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Nuts about nuts

Missouri supplies 70 percent of the world’s black walnuts By Nina Furstenau There’s something of eternity in the cycle of walnuts. Each fall, they rain down, pebbling the earth under black walnut trees throughout Missouri. The sound of the yellow-green balls hitting the earth makes a remarkably soft thump for such a hard husk. Maybe you’ve stooped to pick the harvest, stained your hands or gloves, and kept a few to sprinkl…... Read more >

Meals Cooked on a Wood Stove

By Diana West

The aroma of home-cooked meals, baked bread, and pies will lure you back to a simpler time when food was slowcooked and savored. The Briar Patch old store near Anderson serves made-from-scratch meals cooked on a wood stove.

Tina Keel, the owner, cooks supper every Friday and Saturday on an 1864 Home Comfort wood-burning stove. Since she can only cook one entrée on the wood stove, the first person to call for a reservation…... Read more >

Only Microbrewery in Northeast

By Timothy Hill

Just off the square at Kirksville, Il Spazio offers an extensive menu, a casual atmosphere, and the only microbrews produced in northeastern Missouri.

Roughly translated from Italian, Il Spazio means “the space.” Located in a spacious brick building built as a car dealership in the 1920s, owners Bradley Steenhoek and Jeff Newton extensively remodeled the interior to open Il Spazio in 2003.

The restaurant has an Itali…... Read more >

Hemingways at Bass Pro

By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann

Hemingway’s Blue Water Cafe is on the fourth floor of Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Springfield, that “Granddaddy of All Outdoor Stores.” This fine dining destination has a balcony seating area that overlooks the bustling store below. In the main dining area, a 30,000 gallon saltwater aquarium provides constantly changing entertainment. As attractive as the setting is, the food is the real star here.

Executiv…... Read more >