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 is known for creating many vegetarian and vegan recipes, including millet beet burgers, dijon tempeh, tunno sandwiches, and eggplant meatballs. [5] [6] [7]

Cooking shows and books

Fiore hosted the TV show Totally Vegetarian produced by creator Betsy Carson, Delicious TV. [8] [9] 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] In 2008, Da Capo Lifelong Books published Totally Vegetarian: Easy, Fast, Comforting Cooking for Every Kind of Vegetarian, by Fiore. [10] [11] [12]

Fiore co-hosted the PBS cooking show Vegan Mashup for three seasons (2012-2016) [13] with Miyoko Schinner and Terry Hope Romero. [14] Guest chefs on the show included Bryant Terry, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Girl Gone Raw Elizabeth Fraser, and Cathi DiCocco. [15]

References

  1. "Delicious TV's Totally Vegetarian". PBS . Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  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. Semler, George (2016-10-14). "Toni Fiore's Millet Beet Burger". The Daily Meal. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. "Toni Fiore's Tunno Sandwiches". Portland Press Herald. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  7. "Eggplant "Meat" Balls". The Veggie Table. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  8. Mekertichian, Kaitlyn (2012-11-08). "Vegan Cookbook Authors Debut TV Cooking Show". VegNews . Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  9. "New Vegan Cooking Show to Launch on PBS". One Green Planet. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  10. "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.
  11. "Meatless Cooking Done Right". Straight from the Farm. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  12. "Exam Room Podcast: Are Nuts Really Healthy?". Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. October 3, 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  13. "Delicious TV's Vegan Mashup Season 3 Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  14. "New Vegan Cooking Show to Launch on PBS". One Green Planet. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  15. Kamila, Avery Yale (2012-06-06). "Natural Foodie: Delicious TV puts spotlight on vegans". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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