Renee Enna

Hello, there, friend! Have you, or a loved one, ever bought a Veg-O-Matic? How about a Pocket Fisherman? And what kitchen could live without the unbelievably practical Jar and Bottle...

Lettuce extract is part of the marvelously floral fragrance in this bar of lettuce soap from Sabonette in Portugal. We weren't aware that lettuce actually had a fragrance (and wouldn't...

- Sur La Table opens its third area store at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lincoln Park Center, 755 W. North Ave., 312-787-5111. The shop will carry more than 12,000 cookware...

Want to support sustainably raised food when you're out on the town or on vacation? Chef's Collaborative has just released its 2004 Restaurant Guide, a wallet-sized listing of 160 participating...

Foodstuffs stores on the North Shore have added seating for 12 in each of their locations in Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview and Lake Forest. Foodstuffs also has a fifth location that...

It's one thing to toast your sweetheart with a glass of sparkly. But Moet & Chandon Champagne takes the ritual to a new outdoorsy level with its insulated Mini-Belt, which...

For dogs who own their owners, "Throw Me a Bone" (Simon & Schuster, $19.95) is barking up the right tree. This canine cookbook, penned by Welsh springer spaniel Cooper Gillespie,...

Motown legend Smokey Robinson comes to town to sing the praises of his new product, "Smokey Robinson's The Soul is in the Bowl" (a food line that offers gumbo, red...

Seventh- and eighth-graders with a culinary bent can win partial scholarships to Johnson & Wales University culinary school in Rhode Island, as well as other prizes, in the Healthy Heritage...

An Illinoisan who made Saveur magazine's annual list of 100 favorites may surprise you: Sen. Dick Durbin earned the title "Food's Best Friend in the Senate." Not for his cooking,...