Melissa Davis food blog

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.

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! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

An event I will be putting on in a couple weeks: Come join us for an evening from the past, with a classic 1800′s menu in the beautiful historic Kirkman House Museum.  Chef Melissa Davis will prepare this authentic meal which will be served on fine china in the museum.  Professional Cellist Dr. Sally Singer [...]

Have you ever heard of farm dinners? I hadn’t until about a year ago, and it was one of the reasons that brought me to Walla Walla. To tell the story right, I have to start at the beginning, with a Bacon Affair. While living in Los Angeles, a friend of mine told me about [...]

It was a beautiful evening with some delicious food and amazing people.  More details to come…….

Before we even moved to town, I knew I wanted to sign up for this “Made in Walla Walla Box”.  I read about it online, while searching for natural food stores, and was so excited to arrive and join the program. Basically, it’s like a CSA(Community Supported Agriculture) farm box, where you get a share [...]

Living in the country, I am surrounded by an abundance of fresh ready to eat produce, and it’s wonderful!  Last week, my husband took the kids raspberry picking, when a friend offered for us to “take as much as we can”.  I was in heaven, with more raspberries than I could possibly eat.  We stocked [...]

Saturday was our first ever Farmer’s Market Cooking Class in Walla Walla.  Right across the street from the market sits Someone’s in the Kitchen, once a restaurant, now a private space for parties and cooking classes. We were a small but focused group, chatting and having fun while preparing our recipes that highlight produce now [...]