The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation is having a cooking contest! In the Julia Child theme, the dish is cassoulet. Cassoulet: ” a rich, slow-cooked bean ...
Recipes
Whole Grains ARE Good for You!
A friend approached me the other day with surprising news “ Whole ...
Eating Local Holiday
Christmas is right around the corner! Time for extravagant meals, festive desserts, ...
Eating in Season in the Fall and Winter
You’ve heard it before: Eat in season. That’s all fine and dandy ...
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MelissaDavisFoodBlog 2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]
New Year’s Resolutions for Mind and Body
The coming of a new year gives us a fresh start, a chance to make positive changes in our lives and to begin new habits for the future. I’m not usually one for making New Year’s resolutions. I’ve tried it in years past but didn’t keep up with them and gave up. Maybe it’s the [...]
Sauteed Yams and Kale
I had 30 minutes to toss together a healthy, yummy side dish to share for a lunch work party and decided on yams and kale. We used to make this at the PCC deli, we called it sweet potatoes and kale, and it was roasted and tossed with a roasted garlic balsamic dressing. Mine was [...]
Burger Night Returns to Whitehouse-Crawford!
In Walla Walla, Whitehouse-Crawford is highly-esteemed as one of the only fine dining restaurants in our small rural town. From the rumors and the menu prices posted outside, many feel it out of reach. I started working there a few months back and didn’t know what to expect at first. I have come to appreciate [...]
Maple Counter soft opening tonight
Tonight, from 6-9pm our new breakfast joint in town is having a soft opening. Come check out the menu, meet the owners and staff, and sample some dishes.
A Thanksgiving Turkey Cake
Just in time for your holiday planning! A Thanksgiving Turkey Cake! I received an email from Chow.com this morning and had a great laugh at the idea. Looking through the pictures, I realized it’s a real thing and would actually probably be pretty delicious! I think I’ll be making this for my family this weekend! [...]
Discover. Cook. Nourish. : Bringing Whole Foods into our Schools
Whole foods cooking in school cafeterias?! Am I dreaming?? I recently read that our friends at Cookus Interruptus were working on this project, but without details. Today arrived the details! and it’s beautiful, inspiring and wonderful! Watch the video in the link below. Discover. Cook. Nourish. Not sure what I’m taking about? Read the description [...]
Made in Walla Walla Holiday Box
The same wonderful people that bring you the Made in Walla Walla seasonal CSA-style box are offering a holiday box. Filled with lots of beautiful locally made artisan products, it’s the answer for those hard-to-shop-for folks on your list. It also makes a great gift for friends and family far away, a way to share [...]
One Giant Cabbage and the Benefits of Lacto-Fermented Foods
The closing of October marks the end of the Walla Walla Farmers’ Market for the year, so I made sure to attend the last Saturday market. It was a picture perfect autumn morning — brightly colored leaves, azure-blue sky and everyone dressed in warm hats and puffy jackets. Off in the corner of the market, [...]
Feliz Dia de los Muertos/ Happy Day of the Dead
Yesterday we made sugar skulls in my daughter’s class, to celebrate Day of the Dead. Not too many folks know about the holiday here in Walla Walla, but in Los Angeles it was a big deal. All of the dual language classes in our school would build altars to honor friends and relatives who had [...]
