Vegetarian Star

Just picked up your copy of Betty Goes Vegan and still deciding on which of the 500 recipes to try first?

PETA has compiled its top 10 list of favorite recipes from the book by Dan and Annie Shannon that veganizes traditional family-style Betty Crocker recipes.

From breakfast foods like toast to snacks like nachos to desserts like cheesecakes, here are a few dishes to get you started.

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Ashley Dupre, former call girl hired as an escort by ex New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, knows so much about dating she has written a book dispensing her advice.

Of course if you’re looking to have your man snatched by such an upscale hooker as Dupre, you might follow her rules and shun all the good ones who are shunning meat.

In her book, Tricks of the Trade: Advice on Sex, Love, and Lust, Dupre says never date a vegan.

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A few years ago, Dan and Annie Shannon decided to adapt every recipe from the classic Betty Crocker Cookbook to remove all the meat, dairy, egg and other animal products.

After hundreds of experiments in their kitchen, the Shannons have finally put the finishing touches on each of the recipes and created Betty Goes Vegan: 500 Classic Recipes for the Modern Family.

“The Betty Crocker brand has a well deserved reputation as being the very best at teaching American amateur chefs how to use products and ingredients to their full potential,” Annie said in a 2010 interview with Kiss Me, I’m Vegan. “When we were putting together this project, we really wanted to help people see how easy it is to be vegan, and that you really can make anything vegan once you know the tricks.”

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Portlandia‘s Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein visited New York City’s independent bookstore Bluestockings with podcaster/comedian Julie Klausner where they had the chance to look and chit chat about a few vegan cookbooks among other works of literature.

January is almost over and it’s hard to believe an entire year has gone by with another round a great vegan books you can find at independent stores, online, secondhand shops and even yard sales.

If vegan book shopping is on your to-do list anytime soon, start with some suggestions from One Green Planet.

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The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook by Emily Ansara Baines is just one of the five unhealthiest cookbooks of 2012 as declared by the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine.

One serving of one recipe from the book, “Squab with Fig Foie Gras,” is said to contain more cholesterol than 10 Big Macs and as much fat as 12 tablespoons of lard.

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Chloe Coscarelli originally won fans with her dairy-free cupcakes, but soon gained more loyal veggie followers with recipes for pasta, tofu dishes, vegan twists on old-fashion comfort foods and more.

Coscarelli’s first dessert cookbook, Chloe’s Vegan Desserts: More than 100 Exciting New Recipes for Cookies and Pies, Tarts and Cobblers, Cupcakes and Cakes–and More!, is set for release in February.

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Martha Stewart has gone meatless!

The new cookbook from Martha Stewart Living with a forward from the famous daytime chef contains over 200 recipes, beautiful photo illustrations, plant-based protein examples and more.

Meatless: More Than 200 of the Very Best Vegetarian Recipes is divided into seven sections, each containing a collection of different entrees.

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Gwyneth Paltrow has written a new cookbook, It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great.

The inspiration for the collection of recipes stems from a recent bout of fatigue and other symptoms the actress experienced. A visit to a doctor left her with a prescription of with several food restrictions, including meat and dairy.

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