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"   Photo: Patrick McMullan  &amp;quot;There are so many charities out there, and I&amp;#039;m so sensitive. I&amp;#039;m probably over-empathetic,&amp;quot; said Liv Tyler\u2014her doe eyes wide enough to make us want to join any cause. The actress was attending a star-studded f\u00EAte at Buddakan in NYC, thrown by her friend Topaz Page-Green for the Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing meals for children in need. &amp;quot;Topaz is one of my dearest friends. I&amp;#039;ve known her for 15 years, so I&amp;#039;ve been watching her on the sidelines do all this incredible and hard work,&amp;quot; Tyler noted. &amp;quot;To start something from scratch, from nothing, and grow it into a real thing takes an incredible amount of courage and dedication.&amp;quot; In between snacking on bite-sized dumplings and egg rolls, guests partook in an art auction featuring work by Chuck Close, Michael Stipe, and Dustin Yellin (re: Michelle Williams&amp;#039; current beau). Various iPads stationed around the restaurant showcased the fund&amp;#039;s latest app, Feedie. The app transforms food pictures, \u00E0 la Instagram, into instant donations made by participating restaurants. Celebrity chef and co-chair for the Lunchbox Fund Mario Batali meandered through the event sporting his signature Crocs and socks, finally settling on a seat next to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. While Gyllenhaal gushed about her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal&amp;#039;s, cooking (&amp;quot;He has a gift&amp;quot;), she is still a foodie in the making. &amp;quot;I cook things the first time and they come out terribly, often. By the second and third time, I&amp;#039;m pretty good,&amp;quot; she admitted. As it turns out though, Tyler&amp;#039;s 8-year-old son might be the real foodie. Aside from getting custom eats delivered by Weelicious, Milo has an adventurous palette that extends to &amp;quot;Japanese rice crackers,&amp;quot; according to Tyler. The boy&amp;#039;s got taste. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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