As chef and food program manager for the Wallace Centers of Iowa (WCI), Porter oversees food programming for the Wallace House in the Sherman Hills District of Des Moines. The Wallace House is the historic home of the Wallace family, four generations of leaders in agriculture and agriculture journalism. 

At the Wallace House, Porter heads the kitchen for the tearoom, which features lunch and readings from historic women’s section of Wallaces Farmer magazine.

The Wallace House also hosts Farm to Table...