Toni Fiore
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,[5] 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[6] 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.[7][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] Fiore began filming Vegan Mashup in 2012, and guest chefs on the show have included Bryant Terry, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau,[10] 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]
Fiore often does speak at vegetarian festivals.
References
- Goad, Meredith (2011-12-15). "Food & Dining Dispatches - 'Delicious TV' team planning vegan show". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- Lehmkuhl, Vance (April 17, 2013). "10 Vegan TV sites". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- Matthews, Dylan (2019-05-08). "Ranking celebrity chef cookbooks ... by how many animals their recipes kill". Vox. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- Kamila, Avery Yale (2014-06-11). "'Mashup' back for new season of vegan goodness". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "New Vegan Cooking Show to Launch on PBS". One Green Planet. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- Kamila, Avery Yale (2019-12-22). "Vegan Kitchen: 2019 saw much vegan progress, globally and locally". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "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.
- "Meatless Cooking Done Right". Straight from the Farm. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
- "Exam Room Podcast: Are Nuts Really Healthy?". Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. October 3, 2018. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- "Color Me Vegan". www.quartoknows.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Kamila, Avery Yale (2012-06-06). "Natural Foodie: Delicious TV puts spotlight on vegans". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Semler, George (2016-10-14). "Toni Fiore's Millet Beet Burger". The Daily Meal. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- "Toni Fiore's Tunno Sandwiches". Portland Press Herald. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- "Eggplant "Meat" Balls". The Veggie Table. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2020-02-09.