I was looking through my copy of Vegetarian Times the other day, happily looking for new vegan recipes to try out, when a blurb entitled Kitchen TV caught my eye. I love cooking shows and have been a fan of the Food Network, though I always have to modify all of their recipes to make them vegan, I have learned a lot about cooking techniques by watching the shows on this network. I always thought it would be nice if they would feature a vegetarian or vegan chef. Well, recently they had the opportunity to bring a vegetarian chef onto the network, but decided that they were not down with her completely vegetarian philosophy, wanting her to include chicken and fish recipes on her show. Vegetarian cook, Toni Fiore, turned them down, opting to stick with her convictions, and take her show, Delicious TV to PBS instead, where she will be allowed to keep all of her recipes vegetarian. I applaud Fiore for her gumption and find myself sadly disappointed with the Food Network for being ignorant of one’s dedication to a vegetarian lifestyle. I implore you to write to the Food Network and tell them that there is a market for vegetarian cooking shows and let them know of your disappointment regarding lack of consideration for others values and beliefs. You can send comments to the editors at: Food Network

A note to the Food Network, not everyone is in favor of dead carcasses, some of us have respect for animals and nature.