My Favorite Recipes: Meet Nancy Ross, Diamond

Mike and Nancy Ross of Diamond with Nancy’s sons Justin, left, and Charles Hoskins.

After years away living in Portland and Spokane, moving to Whitman County was coming full circle for Nancy Ross.

“Living on the farm was like coming home to me,” she said.

Nancy grew up and graduated from Washtucna. Her father was a wheat farmer. About age 10 she started to help her mother cook meals for the harvest crew of around 10 people.

“That's where I learned part of my cooking skills.” With that many people to cook for, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, it meant being in the kitchen all day long. At f...