Cottage Food · Chattanooga, TN
Handmade goods, made by your neighbors.
Chattanooga Collective is a devoted group of artisan cottage food makers in the Appalachian foothills. Each of us runs our own kitchen. We pool our reach the old way of mountain communities: neighbors helping neighbors.
Our Members
Sichuan · Chili Crisp
Spewing heat since 2026.
Craft-batch Sichuan chili crisp oil, slow-cooked and hand-bottled in Chattanooga, TN. Complex numbing heat, fragrant aromatics, and a satisfying crunch.
Numbing Sichuan peppercorn, layered chili heat, toasted aromatics, satisfying crunch. Made in small batches and bottled by hand. Order direct on Instagram, or visit starvingdragon.com.
Functional · Free of Major Allergens
Functional foods from the foothills.
Functional foods free of all major allergens, enriched with sea vegetables, adaptogenic mushrooms, and ayurvedic spices. Rooted in Appalachia, made to taste as good (or better) than the conventional alternative.
Site and ordering still in progress. Find Ridge & Valley at the HiLo Market on Saturdays, or reach out through the Collective at [email protected].
Site coming soon
Why a Collective?
Cottage food making is personal work. Each member pours real care into what they do, and being found is hard to do alone.
Around here, that’s nothing new. Mountain communities have always pooled what they had. Barn-raisings, harvest help, recipes copied across kitchens, hard work spread between many hands. The Collective is the modern shape of that habit.
No fillers, no shortcuts. Ingredients you can recognize, sourced as locally as the recipe allows.
Made in home kitchens by people who live here, under Tennessee’s Domestic Kitchen rules. Buying from us is buying from a neighbor.
The Collective shares a website and a tradition. Each member runs their own kitchen, and together we keep the old mountain habit of mutual help alive.
Find Us
Most Saturday mornings you can find us at the Highland Park Farmers Market. Stop by, taste what we’re making, and pick up an order without the back-and-forth.
Schedules can shift week to week. For a specific member or product, check their section above for direct contact. All pickup is local to Chattanooga, TN; under Tennessee’s cottage food rules we sell direct in-state and don’t ship.
For collective-level questions, like joining as a new member or press inquiries, reach us at [email protected].