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Skinny Bitch In the Kitch

The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine has named Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin‘s Skinny Bitch In The Kitch one of five best cookbooks of the decade.

From a press release:

“Skinny Bitch in the Kitch provides healthy vegan recipes that actually taste good, from Bitchtastic Brownies to dairy-less Fettuccini Alfredo.”

It’s those Bitchtastic Brownies that made Bitch in the Kitch a New York Times Bestseller.

As expected Alicia Silverstone‘s The Kind Diet made the cut, as well as The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen, The Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn and Cooking the Whole Foods Way by Christina Pirello.

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Hard work calls for celebration.

The Mirror reported the contestants on Dancing on Ice were given chocolate skate shaped cakes for their efforts, but not every competitor was delighted.

“Only vegan Heather Mills moaned about them,” said a source.

Heather probably moaned from disappointment rather the discontent, as she knows there are plenty of good vegan cakes in the world to reward yourself for a good day on the ice.

Like the homemade vegan cakes (some of which are gluten-free) in her own restaurant, V Bites.

Heather probably keeps a few slices in her locker, next to that extra pair of blade covers.

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Think Bethenny Frankel doesn’t include genuine vegetarian dishes in her latest cookbook, The Skinnygirl Dish?

Then it’s time to check out her recipe for Easy Artichokes.

“The trick is to cook the artichoke hearts until they are really crispy,” Bethenny said, according to NY Daily News. “Before you start making this recipe, defrost the artichokes in the refrigerator. Put them there a day ahead. Before cooking, drain them very well in a colander for about 15 minutes and then press on them gently with paper towels.”

Bethenny’s mentioned before she encourages substitutions, so feel free to use mushrooms if no artichokes are available or any other citrus juice instead of lemon juice.

Grab the recipe for Easy Artichokes now!

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Rumor has it that Paul McCartney will tie the knot with his girlfriend of almost three years, Nancy Shevell.

According to SF Gate, a source told Britain’s Daily Express, “Paul and Nancy’s relationship is rock solid and there’s no mad hurry for a wedding. Next year has certainly been mentioned as the most likely time, but neither of them want some big hoo-ha (fuss). It’s almost certainly going to be done very discreetly over in the U.S. and Paul would ideally like to do it without any publicity beforehand. Whether he could pull that off is another matter.”

There’s no rush for a wedding?

Maybe Paul’s waiting for Nancy to give up the pork chops completely before putting a ring on it.

Since dating the former Beatle, Nancy has been spotted dining on vegetarian food.

And some sources stated she even changed her political views and started buying more cruelty-free fashion since dating Paul.

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George Shinn, owner of the New Orleans Hornets, is recovering from surgery after having a cancerous prostate gland removed, according to Nola.

“Following (Wednesday’s) successful surgery to completely remove the cancer, Mr. Shinn will begin the process to a full and speedy recovery and is anxious to return to the Hive to watch his team play and enjoy the recent success the team is experiencing, ” Hornets team spokesman Harold Kaufman said in a statement.

After being diagnosed, Shinn changed his lifestyle dramatically by going vegetarian and losing 32 pounds.

Will Shinn’s change of diet prevent another cancer in the future?

Some believe so.

Dr Naomi Allen, an epidemiologist at Oxford University and co-author of a study examining cancer rates of vegetarian and those that ate meat, said: “This is strong evidence that vegetarians have lower rates of cancer than meat eaters.

Shinn’s doctor, Dr. Patrick Walsh of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute said the surgery team removed 100% of the cancer and Shinn is expected to make a full recovery.

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Bethenny Frankel "The Skinnygirl Dish"

Skinny girl dishes or Big Oranges…

Two celebrity chefs have recognized the power of cooking with plants, and it’s time to give them some love!

Bethenny Frankel has always included the veggies in her culinary work, founding the now defunct Bethenny Bakes, which specialized in dairy, egg-free and gluten free goodies.

Besides giving veggie burgers and vegan mayonnaise the shout out, Bethenny has included tips for turning the recipes in her latest book, The Skinnygirl Dish, vegetarian.

Rachael Ray finally got on board a year ago and included an entire chapter of vegetarian recipes in her Big Orange Book cookbook and featured a dessert with vegan marshmallows on her website.

She still runs in the opposite direction when approached by a vegan, though.

Between the two chefs who sometimes put a sprinkle of herbivore happiness in their otherwise meat based cuisines, who would you rather…

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This year Jane Goodall celebrates 50 years since starting her work with chimpanzees.

She’s gained more attention from mainstream media through a recent book, a BBC documentary to be released in the spring and a film, Jane’s Journey, to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Jane Goodall Institute was recently awarded a four-year grant worth more than $5.5 million from the The U.S. Agency for International Development to expand conservation programs in Tanzania.

The renown scientist and environmentalist has always worked for the good of animals, even when her work caused a rift in her personal life.

Her son, Hugo, also known as Grub, is now developing an eco-tourist project in Tanzania.

But he once participated in commercial fishing, something vegetarian Jane disapproved of, and this hindered their relationship, according to The Guardian.

Goodall was raised Christian, but feels the interpretation of man having dominion over animals is incorrect, insisting the real meaning is “stewardship.”

Unlike some who identify with the same religion, Jane sees no contradiction believe evolution and God, and feels her work has made her even more spiritual.

“I realised that my experience in the forest, my understanding of the chimpanzees, had given me a new perspective,” she wrote in her book, Reason For Hope. “I was ­utterly convinced there was a great ­spiritual power that we call God, Allah or Brahma, although I knew, equally ­certainly, that my finite mind could never comprehend its form or nature.”

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The Conscious Cook author Tal Ronnen visited Chicago recently to chat with Oprah and demonstrate vegetarian cooking to students at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school.

If any chef who came out of Tal’s class claims to be clueless about vegetarian food, you know they were playing hooky!

Ronnen lead the group through making three recipes: tortellini with an artichoke-“ricotta” filling and saffron cream sauce; celery root soup with Granny Smith apples; and Gardein “chicken” scaloppini with shiitake-sake sauce.

He touted the goodness of faux meat products by Gardein, which he says have the texture of the muscle fibers of real meat.  Ronnen also explained how to make your own cashew milk.

And in case you didn’t already know, all the important names in Cali eat veg.

“Every celebrity under the sun is a vegetarian,” he said of LA.

Sweet.

Now every ordinary person in Minnesota, Louisiana and that town with only 30 people and four streets can learn to cook like a star.

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