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Health & Fitness

Food Takes Center Stage at La Costa Glen Retirement Community

La Costa Glen, the retirement community in Carlsbad, recently held its second annual Food and Vendor Show where residents got to be tough food critics.

Roughly 400 of some of Carlsbad’s toughest food critics – the residents of La Costa Glen retirement community – recently had a chance to rate local restaurants and food vendors as part of La Costa Glen’s second annual Food and Vendor Show.

According to Walter Moser,director of food and beverage operations for the community, the Food and Vendor Show offers residents a chance to taste and review new products and food items for the community. Residents rate their favorite items on suggestion cards and the most popular items are considered for serving in the dining rooms.

This year’s event drew 26 local vendors, including Moceri Produce, a local produce provider, Central Meats, Sara Lee Food Services, Ken’s Dressings, Le Chef Bakery, Campbell’s, Dole, Smucker’s, Dreyer’s and Nestlé. La Costa Glen’s Executive Chef Judd Canepari and Pastry Chef Andrea Martinez topped off the show with several of their own specially-created dishes and frozen desserts.

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“Our goal is to constantly develop new menu items that are both tasty and nutritious for the residents,” Moser said. “Food should be fun, and our staff is dedicated to offering dishes that will delight our residents. Many people living at La Costa Glen are excellent chefs in their own right, so we have a challenging job. The Food and Vendor Show is a great way to solicit their input and make sure we are satisfying this very important part of retirement living.”

Ellie Johns, a three-year member of the La Costa Glen Resident Food and Beverage Committee, said the annual show “provides a lot of good food, which is always great. More importantly, it allows us a chance to contribute our thoughts on what dishes we’d like to see served in the dining room.”

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For more information on La Costa Glen, visit lacostaglen.com. For a glimpse of some of the food and beverages served at La Costa Glen’s 2012 Food and Vendor Show, go to facebook.com/LaCostaGlenRetirement.

 

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