{"id":21414,"date":"2023-06-23T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=21414"},"modified":"2023-05-26T10:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:55:10","slug":"when-youre-in-the-hudson-valley-area-of-new-york-visit-lagustas-luscious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/23\/when-youre-in-the-hudson-valley-area-of-new-york-visit-lagustas-luscious\/","title":{"rendered":"When You\u2019re in the Hudson Valley Area of New York, Visit Lagusta\u2019s Luscious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lagustas-Luscious-chocolates-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lagustas-Luscious-chocolates-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n<p>Located in New Paltz, NY, Lagusta\u2019s Luscious is a shop and caf\u00e9 that features artisanal chocolates, handmade drinks, and pastries. Everything is vegan because of their commitment to social justice and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>When I walked into the shop, I was struck by a display case with an array of chocolate confections. Flavors, including Mango Chile Lime Caramel, Peanut Butter and Jelly Meltaway, and Yuzu Cream, provide a hint of the creativity that goes into their products. A wall display included chocolate bars, boxes of chocolate, drinking chocolate, and chocolate bark. The caf\u00e9 offered hot and cold drinks, ice cream bars and chipwiches, and vegan baked goods.<\/p>\n<p>We sampled a classic Butterscotch Caramel, subtly sweet Tahini Meltaways, Chocolate Fudge, and a vegan S\u2019Mores cookie. All were rated sublime.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit Lagusta\u2019s Luscious at 25 N Front Street, New Paltz, NY. If you can\u2019t make it to the retail shop, Lagusta\u2019s Luscious products can be <a href=\"https:\/\/lagustasluscious.com\/\">ordered online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Located in New Paltz, NY, Lagusta\u2019s Luscious is a shop and caf\u00e9 that features artisanal chocolates, handmade drinks, and pastries. Everything is vegan because of their commitment to social justice and the environment. When I walked into the shop, I was struck by a display case with an array of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21417,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414\/revisions\/21417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}