Surprising Vegetarians: Bill Clinton and Iron Chef

Morimoto's dessert: broccoli shaved ice with broccoli syrup, waffle cone, and red bean (Eater.com)Going vegetarian (either partially or wholly) is great for the environment.  Although figures vary (and are very hard to pin down), meat production creates a significant addition to our carbon footprint.  Reducing demand for meat (which has tripled since 1961) by foregoing meat, even occasionally, can help.  Imagine if everyone in the world cut their meat consumption to a few times a week!

Two recent converts have recently gone (partly) vegetarian, and it shows that going veg is becoming very, very mainstream.