The Barbizon School and Nature of Landscape exhibit opens at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum of Washington University from May 2 to July 21. Free and open to the public, the show celebrates a natural form of art, popular in Barbizon France between 1830-1880. In response to what was perceived as highly superficial city life in the nineteenth century, this form used rustic and pure scenes from nature in which man interacted more holisticall…... Read more >

Chef Josh Anthony shares recipes from  farmhouse culinary classes taught at Rayville Baking Co. at Rayville northeast of Kansas City. For more information, visit www.rayvillebakingco.com or call 816-776-2720.

FRENCH COUNTRY CHICKEN FRICASSEE Courtesy of Rayville Baking Company’s Josh Anthony

For the marinade: 1 stalk celery, chopped 1 small leek, greens trimmed, bulb split, rinsed and chopped 1 carrot, peeled and chopped ...... Read more >

6 Missouri wine trails blend wine, food, and fun By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann

One of the most popular ways to visit wine country is via a wine trail, and Missouri has several. The trails offer a user-friendly way to explore wine areas, with tips on top sights and attractions in each area. Most wine trails sponsor special themed events throughout the year.

Patty Held-Uthlaut of Stone Hill Winery at Hermann is the state’s wine trail div…... Read more >

By Scott Spilky   As the state’s first poet laureate, Ashland native Walter Bargen has crisscrossed the state speaking, reading his work, and championing the power of words to move the imagination.   “Poems are more relevant than they have ever been,” he says.   Walter, the award-winning author of eleven books, has been writing for nearly thirty years. His work has appeared in more than one hundre…... Read more >