On the flavor trail

Laura Kelley is a trained scientist, but cuisine is her true passion. The enthusiastic foodie tells Mike Peters why she wrote a book based on her culinary adventures across the Silk Road.

She's a scientist - a biologist - and a public-health researcher. But ask Laura Kelley what her driving passion is, and the answer may surprise you.

"Baking bread with Kazak women in primitive ovens, that's what I love doing," says the author of The Silk Road Gourmet cookbook and a culinary website and blog based on her travels.