ALL ARTICLES BY Cara Hutto

Cara Hutto is a writer whose topics primarily focus on travel, food and women’s rights. She’s an experienced content creator, editor and social media manager and holds a degree in media and journalism from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Follow her on Instagram at @thelocalplate.

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A Husband and Wife Team ‘Keep It Saucy’ with Oh Golly Dumplings

Making dumplings during Covid was a huge comfort for husband-and-wife Sara Timmer and Ryan Vansplinter, so much so that they started delivering them to friends in return for sourdough starters and cookies. Now, it’s a business.
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From West Africa to North Carolina: A Special Kind of Pizza

A motorcycle trip from Southeast Asia to Europe to Mali led this couple to throw their energy into a wood-fired pizza business. Residents of Carrboro, NC are the beneficiaries.
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Health Nut SATX: A Playful Approach to Healthy Living

Talk about Up Beet. A San Antonio company takes healthy eating to heart with cold-press juices, plant-based mylks and healthy-ish cocktails.
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Miss Peabody’s Southern Tea Cakes: Southern Comfort in Denver

Long ago childhood bus trips across Louisiana led this baker to turn nostalgia into a baking business that honored her grandmother.