By Betty Hallock, Rene Lynch and Krista Simmons
Brand X
The second annual Eat My Blog bake sale is being held June 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can thank bloggers Cathy Dahn of Gastronomy Blog and Laurie Moore of G-ma’s Bakery for this opportunity to eat carbs and do good at the same time. Expect more than 2,000 baked goods from 70-plus bakers. All items are priced $1 to $4 and proceeds go to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. Tender Greens, 8759 Santa Monica Boulevard. West Hollywood.
by Esther
e*star LA
The bloggers of the now-semi-annual Eat My Blog bake sale are coming together for the second time on Saturday, June 19, 2010. In one of the most impressive baking efforts in the city, 100% of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. This time, Eat My Blog will be held at Tender Greens West Hollywood where over 2,000 goods from over 70 bakers will be on display – all items costing a simple $1 – $4 each. Bring cash!
You can look forward to delicious eats from local baking star power like KCRW Good Food host Evan Kleiman, Chicks with Knives, Debbie Lee, Drago Centro, Starry Kitchen, Bakelab, Cube, Fraiche, Choppe Choppe, Hollywood Corner, Valerie Confections, Plaisir, Scoops Ice Cream, and Tender Greens themselves. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will be featuring a selection of hot beverages to help wash down all your sweets!
Not enticed, yet? Get there early before everything is gone – including bacon brownies, chocolate whoopie pies and ”intriguing debuts [like] Momofuku’s Crack Pie from the Los Angeles Times’ Daily Dish and Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Bacon Cream Cheese Frosting from Pat Saperstein of Eating LA,” says Diana Takes a Bite, one of the members on the Eat My Blog committee. What’s more, benefiting the LA Food Bank and fighting hunger should be reason enough to satisfy your sweet tooth; at the last Eat My Blog, over $3,000 was raised! “We are excited to partner with the Foodbank again, especially after visiting the facility this winter to see how the money we raised would be used,” said Cathy Danh, author of Gastronomy and founder of Eat My Blog.
I’ll see you bright and early that Saturday in June. After all - if you wait, all the good things will be gone!
By Joshua Lurie
NBC Los Angeles
On June 19, dozens of local bloggers are once again banding together to benefit the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, a nonprofit that’s fought hunger in L.A. since 1973. Last December, the initial Eat My Blog charity bake sale raised $3000 for the food bank, and Version 2.0 will be even bigger, taking place on the patio at the West Hollywood branch of Tender Greens from 10 AM – 4 PM, with 100% of proceeds benefiting the food bank. Expect over 2000 different baked goods, including carrot cake cookie sandwiches, strawberry balsamic cake and Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Bacon Cream Cheese Frosting. Nothing will cost over $4.
Participating bloggers include gas•tron•o•my Delicious Coma, Diana Takes a Bite, Eating LA, Ravenous Couple, Duo Dishes, Food, She Thought, What’s Gaby Cooking, LA Times Daily Dish, LA & OC Foodventures, My Last Bite, Mattatouille, Let Me Eat Cake, Uncouth Gourmands, Life With a Whisk and Two Hungry Pandas. This time around, local chefs will also donate baked goods, including Evan Kleiman (Angeli Caffe), Chicks with Knives, Starry Kitchen, Bakelab, Valerie Confections and Scoops.
“We are excited to partner with the Foodbank again, especially after visiting the facility this winter to see how the money we raised would be used,” said EAT MY BLOG founder Cathy Danh (gas•tron•o•my). “It was an eye-opening experience for all of us on the planning committee, and we left that day eager to make an even greater impact this time around.”
According to EMB committee member Diana Hossfeld (Diana Takes a Bite), they originally decided on the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank because “it directly correlates with the passion for food that drives and sustains our writing. We love food, we love to eat and we love to share that experience with other people. On a personal level, both Cathy and I feel absurdly lucky that we get to enjoy extravagant meals on a regular basis while there are so many people going hungry in LA. The poverty is staggering, and we both felt that it was important to highlight this cause and build greater awareness within a blogging community that is blessed with so much.”
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