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US charity's 'choc' treatment getting kids to read
0 Comments | AFP, May, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) — More than a dozen top chefs from around the Washington area dressed models in edible fashion for a sweet charity event.
Held at the Mandarin-Oriental hotel models were clad in chocolate and sugary couture for the "Sweet Charity" event which raised 100,000 dollars, which will go toward buying tens of thousands of books for needy children.
Scarlett O'Hara had her fair share of trials and tribulations in "Gone with the Wind," but nothing matched the problem she had in Washington this week: her bodice slid off at a charity event.
"I made it out of fondant, thinking I could mold it onto the model at the last minute," Carlo Figarella, pastry chef and owner of Bizcocho Cake Studio and the couturier behind the culinary costume told AFP.
"But I...
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