The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

As regular readers of my column might recall, I often use my time in the kitchen to satisfy my periodic bouts of wanderlust. Recreating discoveries made during past travels, or dreaming of future trips, cooking and eating have become an extension to my passport. Music, like great food, can have the effect of transporting me to faraway places, with my kitchen playlist often influenced by what is on the stove. There are passionate Mexican corridos on my stereo when stirring a pot of mole, while it is often Puccini and Verdi who help me tend to a creamy risotto. Recently, it was daydreaming o...