Robin Leventhal, owner and chef of Crave (and friend of mine), is cooking up something fantastic: She’s distributed her collection of copper Jell-O molds to dozens of Seattle’s best chefs, asking them to bake something special in the mold that can be auctioned off at a benefit for lymphoma research. An no, the molds aren’t the same bakeware that used to adorn the exterior of the Cyclops (where Leventhal was chef off and on between 1996 and 2003), but they’re inspired by that collection.

Tom Black (35th Street Bistro) is making a lobster pot pie and Maria Hines (Tilth) is working on a bubbles and caviar theme: beluga lentils accompanied by a bottle of Rosé Veuve Clicquot. Also expect creations from Anna Brenner, Matthew Dillion, Ethan Stowell, Johnathan Sundstrom, and loads more fancy cooks.

Those of you who know Robin know she’s a vivacious dynamo and a lymphoma survivor. She’s recruited all these culinary talents to raise money for lymphoma research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center—specifically for a new, targeted radio-immune gene therapy that’s currently being tested here.

The party (March 15, 11 am at the Century Ballroom) is also laced through with Robin’s vim: Savage will host and in addition to the auctions, the Can Can cabaret dancers will perform (look for Fuchsia Foxxx, Seattle’s sexiest Burlesque dancer), and Crave will cater brunch (chorizo pigs in a blanket, Waldorf salad, pineapple upside-down cake, etc).

The price is rich ($100 per person), but if you’ve got the funds, go and celebrate food and community, cancer research, and the inexplicable joy that is Jell-O.

More info at www.cravefood.com, tickets at brownpapertickets.com.