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hand picking up eggs from a glass bowl
Spring 2024

Egg recipes

Eggs are versatile, delicious, and nutritious. Check out some recipes below.

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Grandma’s Latvian bacon piragi

From Sara Stiebrs (x’02)

Here, Sara shares a recipe passed down from her husband’s Latvian grandmother, Zelma Stiebrs, who came to Washington state in 1949. Seventy-five years later, her Latvian piragi remain a family favorite.

For the dough

2 packages yeast

½ cup warm water

3½ to 4 cups flour

3-plus tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon cardamom

1 teaspoon salt

½ cup shortening or butter, plus more for greasing bowl and baking sheet

½ cup warm milk

2 eggs (1 for dough, 1 beaten … » More …

A wild turkey in a field of grass with trees in the background
Winter 2023

Turkey recipes, tips, and trivia

It’s turkey time. Check out some facts, tips, and recipes for a favorite holiday bird.

Read about turkeys in the Winter 2023 In Season article, along with former WSU executive chef Jamie Callison’s roast turkey and stuffing recipe.

Talkin’ turkey

Value of US production: $5.89 billion

US turkey meat production, ready-to-cook weight: 5.56 billion pounds

Total US production, number of birds: 216.5 million

US consumption: 5.09 billion pounds

US consumption per capita: 15.3 pounds (compared to 8.2 pounds in 1970)

US turkey meat exports: 548 million pounds

US average price for whole frozen turkey hens: $1.23 per pound (compared to 96 cents per pound … » More …

A farmer stands in front of a field of organic crops
Winter 2023

Feeding our ethics: A conversation about food and values with Samantha Noll

A simple decision about what to order for lunch can have profound effects on others.

“Food is interesting because it touches so many other communities,” says Samantha Noll, an associate professor of bioethics in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs at Washington State University. “When we decide that we’re going to eat that falafel sandwich, or that burger, or that salad, we’re impacting others with that seemingly simple choice.”

Samantha Noll headshot with blue tintSamantha Noll
(Courtesy WSU School of Politics, … » More …

Matcha Tea Cakes
Winter 2017

At our table

“After you set the table with your best efforts, let your real pleasure come from looking around the table before breaking bread together and appreciating the similarities in your guests rather than the differences.”

Maya Angelou, 2011

Breaking bread, banquets, or potlucks—however and wherever we enjoy the delightful experience of sharing a meal, we can tell our stories, cross cultural boundaries, and begin to learn each other’s histories.

The holidays especially give us the opportunity to gather for food and talk, so important when it feels like we live in a time rife with incivility and torn by divisiveness.

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Alumni News
Fall 2017

Bounty of the Palouse

Each fall, the WSU Alumni Association’s wildly popular Feast of the Arts dinner series brings together some of the very best aspects of WSU for a can’t-miss evening. These special dinners feature wines from a different Coug winery expertly paired with exquisite food courses by Executive Chef Jamie Callison of the Carson College of Business School of Hospitality Business Management and his talented students.

“I work with my students to craft a menu inspired by WSU-focused fare—like fresh vegetables from the WSU Organic Farm and Wagyu beef from the Premium Beef Program,” Chef Jamie explains. The Feast also incorporates the WSU » More …

First Words
Fall 2014

First Words for Fall 2014

As we started assembling this issue, we sought to provide a sweeping view of campus and its environs from architecture to the archives. And then, as it usually happens, a few themes surfaced: anniversaries, hearts and health, and, well, garbage. We discovered subtle ties between the stories, ties that may not be so obvious to the reader, but as we have written, edited, and designed this issue, have lingered in our minds.

First, along with campus maps and Cougar cards, Washington State’s freshmen this month are sharing a book, Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash—a selection from the now eight-year-old and widely successful … » More …