Toni Fiore

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Toni Fiore is an American TV host, cookbook author, and chef, focusing on vegetarian and vegan dishes. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Fiore was born to an Italian-American father and a German mother, and spent her teens and 20s in Italy. Fiore is a self-taught chef and she lives in Cumberland, Maine. [4]

Career

Fiore hosts the TV shows Totally Vegetarian and Vegan Mashup, produced by creator Betsy Carson, Delicious TV [5] [6] where she joins co-hosts cookbook author Terry Hope Romero and vegan cheese entrepreneur Miyoko Schinner. Both shows air on PBS and PBS Create stations across the United States; on the Roku Plant-Based Network [7] and on other streaming platforms. In 2008, Da Capo Lifelong Books published Totally Vegetarian: Easy, Fast, Comforting Cooking for Every Kind of Vegetarian, by Fiore. [8] [9] [10]

Filming on Totally Vegetarian began in 2002 at the cable access station in Portland, Maine before it was picked up by PBS; 52 episodes were produced. [4] Fiore began filming Vegan Mashup in 2012, and guest chefs on the show have included Bryant Terry, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Girl Gone Raw Elizabeth Fraser, and Cathi DiCocco. [11]

Between 2008 and 2013, Fiore hosted the VegEZ podcast.

Fiore is known for creating many vegetarian and vegan recipes, including millet beet burgers, dijon tempeh, tunno sandwiches, and eggplant meatballs. [12] [13] [14]

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  2. ↑ Goad, Meredith (2011-12-15). "Food & Dining Dispatches - 'Delicious TV' team planning vegan show". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. ↑ Matthews, Dylan (2019-05-08). "Ranking celebrity chef cookbooks ... by how many animals their recipes kill". Vox. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  4. 1 2 Kamila, Avery Yale (2014-06-11). "'Mashup' back for new season of vegan goodness". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. ↑ Mekertichian, Kaitlyn (2012-11-08). "Vegan Cookbook Authors Debut TV Cooking Show". VegNews . Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  6. ↑ "New Vegan Cooking Show to Launch on PBS". One Green Planet. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  7. ↑ Kamila, Avery Yale (2019-12-22). "Vegan Kitchen: 2019 saw much vegan progress, globally and locally". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Totally Vegetarian: Easy, Fast, Comforting Cooking for Every Kind of Vegetarian by Toni Fiore, Author . Da Capo $27.50 (273p) ISBN 978-0-7382-1183-1". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  9. ↑ "Meatless Cooking Done Right". Straight from the Farm. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  10. ↑ "Exam Room Podcast: Are Nuts Really Healthy?". Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. October 3, 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  11. ↑ Kamila, Avery Yale (2012-06-06). "Natural Foodie: Delicious TV puts spotlight on vegans". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  12. ↑ Semler, George (2016-10-14). "Toni Fiore's Millet Beet Burger". The Daily Meal. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  13. ↑ "Toni Fiore's Tunno Sandwiches". Portland Press Herald. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  14. ↑ "Eggplant "Meat" Balls". The Veggie Table. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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