C: Is for Cupcakes

Cupcakes are the fave current trend, among food connoisseurs around the country. The nostalgia for a piece of childhood, has spawned a rapid growth of boutique cupcake bakeries. Like Starbucks, they are popping up on every corner. The search for the best cupcake is talked about at water coolers and cafes, with each persons favorite being hotly discussed. Here at the T2C we have found the ultimate taste treat... Cupcake Express. Times Square residents, Anthony Stellato and Nance Greenspan started Cupcake Express. Not only are they rated #1 by us, but also the NY Post. Imagine cupcake delivered hot, fresh form the oven and iced to perfection with real ingredients. They are one of the best kept secrets and you can only find them at Macy's and the South Street Seaport, where they sell out daily. As of the next issue, T2C will name the local restaurants who will be exclusively carrying them.

Looking for love? Go to match.com. That is where Anthony and Nance met and have been together since that fateful meeting. Having a mutual love of food, music and working out solidified the relationship. Nance is in the Power lifting Hall of Fame, being a multiple Power lifting World Champion. The “Queen of Extreme” squatted 556 lbs. while only weighing 131 lbs. She has also toured with Billy Idol, Boston and New Kids on the Block. Anthony was on Wall Street and nows plays in his own band "Hell or High Water."

Cupcakes are not where these two end. They also own My Hero Cuisine a home delivery company catering Italian specialties, (myherocuisine.com) from 59th to 14th. Next time you turn on the food network look for “Cooking is Funny,” a new show in development for the networks. An educational cookbook, “Good Stuff That’s Not Hard,” is also in the works. These two are people to know and that is a F.A.C.T.

In New York City, The Actors Fund has produced a string of successful one-night-only benefits including the acclaimed 20th Anniversary concert of Dreamgirls with Audra McDonald, Heather Headley and Lillias White (recorded on Nonesuch Records), Funny Girl with Sutton Foster, Jane Krakowski and Kristin Chenoweth, Chess with Josh Groban, Hair with Jennifer Hudson (recorded on Ghostlight Records, Grammy nomination) On the Twentieth Century with Douglas Sills and Marin Mazzie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Emily Skinner and Terrence Mann, Brian Stokes Mitchell at Carnegie Hall and last year's all star reading of All About Eve with Annette Bening and Keri Russell.

In Los Angeles, The Actors Fund has produced a successful string of musical events including a concert of William Finn's Falsettos starring Jason Alexander and Malcolm Gets. The Fund also presented a series of musical tributes that celebrated the great Broadway composers including Tap Your Troubles Away; A Salute to Jerry Herman, Everything's Coming up

Roses: A Jule Styne Tribute and Say Yes; The Songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Additionally, the "Screenplays on Stage" series has showcased such talents as Stockard Channing, Calista Flockhart, Anjelica Huston, Christian Slater and Anne Heche.

THE ACTORS FUND is a national human services organization that helps all professionals in performing arts and entertainment. The Fund, which supports actors and performers and everyone behind the scenes who works in theatre, film, TV, music, dance, radio and opera, is a safety net, providing social services and emergency assistance, health services, employment and training programs and housing support for those who are in need, crisis or transition. Learn more about The Actors Fund at www.actorsfund.org