As much as we all like eating a slice of a custardy, smooth pumpkin pie, practicality of transport poses a problem. That’s where pumpkin cookies come in. This Turkeypalooza, a few campus kitchens took cues from each other and swapped baking sheets for pie tins. The result: easy to make, bake, and take pumpkin cookies [...]
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Pavo is Spanish for Turkey: Turkeypalooza, by the Numbers
Posted in December 4th, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
Campus Kitchens across the nation were stuffed with activity this Thanksgiving for the annual Turkeypalooza project, a hunger relief initiative mobilizing kitchens to feed thousands on Turkey Day. The Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University tacked on seven extra cooking shifts to roast 20 whole turkeys, which, when coupled with 20 precooked turkey breasts, served [...]
A Look at Wake Forest University’s Campus Kitchen, and their Locally-sourced Food Efforts
Posted in December 2nd, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
What’s better than gathering 75 volunteers to deliver over 200 pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving? Doing it all using turkeys local to Winston-Salem, N.C., where the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University assists dozen of agencies with hunger relief. Wake Forest Campus Kitchen coordinator Shelley Graves says the group secured sponsorships of turkeys to purchase [...]
300 Pounds of Thanksgiving, Stuffed in 3 Compact Cars
Posted in November 25th, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
…the students must help label and load two types of meals serving 75 people in the community that morning. Among the dishes: 17 whole, roasted turkeys.