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I am learning some new information about sugar and addiction. Your thoughts?

Another Look at Sweeteners

Fran Costigan - Another Look at Sweeteners

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This event was on July 5, 2023

Sweeteners and desserts go together like vegans and nooch. We do want our birthday cakes, holiday desserts. We also want to use wholesome ingredients and our vegan desserts to be unapologetically delicious. There’s important news in the granulated sweetener space and Chef Fran Costigan, the director of Vegan Pastry at Rouxbe and instructor for the Essential Vegan Desserts Course is back with Another Look at Sweeteners. Non-sugar sweeteners have been in the press with statements from the W.H.O to Dr. Gregor. Date sugar is available now in super fine grind and not all coconut sugars look the same. Does it matter? Join Chef Fran and find out. She will discuss the similarities and differences between vegan sweeteners and offer up some desserts for comparison.

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Question

terilynn reese

I am learning some new information about sugar and addiction. Your thoughts?

Answer

Well, sugar, uh, sugar can be addicting without a question. So, you know, that's something that you have to look into yourself about. We eat too much sugar in this country. When you think about that, there's sugar and everything. If I can tell you one thing, it's to read labels. I mean, sometimes I'll look at a prepared food and think, why is there sugar in that? Or why is there sugar in toothpaste? Because naturally we as a people are, you know, early, early on the bitter flavors meant danger. Um, and the sweet ones go for it. So I think just moderating is the way to go.

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

FranCostigan.com

Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.