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Why Top Chef Makes Me So Mad

Critter News

Throughout the entire show, the judges and contestants always refer to their meats as the "protein." Vegetarians and vegans know that you get protein from vegetables. Protein is not dependent on meat at all. I've seen two chefs wear stupid meat-inspired shirts. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking.

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Philip E. Devine on Demi-Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Some might argue that while eating meat is in general acceptable, we are under an obligation to abstain from meat produced in particularly harsh ways: from veal perhaps, or from lobster or from pâté de foie gras.