http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_006132650.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_006132650.html Off the beaten path. A hole in the wall. A clubhouse feel. These are just a few ways that Pete Williams has described his 10-year labor of love, Woody’s Wood-Fire Pizza Oven and Bar in Joplin. On Friday, Pete Williams will mark the 10th anniversary of Woody's Wood-Fire Pizza. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_006163536.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_006163536.html What a treat for my husband, Chris, my sister, Sue, and me a week ago Monday. The Wayne Ytell family honored us with an invitation to the annual Ytell holiday dinner. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_006164103.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_006164103.html For salty, savory goodness, this recipe uses crushed potato chips and pretzels, but any combination of similar ingredients would work. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_365153212.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_365153212.html Dave Barry does not think a lobster is a food item. Or, at least, a food item that should be consumed by humans. Well, with all due respect to Dave Barry, we must report that he is out of his mind. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_365153716.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_365153716.html I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Mine could not have been much better; there was lots of time with family and friends. With a 3-year-old running around, there wasn’t a quiet moment. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_365154148.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_365154148.html Baked and breaded white fish is a great idea. It’s healthy. It’s easy. Unfortunately, too often it’s also tasteless. But there’s an easy fix. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:48:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358212150.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358212150.html Chilly sales-tax receipts in December are sending a shiver down the spines of cities and counties. While the Jasper County Commission considers adopting a budget that does not include pay raises for its workers as a result of the downturn, other area cities and counties are holding tight in hopes that it is either temporary or not serious. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:43:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358184331.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358184331.html Most modern bakers probably don’t associate The Good Book with pulling together a batch of their favorite treats, but during the late 1800s some Christians began using scripture as a code for turning recipes into riddles. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358183535.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358183535.html With no shortage of sweet tooths, Christmas is among one of the busiest times of the year for Terry Hicklin, who along with his wife, Pat, owns the Candy House Gourmet Chocolates. “We will do as much today as we do the entire month of June,” Hicklin said on Monday. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358182507.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_358182507.html I remember Christmas at Grandma Evans’ with her aluminum tree, four-color rotating wheel and all my cousins. I was the oldest, so I was the boss. I wish for everyone a Christmas with family. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_351190657.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_351190657.html Contrary to stereotype, video-game addicts don’t just survive on Cheetos and Red Bull. We like a good meal, and we’re willing to put down the joystick long enough to prepare one. And a few of the game industry’s most prominent publishers are encouraging just that. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_351185636.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_351185636.html When someone asks what you made for dinner and you tell them you made “reservations,” I say good for you every now and then. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:53:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_351185311.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_351185311.html The “turkey” is a tofu roast filled with stuffing, for dessert there’s pumpkin cheesecake and ice-cream made from coconut milk — it’s all part of the holiday dinner at local vegan Rose Harting’s house. Sound strange? Harting thinks you’re missing out. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_344190005.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_344190005.html Just because the weather has turned cold doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be able to eat fresh, local food. At least, that’s what Nancy Rasmussen and Eileen Nichols think. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_344190523.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/food/local_story_344190523.html There was a time — we are talking in terms of centuries here — when Christmas and New Year’s would have been considered most unmerry if not for a boozy glass of richly delicious eggnog.But somewhere along the timeline of holidays past Americans grew fearful of raw eggs and terrified of anything with fat.