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Ticket Giveaway: Doron Petersan of Sticky Fingers at Sixth & I

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sticky fingers bakery
courtesy of m hoek

Today the food team has a pair of tickets to giveaway to one lucky reader to attend the Sixth & I event with Sticky Fingers Bakery owner Doron Petersan. Petersan, who is a two-time Food Network Cupcake Wars winner, just released her first cookbook, “Sticky Fingers’ Sweets! 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes.”

She’ll be speaking at the Historic Synagogue on Thursday, March 1st at 7 PM, and doing a book signing afterwards. Petersan is known for her vegan recipes and determination to show that baked goods don’t need butter or eggs to taste good.

Here’s how the giveaway works:

For the chance to win the tickets, leave a comments on this post using a valid e-mail address between 9 AM and 5 PM today. One entry per e-mail address. We’ll close the comments section at 5 PM and a winner will be randomly selected and notified by e-mail. If you’re chosen as the winner, you must respond to the e-mail within 24 hours or you will forfeit the tickets and we’ll select another winner. The winner will be able to pick up the tickets under their name at will call at the Sixth & I synagogue.

Good luck and happy (vegan) eating!

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Cupcake Wars All-Stars

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Vegan Easter cupcakes
courtesy of theqspeaks

If you like seeing DC on the national screen — Real Housewives not included — then you might want to head to Adam’s Morgan on Sunday.  As you might know, vegan bakery Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats won Food Network’s Cupcake Wars in March of last year, and now it’s defending its title in Cupcake Wars All-Stars.

Sticky Fingers is hosting a viewing party at Bourbon from 7- 10 pm, with the actual episode airing at 8pm.  You’ll be able to watch the show with Sticky Fingers Founder Doron Petersan and head baker Jenny Webb.

The event is free and open to the public. Just head here for the online invitation. Cupcakes are complimentary, and Sticky Fingers even writes that “heckling is encouraged.”

Best of luck!