Vegetarian Star

A new NBC series that combines classic childhood fairy tales with crime drama will feature a vegetarian character who helps put the Big Bad Wolves away.

Grimm, which will debut on October 21 at 9p.m. ET, will have Silas Weir Mitchell (My Name is Earl, Prison Break) playing a werewolf-like character who has trained himself to both go vegetarian and help detectives solve crimes.

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Mark Bittman is using his New York Times column to explore the possibility of taxing unhealthy food.

Bittman feels this is a way to get Americans to change their eating habits and hold companies accountable for producing products that contain harmful ingredients.

“Simply put: taxes would reduce consumption of unhealthful foods and generate billions of dollars annually,” Bittman writes in an article titled, “Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables.”

“That money could be used to subsidize the purchase of staple foods like seasonal greens, vegetables, whole grains, dried legumes and fruit.”

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It’s a tough job, but there are plenty of perks to living and working in the White House.

Like having tasty salads prepared by White House chef Cris Comerford.

Comerford appear on the Today show to demonstrate two vegetarian recipes, one being a green salad with orange herb dressing.

Unless you’re a vegetarian rabbit, salads alone aren’t normally fulfilling. But they can be made so by adding numerous plant-based proteins like beans, nuts, and in the case of this salad, edamame.

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

• Rufus Wainwright (38)

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Food Network star Anne Burrell knows the Secrets of a Restaurant Chef lie in the chef’s ability to turn a dull, boring salad into a lively one with a variety of greens.

“I try to be surprising when I make salads,” Burrell said. “I love using less traditional greens, like escarole, which has a real bite to it and can stand up to other strong flavors. And I like to play with textures. One of my favorite salads is based on raw asparagus cut really thin so it’s super crisp but still tender.”

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Nicki Minaj was caught gobbling up vegetarian food at Atlanta’s Sunflower Cafe.

The restaurant Tweeted what the singer ate.

“We had Ms. @NickiMinaj in the house tonight! She had the Crispy Fried Okra, Steamed Dumplings, and of course Sesame Soy Chicken.”

The restaurant that’s been serving tasty dishes like Walnut Toasted Orzo Cutlet, Spring Quinoa and Stuffed Acorn Squash was voted one of the “10 Great Places To Eat With An Easy Conscience” by USA Today and a winner of the 2009 Vegetarian Times Dining Out Awards.

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Is it us or has Tour de France been invaded by vegetarians this year?

Levi Leipheimer is racing proud in this year’s race on a veg diet. He’s also been active in several animal welfare campaigns, including hosting a fundraising cycling event for The Humane Society’s Forget Me Not Farm program which helps at-risk adolescents bond with animals.

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People go flexitarian for a variety of reasons like health, animals and the environment. Could finances be the next motivator to be a sometimes-vegetarian?

Rosario Dawson is featured on the August 2011 issue of Shape magazine. Inside she shared how she grew up eating mostly vegan, but would occasionally eat differently when money was low.

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