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    OMG! Magical Menu

    10 top chefs combine forces for incredible charity dinner, Recipe for Success benefits

    Shelby Hodge
    May 22, 2016 | 9:00 am

    "Get ready for the most amazing meal of your life." Recipe for Success founder Gracie Cavnar was not exaggerating Thursday night when she invited the 70 guests seated for dinner at The Dunlavy to chow down.

    Ten of the city's leading chefs, volunteers for the Recipe for Success in-school program, pulled out the stops for the meal that was nothing less than extraordinary. The event was a celebration of Recipe for Success' decade of battling childhood obesity.

    Eat your hearts out foodies. What could be better than Lance Fegen, Monica Pope and John Sheely providing the appetizers; Charles Clark, Pedro Garcia, Bryan Caswell, and Randy Rucker creating an unbelievable array of main courses; Robert del Grande delivering a dreamy cheese/salad course; and Randy Evans (in from San Antonio) and Eloise Jones putting forth desserts.

    As one might imagine with this crew of culinary talent, it was a party in the kitchen as well as in the dining room.

    "We've known each other for years," Clark said surveying the jovial bunch in the Dunlavy kitchen. "Being in Houston for so many years, we've all worked together. So you can see, we already have four bottles of wine going and we haven't even served any food yet. We all work together. We all help each other. It's like one big family."

    Pulling together this group of top notch chefs for her program is as much a testament to Cavnar's powers of persuasion as to the relevance of the cause.

    "These 10 chefs helped me create the Recipe for Success Foundation and have been with me all 10 years," she said. "It's the most extraordinary collection of culinary talent in the world and we are so fortunate to have them right here in Houston. Recipe for Success would not be what we are without the extraordinary chefs who help make us what we are. We are chef driven and it's been an amazing ride."

    Saluting the organization that has grown from one classroom with 30 kids to serving 35,000 kids today were supporters including Cynthia and Tony Petrello, Alex and Astley Blair, Dr. Romey Lauren, Jennifer Caswell, John and Becca Cason Thrash, Karen and Roland Garcia, Karen and Murry Penner, Sharron Melton, and Barrett and Paul Kilian.

    The Menu:

    Appetizers: Lance Fegen's Pupukea-style tuna poke, ginger, macadamia, mango and chiles on a wasabi-sesame spoon

    Monica Pope's Date with a pig (chorizo-stuffed date wrapped in bacon)

    John Sheely's snapper ceviche with avocado mousse

    Entrees:

    Charles Clark's skate wing in meyer lemon brodetto with Taylor Bay scallops

    Pedro Garcia's lentil soup with black truffle

    Bryan Caswell's duck leg with Jordan almonds, brik and brown butter

    Randy Rucker's lightly-smoked shortrib of beef with mushroom and chickweed

    Robert del Grande's cremeux de chevre aux printemps

    Dessert (served on the patio)

    Randy Evans' vanilla bean pound cake and bourbon-macerated strawberries topped with lemon curd

    Elouise Jones' chocolate pot de creme (Jones was the only chef unable to attend)

    Alex Blair, Astley Blair.

    Recipe for Success 10th anny dinner, 5/16 Alex Blair, Astley Blair
      
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    Bourbon Street Vibes

    UH Law’s big night blends Crescent City charm with big giving

    Joel Luks
    Jun 2, 2025 | 1:30 pm
    UH Law Center gala 2025
    Photo by Laura Sponaugle
    Sophia and Leticia Leal.

    For one evening, the Post Oak Hotel in Uptown channeled the charm of New Orleans as the University of Houston Law Center’s Alumni Association hosted its 48th Annual Law Gala and Auction. With a French Quarter-inspired theme and more than 600 guests in attendance, the black-tie affair raised an impressive $779,000 in support of scholarships, advocacy programs, and faculty research.

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    Photo by Laura Sponaugle

    Sophia and Leticia Leal.

    Decked out with nods to the Crescent City’s spirit, the evening brought together alumni, faculty, students, and community leaders. Co-chairs Mary and Weston O’Black and Brian Melton helped steer the celebration, which also honored standout alumni through the UH Law Alumni Association’s 2024-2025 awards.

    Among those recognized were Tony Bonilla Sr., Justice Ruby Sondock, and William Sim, who received Dean’s Awards, while Alan Levin was named Alumnus of the Year. Mini Timmaraju earned the President’s Award, and other honorees included Andrew Gratz, DeAndrea Washington, Maryam Ghaffar, and Simone Bray, among others.

    Dean Leonard Baynes called the evening a celebration of “faculty, staff, graduates, and students,” and praised the behind-the-scenes leadership of Associate Dean Sondra Tennessee and event director Samantha Martin.

    As for the auction’s crowd favorites? A Maltipoo puppy named Beignet and a week in Telluride drew major attention during.

    In the crowd were Karen White, Judge Phyllis Randolph Frye, Megan Daic, Judge Ravi and Kelly Sandill, Benny Agosto Jr., Jeff Cody, James Lawrence, and Alamdar Hamdani.

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