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Cindy Culver

Cindy Culver

Dr. Cindy Kanarek Culver, PhD, RDN, LD, is the Director of School Nutrition for Marietta City Schools (GA) and a guest on the Georgia Department of Education's FuelCast podcast.

Sep 16, 2026

AdeleGUEST
18:28
And how do you come up with new ideas for the menu?
18:34
That's a really good question.
18:35
So we look at lots of places for ideas.
18:40
Number one, our students.
18:41
So we ask our students.
18:42
But anytime I eat out or if I make something at home that tastes really good, I wonder, hmm, will our students like this? And Chef David is always coming up with ideas as well.
18:55
So he actually tests lots of recipes in the kitchen to kind of see, will it work for a school menu? And then so the process is we come up with an idea.
AdeleGUEST
21:02
Like the Thanksgiving, it's too expensive, so you only have it on Thanksgiving?

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