Tavern Tradition
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Tavern Tradition

The historic tavern is recovering from a fire, but it will come back fresh and ready to continue serving customers.

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Hungry for More
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Hungry for More

Todd and Jody Boyman’s line of plant-based proteins goes beyond fascimile beef to appeal to a global audience.

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Show Me Rice
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Show Me Rice

Meet the third-generation farmers growing jasmine rice in the heart of Missouri’s bootheel region.

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Raising a Glass
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Raising a Glass

Woodsmen Distilling in Higbee, Missouri, and Stumpy's Spirits in Columbia, Illinois, both grow all their own grains.

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What’s Cooking?
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What’s Cooking?

The new International Choux Co. at the Inns at St. Albans features weekend-long deep-dives into seafood, Italian preserving and more.

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Family Roots
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Family Roots

Each year, David Bohlen and his family grow something they've never tried before, from heirloom corn to Chinese broccoli and Peruvian peppers..

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Peace of Cake
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Peace of Cake

Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri, sells its fruitcakes all over the world, including in the famous Williams-Sonoma holiday catalog.

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Hip to Be Square
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Hip to Be Square

Less than a century ago, the cracker-thin style was barely known of in St. Louis – let alone debated as one of the city’s most celebrated dishes.

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Kings of Corn
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Kings of Corn

Wood Hat Spirits and Pinckney Bend Distillery are using heirloom corn to make exceptional American whiskeys.

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Deep Roots
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Deep Roots

Behind the rise, fall and renewal of Missouri’s wine country, which led to the establishment of the state’s American viticultural areas.

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Friends in Knead
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Friends in Knead

For proof that Bridge Bread’s mission is working, just ask one of its bakers.

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Highly Cultured
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Highly Cultured

In Trenton, Illinois, third-generation dairy farmer Kurt Bizenberger fills a niche for locally produced yogurt.

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