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PHOTO GALLERY
styled food photos mostly by Linda Long

June 2010 Bootcamp

Wedding Cake:
Coconut Cake with Chocolate Coconut Mousse Filling & Vegan Coconut Buttercream

Fran's cake for Rae & JC's wedding
at NAVS Summerfest


Pecan-Coconut filled Spice Cake 


Gorgeous Chocolate Cakes


Cookie plate


The Chocolate Cake to LOVE For

Fran Costigan's Vegan Baking Boot Camp®
February 11-14, 2010
at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts, NYC


Students at the February 2010 "Boot Camp"


Dark Chocolate Truffles

Carrot Cake

November 2009
Farm Sanctuary Celebration For the Turkeys
at Tavern on the Green, New York
Fran created a vegan fair-traded chocolate cake plate.

Fran with Morgan Spurlock, academy Award nominated American documentary filmmaker (Supersize Me), television producer and screenwriter, at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine tasting event on March 24, 2009


Fran's Chocolate Mini Cakes to Live For
with Theo Bittersweet (vegan) Ganache
photo by Linda Long

Fall classes at the Natural Gourmet Institute, NYC
More information go to the Schedule page


Vegan Chocolate Decadence, September 2008

Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes and Orange Cream Cupcakes made by attendee and bakery owner, Denise Treco during my class Vegan Cupcakes, October 2008


February 2009 Boot Camp

October 2008 Boot Camp Graduates and assistants. That's me in center with black coat.

The Chocolate Cake to Live For
for Tracy & Rob by Mom Costigan
Mocha ganache and white vegan buttercream

photographs by Al Romero

Vegan Baking Boot Camp Winter 2008

For a complete set of photos by Emilie Hardman please go to this Flickr page


Gorgeous Mixed Grape Cornmeal-Pignoli Tart (Wheat-Free)

Coffeecake Muffins by Vegan Baking Boot Camper Baker Danette of Santa Monica, CA
Riverasvegangoodyparlor.blogspot.com


Black Bottom Banana Cream Tart by Vegan Baking Boot Camper Eva from Seattle, WA


A Good Day's Work by Vegan Baking Boot Campers! Taking photos before presentation plating and tasting.


The Chocolate Cake to Live For: 'Homework'  by Vegan Baking Boot Camper Diana of LA. Her husband Tom gave her an A+


A Luscious Fair-trade Chocolate Orange Layer Cake

Fran's trip to Paris - January 2008

1. Fran after a hard day's night finds the Organic stall

2. Paris Boulangerie

3. Waiting for fresh Bread

4. I wanted to sample them all, and so I did

5. Paris market day

Deep Dark (Fair trade) Chocolate Truffles
Fran's creation for the special evening (oct 2007) benefiting
The New York Coalition for Healthy School Food
hosted by Jayni & Chevy Chase
at Peter Max Studio




The Deconstructed Opera Plate, presented by Fran at the 2007 Vegetarian Awakening conference.


Back Row: Derek Sarno, Mizuna Catering & Organic Tea House, NH; Chad Sarnow, Executive Chef/Owner, The LifeCo, Istanbul, Turkey; Tal Ronnen, Founder and Chef the Veg Advantage, LA, CA; Kevin Dunn, Vegan Culinary Instructor, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Sualua Tupolo, Director and Executive Chef; Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster,MA
Front Row: Ian Brant, Chef, Sages Cafe, Salt Lake City, Utah; Eric Tucker, Chef, Millennium Restaurant, Cook book Author, San Francisco, California; Cathi Di Cocco, Chef/Owner Café di Cocoa, Maine;
Fran Costigan, Vegan Baking Instructor, Cookbook Author NYC, New York; Bryanna Grogin Clark, Cookbook Author, British Columbia.


Photo: Linda Long

Fran's Colossal Chocolate Layer Cake Filled & Frosted with Chocolate Ganache, fromMore Great Good Dairy Free Desserts Naturally on the cover of Vegetarian Journal 25th Anniversary Cover.

Rose (The Cake Bible) Levy Bernanbaum, and Fran at Fran’s book launch party in SOHO

Multi-award winning cookbook author Rose, has been called the most meticulous cook who ever lived.

Whole Foods NYC, Columbus Circle, dessert sampling and book signing. Over 500 of Fran’s mini cupcakes, biscotti and cookies were gobbled up, with tasters wanting to know "which aisle—I need to buy these!”

Vegetarian Awakening Conference 2006, Grand Rapids, MI

A broken foot did not keep Fran from presenting her special chocolate demo at "Earthsave NYC’s Taste for Health" (Lincoln Center, June 2006). A fan expresses chocolate joy after tasting Fran’s Mini Chocolate Cupcakes to Live For!