NAVS Summerfest 2008 in Johnstown, PA  
Wednesday, June 18 to Sunday June 22

1. Chefs Fran Costigan (in her civvies) with Summerfest Chefs Ken Bergeron (CT) and Chef Cathi Di Coco (ME), after the banquet meal: Let's dance!

2. Friends Jill Nussinow (Santa Rosa, CA),The Veggie Queen, Cathi Di Cocoa, Cafe Di Cocoa, Bethel ME  and me, Fran Costigan (NYC, NY), The Diva of Dairy Free Desserts

3. Jill Nussinow theVegieQueen, Cathi Di Coco, Cafe Di Cocoa, Fran Costigan, The Diva of Dairy Free, Aurelia D'Andrea (VEGNEWS editoral director)

4. With Ian Brandt, Sages Cafe (UT): 2 friends after their culinary demos

I am featured on FIT TV making my 'The Chocolate Cake to Live For' in the episode, Finding Balance on the Get Fresh With Sara Snow show.

June 18th: 9:30 pm
June 19th: 12:30 am, 3:30 pm
Jun 22nd: 5:30 pm

Food Expert Sloane Miller inverviews Fran for a
A Vegan Valentine's Day

Vegan Baking Boot Camp Winter 2008
For a complete set of photos by Emilie Hardman please go to this Flickr page

above: coffee cake muffins
left: Stuffed Raspberries on Opera Cake

October 2nd, 2007
FRAN participates in special evening benefiting
The New York Coalition for Healthy School Food
hosted by Jayni & Chevy Chase
at the Peter Max Art Studio

 Deep Dark (Fair trade) Chocolate Truffles : photo Linda Long

Watch Fran make her better twinkies on ABC’s Nightline

On March 15th at the McNally Robinson Bookstore in SOHO, Fran created a sensation with her organic gourmet vegan twinkie at the book launch party of Twinkie, Deconstructed, Steve Ettlinger (Hudson Street Press).

READ ABOUT IT on

Leah Guy tasting Twinkies and interviewing Fran (www.agirlnamedguy.com )

to link to the conference webpage click here

For the second consecutive year, I was honored to present a dessert demo at the Annual Vegetarian Awakening Conference in Grand Rapids Michigan. Ten of the finest expert vegetarian chefs demonstrated everything you need to know about modern vegetarian cuisine.

Back Row: Derek Sarno, Mizuna Catering & Organic Tea House, NH; Chad Sarnow, Executive Chef/Owner, The LifeCo, Istanbul, Turkey; Tal Ronnen, Founder and Chef the Veg Advantage, LA, CA; Kevin Dunn, Vegan Culinary Instructor, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Sualua Tupolo, Director and Executive Chef; Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster,MA
Front Row: Ian Brant, Chef, Sages Cafe, Salt Lake City, Utah; Eric Tucker, Chef, Millennium Restaurant, Cook book Author, San Francisco, California; Cathi Di Cocco, Chef/Owner Café di Cocoa, Maine; Fran Costigan, Vegan Baking Instructor, Cookbook Author NYC, New York; Bryanna Grogin Clark, Cookbook Author, British Columbia.