Competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti had a soft spot in his heart for New Orleans after eating 459 oysters on “The Late Show With David Letterman.” Not to mention a sore spot in his gut. Conti gave his $1,000 in winnings for eating 17 1/2 grilled-cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes in a recent competition to displaced workers at the Acme Oyster House in New Orleans. He also hosted a fundraiser last week at a Lower East Side restaurant to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims, the New York Post reported.
The National Pork Board is sponsoring a celebrity-designed dinner-plate auction to benefit those affected by hurricanes on the gulf coast.
Several celebrities, including Gail O’Grady, Molly Simms, Kimberly Stewart, Peri Gilpin, Eva LaRue, Cheryl Ladd and Melina Kanakaredes have designed personalized dinner plates to be auctioned online through Thursday. Plate designs can be seen at togetherfordinner.com/aspx/auction.aspx. The fundraiser is part of the pork board’s 10th-annual National Eat Dinner Together Week.
Martha Stewart’s trip to Canada to ride a giant pumpkin ran into another snag. Heavy rains grounded her flight from Maine to Windsor, Nova Scotia, and she missed the Pumpkin Regatta.
Stewart, scheduled to paddle a giant, hollowed-out pumpkin across Lake Pesa-
quid with 40 other competitors, originally was refused admittance by Canadian officials. A film crew preceded Stewart to Windsor, and a producer on her daytime show “Martha” took her place paddling the boat.
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
Just or no, Vogue editor gets desserts
Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour was hit with a tofu pie by anti-fur demonstrators Saturday as she attended Paris fashion week. A PETA spokesperson said the vegetarian tofu tart was in retaliation for Vogue’s decision to run fur ads while refusing anti-fur messages.
