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Jina Yoo’s Creates a Culinary Concert

Jina Yoo, a name that’s become synonymous with innovative Asian-fusion cooking in mid-Missouri, didn’t arrive in Columbia with a culinary degree. She arrived with sheet music. Her path...

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Six Drawers for One Spatula: The Adventure of Moving

A month and a half ago, we moved to a new home. Our move was unplanned and sudden. We enjoyed our last house and had planned to stay...

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How to Overcome ‘Operator Error’: Fajita Chicken

The new year has arrived, and you have survived another holiday season. The parties, the family get-togethers, the feasts, treats, and evenings of excess. It’s resolution time: time...

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The COMO Mojo: Wellness Wake-Up Call

How often did we brush off what our parents told us? Wrote it off as overprotectiveness, outdated thinking, or just plain nonsense? How often did we believe we...

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Working Together to Make Columbia the Place We Call ‘Home’

The start of a new year always brings a sense of possibility. It is a natural moment to pause, reflect, and set intentions for what we hope to...

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The Diaper Dilemma

First Chance for Children (FC4C) hands out nearly 400 packages of diapers directly to mid-Missouri families each month. In November, that number doubled, as the U.S. government shutdown...

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Mid-Mo’s Mahjong Moment

The online version of this story was updated on January 21, 2026. As Columbia’s social calendars shift and families settle into new routines, one activity keeps coming up...

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How Shelly La Fata is Rewriting the Rules of Restaurant Ownership

Shelly La Fata is a rare blend of entrepreneur, community-builder, and artisan. Shelly graduated from the University of Missouri in 2009, with a degree in International Peace Studies...

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Cheeseburgers, Pizza, and the Healing Power of Food

In October, my dad was hospitalized in his home of Boise, Idaho, for an acute kidney episode. Initially, the doctors expected him to recover, but instead his condition...

COMO Magazine represents at the Missouri Women Who Write Retreat. Pictured left to right: Sunitha Bosecker (freelance writer), Kelsey Winkeljohn, and Karen Pasley (contributing copyeditor)

The COMO Mojo: ‘Celebration,’ Track 3

Some of my favorite memories are the ones that, at first glance, might seem random and insignificant — as in, they just feel like weird little blips of...