Although Walla Walla may be world well-known for its wine production, the gastronomy side of the Walla Walla Valley has in recent years acquired national recognition for the quality and variety of its cooking.
World-class vineyards and wineries also abound here. And typically where fine wine thrives, so do gourmet eats as evidenced by Walla Walla’s recent recognition by The Daily Meal as “America's Best Small Town for Food” and one of three finalists for America’s Best Food Town in the inaugural Sunset Travel Awards. Visitors can savor the “localvore” lifestyle by sampling goat cheese at Monteillet Fromagerie, handmade chocolates at Bright’s Candies, and homegrown asparagus, spinach, potatoes, green peas, string and lima beans, corn, cherries, and strawberries from local farmers…