PULLMAN, Wash. — Amanda Perkins, a senior from Reno, Nev., was named the 2000 Consumer Scientist of the Year at the 41st annual awards banquet of Washington State University’s College of Agriculture and Home Economics on Saturday (April 15). The award recognizes the overall top senior majoring in consumer sciences. The honor was just the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — “The legislature has done a great thing for farm and ranch families. This is the best state budget in the history of the Washington State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics.” This was the reaction of James Zuiches, dean of the college, to word that the Washington State Legislature fully funded […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — John V. Spencer, 80, first chair of the food science and technology department at Washington State University, died Saturday, Feb. 6 in Olympia. Spencer, a member of the WSU faculty from 1955 to 1965 and from 1966 to 1980, served as chair of what is now the food science and human nutrition […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A previously unknown spoilage bacterium that can stall or stop alcoholic fermentation in wines made without sulfites has been identified by a Washington State University food scientist. Charles Edwards, associate professor of food science, isolated and identified the novel bacterium — Lactobacillus kunkeei — from a commercial wine undergoing a sluggish fermentation. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — An original stew combining apples and homemade German sausage took top honors in Saturday’s Wazzu Stew Contest at Washington State University. Margaret Gisselberg, St. John, won the $100 first prize in this year’s Land Grant Day cooking contest with a concoction called Apple Cup Stew. “I was kind of concerned about what […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Fame and fortune could be yours if you are an imaginative cook. At least your designated 15 minutes of fame and a $100 cash prize. All you have to do is win the annual Wazzu Stew Cook-Off at Washington State University on Saturday, Oct. 25. The contest is part of the annual […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s 12th annual Cheese Making Short Course is scheduled March 10-13 on the Pullman campus and the Quality Inn. Basic cheese making will be taught by faculty from Washington State University, the University of Idaho, Oregon State University and cheese industry representatives. Cheese industry experts also will update participants on […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Alan McCurdy, head of the department of applied microbiology and food science at the University of Saskatchewan, will become chair of the food science and human nutrition department at Washington State University on May 1. He will replace Don Lee, who is retiring after more than 20 years at WSU, nearly 10 […]
Washington State University’s Barry Swanson has 10 years of experience in research on fat substitutes such as olestra, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration Wednesday. Dr. Swanson’s work includes basic research and testing of Procter & Gamble’s “Olean.” Potato chips, tortilla chips, crackers and extruded cheese puffs containing “Olean” may be available […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s 11th annual Cheese Making Short Course is scheduled March 4-7 on the Pullman campus. Basic cheese making will be taught by experts from the Washington State University Creamery, Oregon State University, the University of Idaho and the dairy and food processing industries. The 1996 program will highlight procedures for […]