Vegetarian Star

Padma Lakshmi, Food 52’s Amanda Hesser, celebrity chef Charlie Trotter and author Kathleen Collins made up a panel that recently discussed whether or not food TV does anyone any good at the “Food on the Tube: How TV Shapes the Way We Think About Food” discussion.

Sure, we need to learn to cook versus ordering out, taking out and boiling processed packaged contents in the microwave every night, but do food television programs teach or are viewers just there for entertainment?

Celebrity chef Trotter, who owns Charlie Trotter, a restaurant that features an entire vegetable menu, got his first lessons in cooking in college from reading The Vegetarian Epicure and admits, like the rest of the panel, he didn’t have anyone teaching him to cook early in life.

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Gwyneth Paltrow is cooking up tacos in this week’s edition of her online newsletter, Goop, but if you’re a grown up, she wants your breath smelling like a crustacean.

Weird.

From Goop:

“The kids can eat black bean and brown rice tacos with guacamole and pico de gallo without hot chili. The grownups can have grilled shrimp, hot sauce…”

Recipes for pico de gallo, seasoned black beans and guacamole are included, as well as a video of Gwyneth demonstrating her thing.

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Rue McClanahan has passed away at the age of 76, from a stroke that occurred early this morning.

The Golden Girls actress and animal rights advocate had the honor of starring in the very first PETA anti-fur ad, making the organization proud when she told them she’d not only do it, but she’d recruit Bea Arthur and Betty White as well.

Not stopping there, McClanahan became PETA’s honorary director for three years.

McClanahan was a cancer survivor and according to the Austinist, McClanahan was a keynote speaker at a cancer research event, when she spoke about attitude.

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Pamela Anderson recently Tweeted about the International Bird Rescue’s efforts in the recent Gulf Coast oil spill from the exploded Deepwater Horizon Rig.

“Please support International Bird Rescue’s ongoing rescue work by donating, becoming a member or adopting a bird.”

During the Big Bluff online Trivia game launch the actress told Poptarts, “It’s terrible, it’s awful. It feels like it is the end of the world to me. I’m working with international bird rescue, they’re expecting (it to get a lot worse) which is unbelievable. It’s the worst thing that could happen, and we won’t know what the effects are until later.”

If you’ve ever wondered how wonderful people like the IBRRC work to rescue birds during oil disasters, you’re not alone. Such questions like “How long does it take to wash a bird?” and “What is the survival rate for birds that are collected for rehabilitation?” may be the first that come to mind.

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CNN’s African Voices recently featured a woman who started a vegan, eco-friendly shoe business in her town in Ethiopia, which not only preserves the environment and protects animals, but provides jobs to people in the village.

“One of the truly unique and exciting things about SoleRebels is that we are green by heritage, and not because some marketing folks told us to be. We maximize both recycled inputs and craft our materials in the traditional manner — the way they have always been made in Ethiopia – by hand,” said Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Co-Founder and Managing Director of SoleRebels, Ethiopia’s first fair trade footwear company, which incorporates hand spun cotton in the fabrics and recycled tires for the soles.

More video explaining how Alemu quit her job as an accountant and markets her products on the Internet after the break.

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A public screening of Skin Trade, a documentary on the use of animals for fashion, will take place in Los Angeles on June 10, 2010, at the Majestic Crest Theatre.

The event will be hosted by cartoonist Dan Piraro, and feature vegetarian goodies from BabyCakes bakery, Scheese, Go Max Go and Vegan Plate.

Skin Trade features appearances by several celebrities known for their activism, including Jorja Fox, ethical designer Todd Oldham, author Rory Freedman, NBA legend John Salley and others.

Tickets may be purchased online. The trailer for the film may be viewed below.

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Season 3 of Whale Wars premieres this Friday at 9PM E/P, during the same week activist Pete Bethune‘s trial began for an alleged assault in Japan.

According to the Daily News, the prosecutor said Bethune threw an rancid butter bomb which injured a Japanese crewman, causing burns to his face.

According to Bethune, it was no more harmful that eating a chunk of the cholesterol, saturated filled spread on a piece of bread.

“It’s organic and biodegradable and would not harm anyone,” Bethune said.

Watch the sneak peak for this Friday’s premiere.

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Bob Irwin, father of the late Steve Irwin known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” on Animal Planet, has recorded a message supporting Australia’s kangaroos at a recent fundraiser in Sydney.

According to the Australian Society for Kangaroos, the kangaroo industry killed approximately 3.6 million kangaroos in 2008 to export meat and supply skins to shoe companies in Europe, Asia and the United States.

The Society also cites recent data showing that in areas allowing commercial kangaroo hunting, the species is experiencing a “quasi-extinction,” (less than 5 per square kilometre), putting their numbers in jeopardy.

Irwin has spoken out against the industry before, when it was announced export to China would begin in 2010.

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