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Whisk, Whip, and Wow

Fran Costigan - Whisk, Whip, and Wow

This event was on Tuesday, August 05, 2025 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern

Get ready to elevate your plant-based dessert skills with none other than Chef Fran Costigan, the acclaimed Director of Vegan Pastry at Rouxbe! Join us for an exciting live session o… Read More.

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Question:

Is there a vegan dessert dish that would recommend to shock and awe non-vegans or vegans alike?

— Robert Kerr

Answer:

Well, shock and awe. I know I hear you this weekend. I don't think what I'm going to tell you, I shocked and awe, but this isn't where you ought to start. But I made a big baked Alaska for a dinner party this weekend. And there were six people, four of us were vegan, two were non-vegan, and one of the non-vegan had a nut allergy. Um, I made a big baked Alaska, which was a brownie base, two flavors of ice cream that I made myself and then aquafaba meringue. And it was sensational. So that's a little later on, although Robert, a dessert like that and everybody else who's here understand that you make understand components, you can make things all at once.
Fran Costigan

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

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