Happy Friday! For this week’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You is snacking on Ouachita Chocolate, the ethically-sourced, single-origin chocolate made in Hot Springs. Joel Rush’s journey into becoming a chocolate maker began when he stumbled upon an article about craft chocolate. He was not just interested in the results, but he wanted to…
Happy Friday! For this week’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You features art from the Central Arkansas-based Organized Chaos Collection. Although Erin Pierce has been an artist for years, she began selling her work as Organized Chaos Collection two years ago. She makes everything from jewelry to preserved flower displays to pet portraits, and…
Happy Friday! For this week’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You chatted with Natural Way Food Group, the Fayetteville-based company making delicious and healthy peanut and almond butters. Austin and Quinn Simkins started Natural Way Food Group after discovering that most peanut butter they purchased in stores offered no health benefits. The health-conscious…
Happy Friday! For this week’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You spoke with the makers of Wicked Mix and Wicked Minis, the perfect snacks for your holiday gift baskets. Brent Bumpers began making Wicked Mix in 2013. Formerly the owner of Brent & Sam’s Cookies, Bumpers set out to create a gourmet snack mix…
Happy Friday! This week’s Made in Arkansas spotlights the farm-to-bottle creations from Pink House Alchemy in Fayetteville. Emily Lawson was working at a farmer’s market in Fayetteville when she made her first simple syrup in 2013. At the time she was a pre-med student at the University of Arkansas, but she was drawn to…
For today’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You takes a sip of JR’s Kombucha, the probiotic tea that is served in more than 50 stores in Northwest Arkansas. Mandy Warren first tried kombucha shortly after moving to Fayetteville in 2006. In chiropractic school, she had become familiar with nutrition and how to lead a…
Happy Friday! For this week’s segment of Made in Arkansas, AY About You sits down with Arkansas botanicals and fragrance company Aromatique. The concept for Aromatique started with an open house. In 1982, Patricia “Patti” Upton decided to help a friend with her open house. Her friend requested something that would sell and…
