ALL ARTICLES BY Nicolette Degrassi

Nicolette Degrassi is a Boston based food and travel blogger. When she's not traveling the world, you can find her reading the latest Book of the Month novel or trying to perfect her sticky toffee pudding recipe. Follow her adventures on Instagram @nadegrassi.

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Solving a ‘Dill-emma’ with a West Coast Pickle

You can take the New Yorker out of New York, but you can’t take away his pickles. So this transplant started his own business.
Signature Kinsey Cake

A New Late-Night Dining Spot Creates a Buzz in Charleston

The Honey Hive is giving two thumbs up to “gladrag wearing, champagne drinking and table dancing merriment.”
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Commerce Before College Prep; This Guy is Beefing Up His Application

He may not have a driver’s license (yet!), but this New Jersey high schooler is checking off a lot of boxes with his own food truck.
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From Supper Club to Dumplings; This New Business Sings

When their supper club plans fizzled due to the pandemic, Richard Lee and Claire Guyer got cooking – with dumplings – and have not looked back.
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This Woman-Owned Business is Making Beef Jerky with Love and Pride

What started as a hobby turned into a business. Meet the “two chicks” behind California-based Two Chicks Beef Jerky.
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Two Moms, a Cocktail Shaker and a Dream

These Pennsylvania friends, mothers and neighbors concocted a line of organic mixers designed to create the perfect drink
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Husband and Wife Duo Spread Happiness with a Korean Dessert Tradition

Nick Ng and Ahreum Kim used the pandemic to get creative with Ooyoo, a Minnesota-based company specializing in Korean-style dessert spreads.
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Twin Cities Chef Team Twirls Pasta Possibilities Into Post-Pandemic Dreams

When the pandemic hit, two brothers-in-law decided to stop talking about starting a business together and actually do it. The result: Aliment Pasta Co, which originates from the Latin word alere, which means to nourish.
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Meet the Chicago Baker Helping to Change the World Through Pie

There’s a lot of good will baked into Maya-Camille Broussard’s sweet and savory pies, quiches, and tarts – and we’re not just talking buttery goodness. Chicago’s Justice of the Pies is all about giving back and helping the community.