Jazzy Vegetarian by Laura Theodore

Laura Theodore is a well-known public television personality, a celebrity vegan chef, a radio host, a cookbook author, and an award-winning actor and musician. She has been making healthy and delicious plant-based meals for over 20 years and is one of the top leaders in the plant-based cuisine movement. Laura is the on-camera host of the award-winning Jazzy Vegetarian plant-based culinary series on public television (now in its sixth season), as well as the host of the popular Jazzy Vegetarian Radio podcast radio show (now in its ninth year). Laura Theodore's Vegan-Ease: An Simple Guide to Eating a Plant-Based Diet, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics: Vegan Twists on American Family Favorites, and Jazzy Vegetarian: Vibrant Vegan Food Made Easy and Tasty are among the books written by Theodore. Laura is a significant contributor to The China Study All-Star (Recipe) Collection, and her recipes can also be found in Gene Baur's Amazon number one bestseller, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life. Laura is a Taste Award winner for Best Health and Fitness Program (Food and Diet), and she was admitted into the Taste Hall of Fame in 2016.

Laura has also received a Special Achievement Taste-Award, which she shared with Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse, as well as a Completely Tubular Vegetable Award from VegNews magazine. Laura is a featured plant-based culinary specialist in Netflix's new groundbreaking documentary film Food Choices. Laura has also appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX, as well as The Talk on CBS, Insider/Entertainment Tonight (HBO Red Carpet), News 4-NBC, Fox News 8, The Better Show (BVN), and the WCBS Health & Wellness Report as a celebrity chef. Laura has written food articles for Mother Earth Living and has been published in the New York Times, New York Daily News, VegNews, Family Circle, Readers Digest, PBS Food, Naked Food, and Healthy Aging, among other well-known news, food, and lifestyle publications. Laura is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter who has recorded six solo CDs, including Tonight's the Night, which was just re-released.

Golden Earrings, her 2009 CD collaboration with the late, great Joe Beck, was nominated for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album. Laura has appeared in over sixty plays and musicals, including two years on Off Broadway in the smash show Beehive, for which she received a coveted Backstage Bistro Award. Laura Theodore is the Jazzy Vegetarian, with her love of delicious food, sympathy for animals, and enthusiasm for great music. She was rewarded with the Denver Critics Drama Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her starring role as Janis Joplin in the world premiere production of Love, Janis.