My Favorite Recipes: Meet Brenda Kneeshaw, Colfax

Brenda and Tom Kneeshaw of Colfax enjoy a day at the coast.

Brenda Kneeshaw, born and raised in Salem, Ore., graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1970. She later earned a master’s degree from the University of Idaho.

As Brenda explained it, she has two sets of parents. She was very close to her adoptive parents and feels privileged to be raised by them. Her adoptive father died when she was in seventh grade, and her mother died years ago. She left information about Brenda’s birth family in Brenda’s Bible, and her daughter urged her to find them.

As a result, she learned she has a si...