Vegetarian Star

There were tons of great veggie stories in 2015. Here’s a look at some of the best.

#5 IKEA Launches Vegetarian Meatballs.
The home decor store with an eat-in restaurant had some bad press for the alleged horse meat in its regular meatballs. Now vegetarians can say “neigh” (groan) to any meat when they shop for that special table with the name that’s just as difficult to read as the instructions in its assembly manual.

#4 Morrissey Gives First In-Person Interview in Decade.
Ten years is a long time. Especially when you haven’t talked vegggie in person. The Smiths former singer came back and gave the world a few lessons on why they should never be hungry enough to eat animal flesh on Larry King Now.

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Tal Ronnen has completed a new cookbook named after his LA restaurant, Crossroads.

A vegan chef who has prepared meals for almost every celebrity who’s expressed an interested in a plant-based diet offers ideas that are similar to what you’d find in his restaurant and definitely not what you’d find in the standard meat serving establishment that offers the salad plate for the vegetarian offering.

“Restaurants get it wrong all the time by serving fake meat that doesn’t interest meat eaters, or a vegan plate that’s little more than an uninspired pile of vegetables,” Ronnen writes in Crossroads.

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Although she was once awarded the title for one of the worst cookbooks for health from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Trisha Yearwood has come a long way since her less healthy days of Home Cooking.

Her latest cookbook, Trisha’s Table, not only exemplifies what she calls the “80/20” rule of good/indulgence eating, it has several plant-based recipes she couldn’t resist sharing.

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Most know David Duchovny for his good looks and film roles, but many may not be aware that he’s also a pretty educated individual.

He holds a degree in English literature from Princeton and began a PhD in the same discipline at Yale.

Mr. Smarty Pants must know a thing or two about the meat and dairy industry as he’s created a satirical, but wise tale about a cow that decides to emigrate to India once she discovers the horrors of the factory farms in America.

Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale is the first novel from the X-Files and Californication actor.

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It’s hard to believe that Alicia Silverstone is already working on her third cookbook!

The actress spoke with the Humane Society about her most recent work, The Kind Mama, a collection of advice, recipes and support stories for mothers and mothers-to-be who want a plant-based baby from day one in utero.

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Yotam Ottolenghi, food writer for The Guardian and author of a previous cookbook that put the spotlight on vegetables, has written an encore to Plenty.

Plenty More features more than 150 recipes that are organized by cooking method.

A second cookbook devoted entirely to vegetarian eating is not bad for someone who would have never considered including even one plant-based recipe in his regular columns if his Guardian editor had not suggested it.

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Amar’e Stoudemire has made a slam dunk in the kitchen with the help of professional chef Maxcel Hardy III in a new cookbook they developed together, Cooking with Amar’e.

The New York Knicks player who take an interest in vegan foods to help cleanse his system during the season, has included several plant-based recipes in the collection of 100, including one using tofu as the protein in chili.

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Lea Michele has a book out, Brunette Ambition.

The contents give fans a glimpse into the actress’ life from early childhood through her Glee years.

A big part of Lea’s life is vegetarian food, and along with interesting chapters like her friendship with Glee star and fellow Spring Awakening cast member Jonathan Groff, you’ll find some of her favorite meat-free recipes.

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