Share your family’s recipes and stories for this year’s Ozark County Cookin’

The 2020 edition of Ozark County Cookin’ will feature not only the recipes but also the stories of Ozark County cooks, present and past, whose kitchen talents have created warm, enduring memories for generations of area families. As we do each year, we’re asking our readers to share their memories and recipes from Ozark County’s best cooks.

Send us your own recipes – or recipes from cooks gone by – to be published Nov. 25 in our glossy-cover, magazine-style Ozark County Cookin’ magazine, which will have color on every page. We’ll draw a name from all those who submit a recipe or tribute, and that person will win $100 – just in time for Christmas shopping!

This year’s cookbook will be distributed free at the Times office and at Town & Country Supermarket in Gainesville, Cash Saver Pantry in Theodosia and anywhere the Ozark County Times is sold. 

The 2020 edition of Ozark County Cookin’ is also an ideal way for area merchants and groups to advertise their Christmastime and year-round merchandise because it will be kept and used for months, even years, to come. For more information, contact Times advertising manager Jenny Yarger at jenny@ozarkcountytimes.com or by calling the office at 417-679-4641.

The recipe and advertising deadline is Friday, Oct. 30. To submit a recipe, tribute and photo, email them to regina@ozarkcountytimes.com, mail them to the Times at P.O. Box 188, Gainesville, MO 65655 (be sure to let us know if the photo needs to be returned), or bring them by our office on the south side of the Gainesville square. Call us at 679-4641 for more information.