Educational video games aren’t exactly new — what grade schooler hasn’t died of dysentery at least once on The Oregon Trail? — but at Adroit Studios, a game design space on the University of Missouri campus, developers are taking them to new heights. The studio’s developers create learning games for audiences ranging from middle school […]
Chef Daniel Pliska’s career reads like a culinary passport: decades of kitchens, hotel banquets, and private clubs in the U.S. and Europe, followed by a turn toward teaching, writing, and training future culinarians. Though I’ve worked with Chef Pliska for almost fifteen years at the University Club of MU, I didn’t know his complete background
Yesterday I woke up not feeling well, and the thought of enjoying food seemed far away. I skipped breakfast and ate a simple, mild lunch. By dinner, I felt better and I needed to make something soulful. More than a decade ago, my sister Tracy gave me a binder to keep favorite recipes. I flipped
On any given day or evening, The Kitchen Grill & Games feels less like a single business than a destination for many things between Columbia and Ashland. One table hosts a business meeting wrapped up over burgers and beers. Outside, kids race on the green turf while parents linger nearby. Pickleball paddles echo across indoor
Long before the basements beneath Walnut Street picked up the nickname “the Catacombs,” the block was running on groceries. The neighborhood grew up around the old Wabash depot, which made it an ideal place to move food from trains into stores. Poole & Creber’s warehouse complex — part residence, part storage, part worksite — was positioned to unload groceries
Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), a volunteer-led organization that builds and delivers beds to children in need, has been providing new, high-quality beds to Columbia children for almost two years now. Kelley Upham, president of SHP’s Columbia chapter, said Community United Methodist Church started the local group and built its first bed in March 2024. Twin-sized beds
Andy politely snuggles against a visitor’s leg, breathing a satisfied sigh after a reciprocating pat on his cream-colored head. It’s a quiet weekday afternoon, and Andy’s human, Chris Cummins, won’t be driving to transport one or more dogs from a canine rescue organization to their furever homes. “Andy needs to be touching you. He’s just super affectionate,” Cummin says. He begins to tell the tale
The glow of the holidays has faded. The lights are packed away, stores are no longer ringing with Christmas songs, routines have settled, and here in Columbia, we’ve stepped into what I often refer to as “The Gray Gap.” The Gray Gap is that in-between stretch — after December’s festive warmth but long before spring’s renewal. The skies hang low and
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things.” — beginning lines of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music When I learned that the theme for the February issue would be “Why We Love
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part story about Andy Hill’s athletic and coaching journey. Click here to read part one. Andy Hill’s impact on the University of Missouri football program was undeniable. His value was so apparent that after Larry Smith first hired him, both Gary Pinkel and Barry Odom kept him
