A New York Chef’s VegOut! in the Big Apple

Chef Heather Carlucci
Chef Heather Carlucci

We asked award-winning NYC pastry chef Heather Carlucci to share her VegOut! 2015 adventures and her list of favorite VegOut!-friendly Manhattan restaurants. Heather, who serves on our Board of Directors, is also co-founder of Pig Mountain: Pig Roast and Veggie Fest, a charitable feast involving an army of chefs roasting what seems like a whole herd of pigs, plus delectable side dishes, held in upstate New York each August, and she is a member of the James Beard Foundation Board.

Carlucci says she joined our VegOut! Challenge because she wanted to support Recipe for Success Foundation’s effort to bring attention the role that eating produce plays in our overall health. She also says she enjoyed the challenge of cooking specific vegetables at home throughout each week. “I had fun keeping up with the vegetable of the day at home,” says Carlucci.

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Soccer Star Brian Ching Launches VegOut! 2015

Gracie & Brian ChingNearly 100 gathered for breakfast at Canopy restaurant in Houston on Wednesday morning, February 25 to celebrate the launch of VegOut!Challenge 2015. Celebrity emcee, Brian Ching talked about his experience with Recipe for Success Foundation at Rodriguez Elementary School where he was impressed by the children’s enthusiasm for and knowledge of fresh produce. He shared that he was personally looking forward to the challenge as a way to expand his vegetable repertoire and that especially after retiring as Captain of the Houston Dynamo, he has to be particularly mindful of his diet. Ching introduced Gracie Cavnar, founder of Recipe for Success Foundation, who talked about the origins of their VegOut! Challenge. Continue reading…