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by Dustin Cardon and Amber Helsel  The Jackson metro area has plenty of food options for the holidays, with many restaurants serving specialty items and offering take-home meals. Photo courtesy Alasdair Elmes/Unsplash The Jackson metro area has plenty of food options for the holidays, with many restaurants serving specialty items and offering take-home meals.
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by Amber Helsel  Jenni Sivils opened The Prickly Hippie, a business that sells baked goods, coffee, succulents and more, in July 2018. Photo courtesy Brandon Smith The first thing people might see when they walk into The Prickly Hippie is not the titular "prickly" cacti, but instead a bevy of soft sweets in the dessert case.
by Jenna Gibson  Author Dawn Dugle releases her book, “The BRAVO! Way,” on Nov. 1. Photo by Delreco Harris. During a Friday night dinner rush at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar in November 2017, the restaurant was a madhouse. Amid the chaos was local author Dawn Dugle, observing its inner workings for her book, "The BRAVO! Way: Building a Southern Restaurant Dynasty."
by Amber Helsel  Kimberly Ruffin owns and operates local bakery Kimmiesweett, which she started as a home business around 2008 and expanded with a Northpark Mall storefront in 2017. Now located in Fannin Mart in Brandon, the bakery is growing to offer cake-decorating classes, coffee and more. Photo by Delreco Harris. Two customers gathered around the counter at Kimmiesweett in Brandon. One patiently waited as owner Kimberly Ruffin finished preparing a caramel cake—an emergency birthday cake—for another guest.
by Amber Helsel  Emily Pote, co-owner of future coffee shop and bookstore Coffee Prose in midtown, says the shop will showcase what the neighborhood has to offer. Photo by Delreco Harris. A building at the corner of West Street and Millsaps Avenue sits seemingly undisturbed, appearing like just another vacant one in midtown Jackson.
However, there's more than immediately meets the eye at the building, now dubbed The Monastery. by Amber Helsel  Photo by Amber Helsel After a chilly spring, at least for Mississippi, the temperature is warming up, which means you're probably going to want something to cool down with, and what better with some local treats? Here are a few businesses that can help.
by Amber Helsel  Photo courtesy Kale Shaker You may have heard rumblings about a new way to eat kale, and the cool thing is it's local: EasyKale.
by Anais Eliseeva  La Brioche Patisserie introduces Jacksonians to European pastries such as entremet, a French mousse-based cake. Photo by by Anais Eliseeva When people walk into La Brioche Patisserie, the scent of coffee and fresh pastries envelops them. Jazz melodies such as "La Javanaise" by Madeleine Peyroux and "Le Temps D'un Jazz" by Daniel Roure play in the background, giving the place a touch of romanticism reminiscent of a classic European pastry shop.
by Brinda Fuller Willis  Fans partake in the beer garden at Millsaps College’s Robinson-Hale Stadium. Photo courtesy Millsaps College Since 2014, Millsaps College football fans have been able to enjoy a beer at Millsaps games in the college's beer garden in the north-end zone.
by Malcolm Morrow  1693 Redzone Grill has dishes such as shrimp creole. Photo courtesy Devna Bose For the past two years, 30-year-old New Orleans native Mike Mosley has been serving up Cajun-inspired cuisine to Jacksonians and getting widespread acclaim for his culinary creations at 1693 Redzone Grill, where he is the chef and co-owner.
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