarian frozen foods.

He heads the Meat-Free Monday campaign, an initiative in the UK that encourages eating less meat to preserve the environment.

But there was a time when he thought vegetarians were “wimps.”

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