Appetite for Good

On Wednesday, May 11th,City Harvest hosted one of their most memorable and laughter filled luncheon “On Your Plate.” This 7th annual event was held at the exclusive Metropolitan Club featuring their witty and colorful guest speaker, Jill Kargman.

The American Cancer Society’s Taste of Hope event was overflowing with delicious and beautifully executed sample dishes from over 50 renowned restaurants and eateries. The open and airy event space had plenty of natural light – great for admiring the food and the stylish guests!

Last year, the Macquarie Group raised over $14,000 for City Harvest’s Skip Lunch Fight Hunger. All this could not have been achieved without the efforts of one employee, William Fang, who introduced the cause of childhood hunger to his coworkers.

The New York Young Professionals Chapter of the America India Foundation threw a rockin party with great food, drinks, and prizes for the noble cause of educating the underprivileged children of India’s informal sector. The well dressed attendees and generous donors enjoyed delicious Indian fare and raised over $30,000 for this important cause.

I’ve recently had a revelation about ways to incorporate my skills and time to help out my friends and my community. So what am I good at? Eating… Cooking… Baking… Sleeping… so I combined my powers and came up with cakettes! Not quite a cupcake but more like a mini-cake!

It’s Real Housewives week here at Appetite for Good and I recently met husband and wife team Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen as they lent their support to a very worthy cause. The famous duo – and Brooklyn-residents – came out for the American Cancer Society event Eat, Drink, and Be Hopeful held at the lovely BellTel Lofts in downtown Brooklyn.

This is the second article in a three-part series on my evening at Eat, Drink, and Be Hopeful fundraiser to benefit cancer research. Held at the luxurious BellTel Lofts, the event attracted an eclectic bunch of Brooklyn restaurants, beverage distributors, dessert-makers and more.

The sights! The sounds! But most important of all – the tastes! The American Cancer Society of Brooklyn put on one heck of an event when it hosted Eat, Drink and Be Hopeful, a food and wine event to raise money to help fight cancer.

Finally done with April Showers and here comes May flowers! On Saturday, May 15th could not have been a more gorgeous day! The sun was out, birds were chirping, meat was grilling, and the crowd was bustling. The Taste of Tribeca was packed with New Yorkers from all over!

If you’re looking for a way to taste some of the best food NYC has to offer, look no further than Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation on May 17. The event aims to raise funds to support No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.