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Fran Costigan - Lower Fat- No Fat Desserts
Can you have your cake and eat it too?
Does embracing a whole foods plant-based lifestyle mean forsaking the joy of celebratory desserts? How does the population that follows a WFPB dietary system navigated special occasions like birthdays, holidays, and weddings, without feeling deprived?
Join Chef Fran, Rouxbe Director of Vegan Pastry, as she delves into the world of desserts tailored for WFPB individuals. Dispelling myths and offering insightful suggestions, Chef Fran will shed light on how to create good tasting treats without relying on added oils and excess sweeteners.
About Fran Costigan
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.
Tuesday, October 22nd
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