My favorite recipes

Betty Jo Fitzgerald has lived in the Colfax area for a long time, just not full-time. She and husband Jim purchased property near Bill and Lynn Nelson, living there part-time in a travel trailer and building a home six or seven years ago.

Born at Colusa in the Sacramento Valley of California, Betty Jo lived in a farming town the size of Colfax. Her father was a banker and her mother was a medical librarian at the local hospital. She loved creating art, but when it came time for college, her parents encouraged science.

While earning a bachelor’s degree in botany, Betty Jo had the opportunity to...