When Anne Casey’s husband got laid off last year, she decided—with friends’ encouragement—to make her famous granola in a commercial kitchen and sell it at the farmer’s market. The all-natural, whole-grain snack, which comes in orange-almond-cashew and orange-almond-cashew-coconut flavors, has been selling out and sustaining her family financially. Annie’s Edibles, $8 at Grand Food […]
If every family wrapped three gifts in reusable materials, enough wrapping paper to cover 45,000 football fields could be saved. That’s why Adrienne Johns of Lake Forest started EcoWrap, a Lake Bluff-based company that makes beautiful, reusable fabric gift packages. “They become part of a family’s tradition,” Johns says. “The eco-benefits endure, as do the […]
Jennifer Koutouras was fed up with digging through her bag after a workout. So she teamed up with Kendra Cunningham, her Kenilworth neighbor, to invent a three-shelved bag that will hang or stand in a gym locker, storing shoes, cosmetics and wet clothes. Better yet, five percent of the annual profits go to Girls in […]
My Best Friend’s Closet, a new consignment shop in Highland Park, has thrown open the doors to closets around the North Shore and plucked out the most current, trendy pieces, including Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Manolo Blahniks and Frye boots. Prices for the almost-new fashion—almost nothing older than two years—are usually about a third to half […]
Who needs an interior designer when you can just shop from a designer’s collection? Cindy Galvin, a designer on the North Shore for more than 20 years, has stocked her new store, Maze Home in downtown Winnetka, with all of her favorite furnishings, including one-of-a-kind finds from Paris flea markets, Oriental rugs and her […]
The best neighborhood bakeries make desserts and cookies so good they transport you—to your childhood or to the fabulous week you spent in Rome.
