Vegetarian Star

Gwyneth Paltrow has a couple of tykes of her own, so she knows firsthand the joy of reading children’s books, both classic and modern.

In a recent edition of her online newsletter, Goop.com, Paltrow has included several of her favorite children’s books and for parents who wish to combine bed time stories with education, Hubert the Pudge: A Vegetarian Tale by Henrik Drescher, is one she recommends picking up during your next trip to the library or bookstore.

Hubert is a pig-elephant hybrid with horns (could this be a result of some terrible big farm GMO project?) who narrowly escapes his fate as bacon and ham when he slides through a hole at Farmer Jake’s Processing Plant.

After meeting up with some other animals with freedom, the team devise a plan to rescue the others and persuade the farmer to open a tofu dog factory instead.

“This book is a great way to teach kids about vegetarianism plus the brightly colored ink illustrations make each page fun to get lost in,” writes Gwyneth.

For more of Gwyneth’s book recommendations, visit Goop.

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How do you embarrass an anti factory farm, pro plant based diet guru?

Remind him of his past transgressions.

Jonathan Safran Foer was at a book festival in London discussing his Eating Animals book, when British author Hephzibah Anderson mentioned something to Foer about sharing a bacon cheeseburger with him several years ago.

How did Foer respond?

The New York Post described his reaction as “sheepish.”

Gotta wonder what this Anderson guy’s intentions were, bringing up Foer’s “past” in front of everyone like that.

Was he hoping Foer would say something along the lines of, “Yeah, that was the best tasting burger I ever had–before I went vegetarian.”

Or was he waiting for Foer to deny it, then whip out the big photo taken back then for memories?

If you’ve taken to spreading the good news about how a vegetarian diet is better for yourself, animals and the planet, be aware that what happened in carnivorous days doesn’t stay there.

If you get reminded of  how you used to eat the double double with fried egg on top in the most annoying and inconvenient situations, politely say that was before you realized how crowded the conditions in factory farms are or the amount of antibiotics wasted in animal agriculture.

Then ask him why he is still going to the steakhouse twice a week–with two different girls who think they’re “exclusive.”

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The clip above shows some highlights from Pamela Anderson making and debuting her signature celebrity milkshake at Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood.

Pamela’s is the first vegan celebrity milkshake and Hollywood.tv got the chance to chat with Pamela during the event.

Pamela said her kids like the milkshake and it’s what she makes for them at home in Malibu.

“I think a lot of young people love being vegetarian, because they’re more open to being educated about it,” Pamela added.

Sure the old will like Pamela’s shake just as much–especially if a daily shake will bring them her Dancing with the Stars legs!

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“It is my recipe. My kids love milkshakes. If you are a vegan you don’t drink milk, so I wanted to do something vegan. I think it is important for kids to eat healthy. You just have to expose them to it and they make their own decisions.”

—Pamela Anderson, on her new vegan milkshake at Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood, California, which PETA called a “cow-friendly concoction.”

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Pamela Anderson debuted the first ever vegan celebrity signature milkshake at the famous West Hollywood Millions of Milkshakes restaurant. The vanilla, coconut and pineapple non dairy blend is appropriately titled the “Pamela Anderson.” Pamela’s friends from PETA were there to cheer her on. Enjoy the pics!

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Designer Pearl Lowe may be choosing patterns for a crib and baby blanket, as she’s expecting her fifth child.

Like so many vegetarian women who become pregnant, Lowe has temporarily gone back to eating meat, but not because she’s craving the steakhouse.

And although she’s been anemic, the decision to eat meat during pregnancy after five years of vegetarianism isn’t something she’s happy with.

“I know that sounds a bit weird, and it’s not something I would have done otherwise, but I am very anaemic so I did it for the baby. It hasn’t been easy for me.”

Besides consulting with your doctor to see how you can incorporate plant based sources of iron into your diet when pregnant, the March of Dimes lists several sources of vegetarian iron, including dried fruits, iron fortified cereals, breads and pastas, oatmeal, whole grains, blackstrap molasses, dark green vegetables like spinach, broccoli and kale, nuts and seeds, beans, peas and eating the skins along with your potatoes.

There are also vegetarian iron supplements.

A baby on board might be a good time to try out other forms of  milk and trade the tofu for iron rich seitan, since both real milk and soy protein may block the absorption of iron.

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Alicia Silverstone may be a vegan, but she may add some butter to her life soon.

The actress is rumored to be cast in the film starring Modern Family‘s Ty Burrell featuring a butter carving champion in a small town.

According to Access Hollywood, Production Weekly says Silverstone is currently in negotiation for the comedy that has already cast Jennifer Garner and Ashley Greene.

If Silverstone were competing in a butter carving contest herself, she’d pick her favorite vegan butter, Earth Balance, as she’s blogged about it on her website, The Kind Life.

Available in tubs and traditional butter sticks, Earth Balance comes in several varieties that include soy, no soy, canola oil or without, and contain all the buttery flavor minus the cholesterol and dairy farms.

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Clarke Peters, star in the new HBO series set in post Katrina New Orleans, Treme, shares the same taste in food as the network’s president of entertainment, Sue Naegle.

But like Russell Simmons said, Peters insists that The Big Easy isn’t easy at all for someone for follows a strict vegetarian or vegan diet.

“There’s [the West African restaurant] Bennachin,” Peters told North Jersey. “Then there’s [Café] Bamboo, around the corner at the end of Esplanade. Other than that, the only place to eat vegetarian in New Orleans is my house.”

After seeing only a couple of more restaurants other than what Peters named on Yelp.com, it’s clear you need to make a reservation at his house when you book the train or flight to Louisiana.

Treme airs Sundays at 10PM on HBO.

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