Meet the Maker

Jessica and Jeremy Little of Sweet Grass Dairy knew nothing about cheesemaking when they joined a creamery in 2002. What they've made is truly incredible.

Omni Coffee is dedicated to sourcing the world’s top 10 coffee beans and making them accessible to a wider audience. Josh Norman shares the story behind  Omni as a place...

It’s one thing for a childhood nickname to stick past childhood. It’s another to see that nickname looking back at you from the label of your own sauce, sitting on...

When it comes to the best Mother's Day food gifts, the Local Palate team members' answers are equally thoughtful and delicious ways to shower the women we love.

In the spirit of Southern hospitality, Meta Adler founded Hostess Provisions to ease at-home entertaining for hosts of all skill levels. After all, a successful catering career gave her a...

Maynard Redford Brummitt lived life with a “more is more” philosophy. The founder of Hogs Heaven pork rinds grew up on a farm in North Carolina and as a teen...

The tale of Griff’s Toffee starts with a family recipe. Karen Graves spent years perfecting a recipe for pecan toffee— all with the help of her top taste-tester, husband Griff....

Meet Robert Poitras, an avid beer enthusiast, die-hard Tar Heel, and the founder of Carolina Brewery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Tommy Glassen never dreamed a wild night out would launch his career, but after his mom introduced him to her cure-all bloody mary, everything changed.

The last stop on our Southern barbecue road trip is on the Georgia coast on the beautiful St. Simons Island. Transformed from an old coastal gas station, Griffin Bufkin and...

When Pat Martin was growing up in Hendersonville, TN, a town of 6,500 20 miles north of Nashville, there were six different whole hog barbecue restaurants to choose from, which...

As you travel north from Charleston, the marshes and waterways morph into rows of corn and fields of rye as the agricultural hub of Florence comes into view. With it,...