Pam's Kitchen

Pam Carberry knows food brings people together; she’s been feeding Calvin Community residents, staff and guests for more than 40 years. Read on for her team’s recipes, tips and other culinary stories, and please share your own, too.

Weekly Menu

Recipe of the week

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Kitchen tips

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Meet the culinary team

Helen Lee, Dietary Aide

Helen Lee has been a dedicated member of the Calvin Foodservice department for over 27 years and she currently serves as a Dietary Aide. Helen likes when the cranberry, feta cheese, and chicken salad is on the menu; it’s her favorite. If you see a Sloppy Joe spaghetti meal on the menu you have Helen

Kaitlyn Freudenberg

Kaitlyn Freudenberg has worked at Calvin Community for 10 years and currently serves as a Team Lead and Dietary Aide in the Foodservice department. Kaitlyn’s favorite item on the Calvin menu is the Philly Cheesesteak pizza and she thinks it would be great to add Bagel Bites to the menu. In her free time Kaitlyn

Zehida Beganovic, Dietary Aide

Zehida has worked at Calvin Community for 16 years and currently serves as a Dietary Aide. Zehida’s favorite item on the menu is DT’s Enchiladas, and Pam says “Zehida is famous for her Chocolate Cherry Cake Bombs”. Yum! In her free time she enjoys traveling to Kentucky to see her daughter, Emina, and two grandsons.