Jowin's Kitchen

03/21/2025

We are sampling coconut butterscotch bars today…stop by for a taste and to say hi!

03/14/2025

Update: Sold out! Thanks, everyone!

We are the featured vendors tomorrow, which means, samples!! The market will handbout samples right at the center entrance by the Oasis. Then come find us in the last center boothbon the west end to buy more!!

03/12/2025

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner! Our special flavors for March are Irish Cream and Chocolate Mint; and this week we have (big!) shamrock sugar sprinkle cookies!

03/08/2025

Here today until Noon (or sold out)! We are the last booth in the center on the west side.

Come shop with us today inside the heated MU Health Care Pavilion (1769 W. Ash St.) at the CoMo Ag Park. Open 9am-noon until our Spring Kickoff on April 5 when our hours will shift back to 8am-noon.

Reminder! Kids activities with Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture are back at the One Room Schoolhouse! This week, in the Compost Exploration activity, kids can learn about composting by observing how organic materials break down into nutrient-rich soil, discovering the role of different organisms, and understanding how composting helps reduce waste and enriches the environment.

PLUS, have you heard? 🐓 CCUA is offering chicken lessons for kids at the chicken coop every Saturday during Market hours now through April! Kids can check for eggs, feed the chickens (for $1), learn about omnivores, and build a chicken food web!

03/06/2025

Today is Jowin’s birthday. Not the bakery, the real person. My mom.

My mom’s name was Joan, but her mother pronounced is with two syllables. The two syllables would become more exaggerated if my grandmother was displeased. Over the years we kids would call my mom Jowin in jest. Now that my grandma and mom are both gone, we came to refer to our dear Jowin as a lighthearted way to remember them together.

My mom was a great cook and baker, she loved to try new recipes, she loved making tons of food for parties, and she never met a stranger. So it was natural for us to name a place where we hope you’ll find good company and good food in her honor — Jowin‘s Kitchen.

Come by today and have a slice of birthday cake —our treat.

Happy Birthday, Mom.

03/04/2025

We did eventually sell out..til next year, Mardi Gras!

We have King Cakes today! Freshly baked with cinnamon cream cheese filling, and decorated for the occasion. Get yours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or until we sell out!

02/28/2025

King Cakes in the house! A sweet rolled yeast cake with cinnamon cream cheese filling and decorated for Mardi Gras. We'll have samples to try on Friday, with a very limited supply for purchase Friday and more in stock on Tuesday. Your best bet is to order online by Sunday at 5 for pickup on Tuesday at

A sweet rolled yeast cake with cinnamon cream cheese filling. Glazed and decorated with Mardi Gras sugars. Preorder by Sunday, March 2 at 5 p.m. for Tuesday, March 4 pickup. 8x8.

02/25/2025

Turns out Jowin’s is a good place to play mahjong…or other gatherings of course. Let us know ahead and we’ll save you a table! All stocked up for this wonderful sunny day!

02/25/2025

So, last week was a week! We had our first give-it-up-and-go-home snow day; our first big order that ghosted us (luckily red flags saved us); our first chargeback filed (meaning we took a bad card or somebody’s scamming us to get their money back). And eggs hit $5.69 a dozen (they were 67 cents a dozen when we set our cake prices.) BUT, we also had our first surprise health department inspection, and we passed with zero violations and even no notations. Clearing that hurdle put us on top of the world! And the weather has warmed up, and we are all prepped to bake and stock up for a great week ahead! Hope to see you at Jowin’s!!!

02/22/2025

So today, I found out, there was a post to a local Facebook group that I am not a part of asking where to find good Gooey Butter Cake in CoMo. Some very kind folks shouted out Jowin’s, and this brought me a number of customers this afternoon! It also brought me some questions, as apparently someone in the group said they were from St. Louis, and that my cake was not the real deal. Let’s address.

If you go to St. Louis, and you go bakery to bakery asking for Gooey Butter Cake, you will not get the same cake at every place. Some bakeries have Gooey Butter Cake that is puffy and fruity like stollen. Some have a sweet, dense and moist cake. Some have a cake covered with a custard-like layer. I’m sure there’s even more. And they are all delicious! And whatever Gooey Butter Cake you grew up with will be the most authentic one for you.

In South City where I grew up, we didn’t typically get Gooey Butter Cake at a bakery. Usually your mom or grandma made it, probably for a potluck. Or maybe a church lady baked one, and you won it at the school picnic cake walk. The cake I bake at Jowin’s is a scratch version of that homemade cake. So that’s authentic to where I come from. And it was making the rounds in my neighborhood long before Paula Deen started calling it “Ooey.”

So if you taste a Jowin’s Gooey Butter Cake, and it’s not exactly what you remember from back in the day, that’s absolutely understandable. I hope maybe you like it anyway, and that maybe it still reminds you of home. And if nothing else, I hope you enjoyed trying something new. 🩷

02/20/2025

Come in from the cold! Jowin’s is sunny and warm!

02/18/2025

We are going to call it a day today before the next predicted round of snow moves in. Thanks to our two customers who came in today!! Be careful out there everyone, and hopefully we’ll see you tomorrow.

02/14/2025

Thanks to COMO Magazine for this sweet article!

A sense of history and heart is infused into every corner of Jowin’s Kitchen, especially in its signature treat: the gooey butter cake.

02/13/2025

We’re back! And Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. Come get some goodies!

02/12/2025

We didn’t get the fully expected wallop, but have decided to err on the side of caution and remain closed today. Thanks for your understanding! Be safe out there!

02/11/2025

We are loaded up with goodies for Valentine’s Day or any day, but, we also have an eye on the weather. If the inches of snow currently predicted start accumulating early tomorrow, we’ll keep everyone safe at home as long as it’s falling. I will post here on Facebook if we do close for a snow day!