My Favorite Recipes

Tina Ochs is the descendent of adventurous people, and she has carried on the tradition. Her parents, Helen and Lloyd Ochs, skied in the 1960’s when few people their age did. They also owned a private plane and flew for many years with the Flying Farmers.

Her home in Palouse belonged to her grandparents, Jim and Gracia Callison, and she visited there frequently as a child. When the Callison family left Kansas in the 1920’s, Jim had the whole family stamp the dry Kansas dust from their shoes when they reached the state line.

Jim Callison had previously visited the Pacific Northwest and liked it...