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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.

Read more in “Chicken eggs

 

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 …

Fall 2023

Cosmic Overnight Oats

Breakfast and oatmeal go hand in hand. Sometimes, though, cooking time is limited and you need something quick and ready to eat.

I’ve found a tasty, make-ahead alternative in overnight oats, similar to Bircher muesli or other preparations that let oats soak up liquids and flavors over time. I like to try out different combinations with various fruits and nuts.

The star among my overnight oats experiments features Cosmic Crisp® apples, one of the delicious foods developed by Washington State University. Combining the tart-sweet flavor of Cosmic Crisps with spices, nuts, and other additions makes a wonderful base.

Add granola on top, and it … » More …

Fall 2023

Oat recipes

From gruel to oatmeal cookies, here’s a roundup of historical and contemporary recipes spotlighting oats. What’s your favorite way to prepare this healthful grain?

Read more about oats in the Fall 2023 issue’s In Season.

Historical oats

First, light a fire. Here are some ways to prepare oats from the mid-eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. The first half-dozen recipes come from the 1747 Hannah Glasse cookbook: The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy, which far exceeds anything of the kind ever yet published.

To Make Plum Gruel
Take two quarts of water, two large spoonfuls of oatmeal, sir it … » More …

Corn dogs, fries, slushy and funnel cake
Winter 2022

Three cheers for fair food

Of course, the best place to get fair food is the fair itself.

But you can also make your own at home, putting your deep-frying, powdered sugar-dusting skills to the test with recipes for everything from corn dogs to funnel cakes.

Here’s a round-up of recipes to try if you can’t wait for next year’s fair fare.

Make your own fair food at home

The Spokesman-Review recipe-tested a couple of recipes for corn dogs Recommended: the Iowa State Corn Dogs recipe).

Make your own ketchup, mustard, and mayo to go with your corn dogs (Spokesman-Review)

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Squash soup in a bowl
Fall 2022

Latah squash recipes

Latah squash is a Kirkland family treasure. The heirloom variety has been passed down for several generations.

Now, thanks to the efforts of Brad Jaeckel, manager of Eggert Family Organic Farm at Washington State University Pullman, seeds of the beloved cucurbit are available to gardening enthusiasts and farmers through a regional cooperative. Or, if you’re lucky enough to live on or near the Palouse, buy the whole fruit in person at Eggert Family Organic Farm or Affinity Farm in Moscow, Idaho, which also cultivates the rich, dense squash with bright orange as well as its seeds.

Joanne and Larry Kirkland are self-described … » More …

Summer 2022

Strawberry recipes

Put sweet and succulent Pacific Northwest strawberries—especially Washington State University-developed varieties—on your table this summer.

Here are some ways to use them from Jamie Callison, executive chef at WSU’s School of Hospitality Business Management at Carson College of Business, and Linda Burner Augustine (’83 Home Econ., Honors), author of the  A Year at the Table food blog. Both also authored 2013’s The Crimson Spoon cookbook from WSU Press.

 

Strawberry Shortcakes

From Jamie Callison

Sliced strawberries and whipped cream on biscuit

For the … » More …

Asparagus stalks roasted with pepper
Spring 2022

Asparagus recipes

This spring, serve roasted asparagus as a side, accompanying lamb or salmon.

Or combine it with a protein like chicken, other veggies, and grains such as orzo or penne pasta, farro or quinoa to make a hearty bowl such as the Springtime Asparagus, Arugula, and Chicken Bowl described below.

Here, Jamie Callison, executive chef at Washington State University’s School of Hospitality Business Management at Carson College, and his co-author of The Crimson Spoon, Linda Burner Augustine (’83 Home Econ., Honors), share recipes spotlighting this quintessential spring ingredient. So does Betsy Rogers (’89 Comm.), who owns and operates Ovens to Betsy, a … » More …