Green City Market Cookbook
Green City Market Cookbook, a collection of recipes from the customers and vendors of Lincoln Park’s farmers’ market ($24.99, Barnes & Noble, 1130 N. State St.).

Photos: Anna Knott

 

Reasons to Love Type pencils
Reasons to Love Type pencils by A. Favorite Design in Ravenswood ($9.50 for set of nine, Greer, 1657 N. Wells St.).

 

Big City Suds soaps
Big City Suds soaps made in Lincoln Square ($6.75 each, Neighborly, 2003 W. Montrose Ave.).

 

Beechwood and stainless steel pocket knife
Beechwood and stainless steel pocket knife designed in Logan Square by Field ($22, field-online.com).

 

‘Ecstatic Cahoots’ by Stuart Dybek
Ecstatic Cahoots, an anthology of short fiction by Chicagoan of the Year honoree Stuart Dybek ($24, The Book Cellar, 4736–38 N. Lincoln Ave.).

 

Smoked cinnamon sugar toffee
Smoked cinnamon sugar toffee produced in Logan Square ($15 for quarter-pound box, Vosges Haut-Chocolat, 520 N. Michigan Ave.).

 

Dry gin from Koval
Dry gin from Koval in Ravenswood ($15 for 200-milliliter bottle, koval-distillery.com).

 

Lip lacquer in Cherry Bomb
Lip lacquer in Cherry Bomb by West Loop–based Cate McNabb ($16, catemcnabbcosmetics.com).

 

Pure organic honey by Wildfire
Pure organic honey by Wildfire in Schaumburg ($12.95 for a 20-ounce bottle, Standard Market, 1508 Aurora Ave., Naperville, wildfirehoney.com).

 

Chambers Album by Spektral Quartet from Edgewater and Rogers Park ($20, spektralquartet.com)

 

Plush toy handmade by Shawnimals in West Town ($20, shawnimals.com)

 

Spice rubs and the sautés created in the West Loop by chef Stephanie Izard (rub, $6; sauté, $9.95; Little Goat Bread, 820 W. Randolph St.)

 

IAmJHud CD by Englewood native Jennifer Hudson ($12.99, Target, 1 S. State St.)

 

Chocolate truffles made in Palmer Square ($10 to $60 depending on quantity, Katherine Anne Confections, 2745 W. Armitage Ave.)