food

Free recipes featured in Colville tribal calendar

  Salmon soup with wapato and cattail shoots  Ingredients:   12 wapato roots, camas or small new potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces 6-8 cattail shoots or asparagus, trimmed of woody exterior and sliced 6 green onions, or 8-10 wild onions 4 cups of water 5 juniper berries 1 pound of salmon steak   […]

WSU, international researchers, publish apple genome

by Brian Charles Clark, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN – An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the USA have published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the current issue of Nature Genetics. The availability of a genome sequence for the apple will […]

Variety of programs promote health and wellness

  BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. – Eating healthy, receiving reliable medical advice and learning correct food-safety practices can mean spending more money than the average person or family can afford. Thanks to Clark County WSU Extension’s Health and Wellness Program, this knowledge and help is accessible and affordable. According to extension’s description: “In order to improve […]

Dining Services deemed 2009 winner of Most Innovative Nutrition Program contest

PULLMAN – Dining Services at WSU won the honor of being named the 2009 Most Innovative Nutrition Program, according to the National Association of College and University Food Services. The award honors programs implemented within the past year.   The nutrition program at WSU is a combination of innovative programs that centralize around the theme […]

Grads BBQ and Commencement ceremony

  WSU Pullman graduates and their families are invited to attend two Alumni Centre graduation events May 1 and 3.    All 2008 graduates — undergrads and grad students — will have an opportunity to partake in a free barbeque meal 5 – 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, on the Lewis Alumni Centre front lawn.    After the commencement ceremony, on Saturday, May 3, […]

Load N Reload leads way to market

Hungry for something different? Future alternatives might include ZippaTea whey- and tea-based smoothie, or YoVe vegetable-flavored yogurt or Cheezzlers colorful fruit-flavored, chocolate-filled string cheese. These are just three of the 17 novel foods created over the last decade by the WSU Food Product Development Team and successfully entered in national product development contests. One is […]

Power outages raise food safety concerns

PULLMAN  –  Many food products exposed to flood water or that can’t be properly refrigerated due to power outages may be unsafe and should be discarded, according to two Washington State University food safety experts.  “I know it may seem wasteful, but improperly refrigerated foods or those exposed to flood water can be a source […]

Dining Services offers a ‘Taste of Scandinavia’

PULLMAN – WSU Dining Services will feature “A Taste of Scandinavia”  Dec. 3 – 7 at Hillside Café, Northside Café and Stephenson Dining.   In addition to culinary tastes, cultural information about Scandinavia and the five Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland) will circulate in the dining facilities throughout the week. “A Taste […]

Fare promotes healthy lifestyles

You are invited to Healthy Fare 2007.   The Healthy Fare is a fun annual event hosted by the Riverpoint Campus Wellness Collaborative to educate and involve the campus and surrounding community in exploring healthy lifestyle choices.   We anticipate a broad spectrum of vendors who represent recreational activities, healthy living, nutrition, health care organizations, […]

Researcher awaits FDA’s OK for microwave technology

PULLMAN – U.S. soldiers may enjoy field rations that look and taste better thanks to technology developed by researchers with the International Marketing Program for Agricultural Commodities & Trade Center at Washington State University. Juming Tang, IMPACT Center food technology fellow, and his team have received a U.S. patent for a newly developed, microwave sterilization […]