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Expert Tips for Healthy Dining Out

Eating at a restaurant is one of life’s great pleasures, and Columbia has a diverse food scene, including a delicious list of locally owned spots, each one with...

diced tomatoes

A Columbia Tradition

If the mere mention of its signature dishes — tortellini with peas and prosciutto, pasta con gambretti, eggplant parmigiano, and so on — doesn’t make your mouth begin...

garnished with a jalapeño slice and an orange wedge. The glass rim is coated with black salt. The background is dimly lit

’Tis the Season for Spice

The cold weather is upon us here in Mid-Missouri, and while we may be chilly and wishing the sun would warm us up a little more, local restaurants...

surrounded by grass and trees under a partly cloudy sky.|A farmer stands next to a white pickup truck in a grassy field under a blue sky with scattered clouds. He observes a group of black cattle grazing nearby.|Elderly man in plaid shirt and cap pouring feed from a bucket to a large black cow in a sunny field. The sky is blue with scattered clouds

Giving Rural Missouri a Voice

Roger Allison feeds his cows on a rural Missouri farm...
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Frosting On the Side

Every holiday season when I was a child, my cousins and I all gathered at grandma’s house to decorate sugar cookies in the shapes of trees, Santa Claus,...

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A Family Affair

On occasion, when meeting someone for the first time, there is an immediate level of comfort and authenticity that makes it seem like you’ve always been acquainted. For...

topped with a generous amount of creamy sauce

Potato, Potahto

I’ve always considered myself a potato connoisseur, especially when those potatoes are in the form of fries. Curly or crinkle-cut, sweet potato or golden potato, if food could...

slender trees surrounded by lush green undergrowth. A narrow dirt path weaves through the trees

The Art of Foraging

The thrill of eating something you procured with your own hands can give you an appetite for learning more about all the abundance nature has to offer....
and others stroll under a partly cloudy sky. A hot air balloon floats in the distance. Trees border the scene.|A vendor in a black apron and cap stands at a market stall featuring various packaged food items and a blackboard menu. The background includes a van and a building under construction

Saturdays are for Snacks

A lunch made from finds at the Columbia Farmers Market....
topped with tomatoes

Farm to Table, Student to Chef

A local young man gets his culinary start at the Columbia Area Career Center...