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Stir It 28: Bloggers Align For Haitian Relief

Lys — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:10:23 +0000

If you haven’t heard about Stir It 28, you need to check this out. Fabulous food bloggers and companies have aligned to make a 4 city culinary event. This is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 21, 2010 in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and New York City.

From the official press release:

Food bloggers from coast to coast have join forces to raise a targeted $50k to aid in the Haiti relief effort. STIR IT 28: Food Bloggers Align for Haiti Relief is a culinary event taking place simultaneously in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C., on Sunday, February 21st from 4:00pm to 7:00pm EST and 4:00pm to 7:00pm PST in Los Angeles. , One hundred percent of the proceeds from the campaign will benefit Share Our Strength and Yéle Haiti. Participating chefs, food bloggers, restaurateurs and home cooks from each city will prepare incredible and diverse dishes and luscious cocktails for guests to enjoy.

As part of the campaign, donations are being accepted during the entire month of February for those who are unable to attend one of the nation-wide events. Donations can be made via PayPal and advanced tickets to any of the 5 events can be purchased by visiting flanboyanteats.com or cococooks.blogspot.com. Tickets are $30 in advance, with limited door sales in each city.

“We are so grateful to Flanboyant Eats, The Duo Dishes, Coco Cooks and all those food enthusiasts, cooks, chefs and bloggers who have come together for STIR IT 28 to raise funds for Haiti Relief. We know that long after the attention wanes and the media is no longer focused on this disaster that the people of Haiti will need food, water, medical care and supplies. And they need to know that people care. Thank you for caring and sharing your strength!,” says Debbie Shore, Co-founder of Share Our Strength.

Organized by food bloggers Bren Herrera, chef and author of Flanboyant Eats, Chrystal Baker of The Duo Dishes, and Courtney Nzeribe of Coco Cooks lead the effort to bring increased awareness to Haiti’s devastation, following the January 12th earthquake that brought down the city of Port-au-Prince.

“It’s a day of solidarity and a way for the culinary community to celebrate life, hope and restoration to the island through food,” saysBren Herrera, a Cuban native whom is familiar with the plights of third world islands suffering from poverty and hunger.

The Atlanta event will be hosted by Bren Herrera in historic West End at SPACE Atlanta, with live entertainment and a DJ, two cash bars serving a signature cocktail called “Stir it Up.” Serpas True Food (GQ magazine top 10 new U.S Restaurants) is a featured participating restaurant offering Creole cuisine, among other notable restaurants and chefs. Montaluce Winery is donating wine for the event, as well. The Los Angeles event will be hosted by Chrystal Baker and held at the private home of Greg at SippitySup.com in the Hollywood Hills. Grey Goose vodka and LA brand attaché Christophe Namer partner with Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of TheLiquidMuse.com to create signature cocktails, as well as specialty sangrias from Fre Alcohol-Removed Wine and Sutter Home Wine. Chicago will be hosted by Courtney Nzeribe at Three Peas Art Lounge, while NYC will be held at the NYU Department of Nutrition & Food Studies. D.C. details to come.

STIR IT 28 community sponsors include SPACE Atlanta, Montaluce Winery, The Liquid Muse, Three Peas Lounge, The People Brokers Public Relations, Word of Mouth Atlanta, SonnyNite Audio, Party City, Graphic Mail, T-3 True Graphics, RH Media Group, Trader Joe’s and G-PAN.

For more information, please visit flanboyanteats.com, cococooks.blogspot.com, theduodishes.com and the Official Facebook Event Page

I am so happy to see these great people align for such a good cause. If you are in any of the 4 cities, please try to attend or give what you can if you are unable to make it.

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Haitian Relief: Stiletto Style…

Lys — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:08:03 +0000

I’m sure many people have texted, donated and come up with some great ideas to get aid to Haiti. My heart broke when I saw the images on the television of people suffering – and through it all I was grateful for the many blessings I have.

So, I’ve decided that this weekend’s posts will be spotlighting some great events, ideas and more that might inspire you to reach out and pay it forward.

One of my fave fashion bloggers, Tiffany of I.Am.Stylish recently posted about her brother who had a birthday wish – to raise money for Haiti. Now I know this is a cooking/entertaining blog but I had to spotlight – technically she does blog about stilettos so that ties in with Cooking In Stilettos, right? Well, I’m happy to say that her brother has raised over $13,000 so far and they are still raising funds. Now that is some serious outreach. Tiffany decided to sweeten the pot and offer one of her amazing photographs for a donation over $20.00 to Doctors Without Borders. Every little bit counts!

As I am OBSESSED with all things Loubou, you know I had to go with a Loubou print. However, if she should start selling her prints, I would totally scope up the Gucci one as well – both would look fabulous for every fashionista’s wall. Not to mention, her other photographs are out of this world.

If you can, drop by her site and check it out. Paying it forward – that’s what it’s all about!

(Photo courtesy of Tiffany of IAmStylish.com – used with permission)

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Open Your Heart To Menu For Hope V

Lys — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:07:00 +0000

Remember that track, “Don’t They Know It’s Christmas.” Well, as you well know, many people don’t have the luxury to enjoy all the abundance we all have. We have health and family and friends. We have a roof over our heads, heat, electricity and food in the pantry. We have love – most of all.

So, I wanted to take a brief break from all things holiday shopping, decorating, etc. to bring attention to a cause that just is amazing: Chef Pim’s Menu of Hope V. Last year wonderful people like you raised over $90,000 for the UN World Food Program. This year Menu of Hope is raising funds again for the World Food Program which supports the school lunch and farming program in Lesotho, Africa. As of today, they’ve already raised over $7,200.

Let’s talk about how this plays out. The prizes this year are beyond fabulous. $10 gets you a virtual raffle ticket as you choose which prize you want to go for, whether it’s a cookbook hot off the press, fabulous food and wines, tours of various culinary meccas and even seats to an Iron Chef taping. How cool is THAT?!?!

Cooking In Stilettos is also joining in the mix. We have donated something that might make you click twice… we’re offering not only a $50 gift card to the culinary mecca, Sur La Table but also an autographed copy of Latin Evolution by Jose Garces. It’s listed as Prize UE33 Take a look at the Regional Prizes HERE.

East Coast Coordinator extraordinare, Jaden over at Steamy Kitchen, gives you some of the Details and FAQ as well.

Ready to donate? OK – here’s how it goes:

Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from our Menu for Hope at http://chezpim.com

Go to the donation site at http://www.firstgiving.com/menuforhope5 and make a donation.

Each $10 you donate will give you one raffle ticket toward a prize of your choice. Please specify which prize you’d like in the ‘Personal Message’ section in the donation form when confirming your donation. You must write-in how many tickets per prize, and please use the prize code.For example, a donation of $50 can be 2 tickets for EU01 and 3 tickets for EU02. Please write 2xEU01, 3xEU02

If your company matches your charity donation, please check the box and fill in the information so we could claim the corporate match.

Please allow us to see your email address so that we could contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.

Thank you for making this holiday season one to remember…

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