Missouri Food and Drinks

Our Missouri Life Ambassadors recruited talented home bakers from around the state who generously shared their favorite Christmas cookie recipes. Try out this delicious Chocolate Mint Cookie recipe.

Here’s another cookie recipe in our Great Statewide Cookie Exchange from talented home bakers all over the state. This one would be good any time of the year.

Visit seven wineries and sample creative wine and cheese pairings at each winery and tour historic buildings decked out for Christmas and Weihnachtsfest.

St. James Winery is Missouri’s largest winery, and has a number of seasonal offerings that will add something unique to your table throughout the holiday season. Their award-winning cranberry wine makes a fun and festive addition to your cocktail bar, or a beautiful centerpiece to a gift basket for family, friends, or coworkers.

Missouri Life’s wine columnist is one of only three people in the world to achieve the two highest wine degrees. A happy little secret is that Missouri wines make better cocktail ingredients than California wines or Europe’s best.

Sink your teeth into these sweet treats from around the state.

Dutch Country General Store has two locations, one in Missouri and one near our border, that deliver a shopping experience definitely worth the drive. The owners share their passion for the kitchen and special holiday recipes.

An unprepossessing exterior hides a terrific traditional Italian restaurant with handmade pasta. Monthly specials keep their customers coming back again and again.

Whisky and Bourbon Fest in the Ozark town will feature tastings of eight unique spirits. You'll find Missouri bourbons, a malt whiskey from Japan, along with several from Kentucky and other states.

This unique dip comes from the former Eden’s Alley, a restaurant that had a long run, a quarter of a century in Kansas City, before closing. Eden’s Alley still shares their plant-based recipes on their website, which still supports and promotes plant-based diets and whole foods, minimally processed.