My Favorite Recipes: Meet Michelle Crook, Colfax

Born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Michelle lived all over the northwest before settling in Colfax 13 years ago after graduating from Post Falls High School in 2005.

"I moved almost every year of my life," she said. She met husband Robert Crook of Priest River, Idaho, through mutual friends Tracy and Leonard Mathia.

"It was love at first sight," she said with a shy smile. "I knocked on a door to get my brother and sister to a friend's house and Robert answered the door."

They've been together for 15 years and have been married for 13 years. When the Mathias moved to the Colfax area Robert followed...