by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Chocolate Noise: In 2003, Jael Rattigan was standing in her kitchen, making a recipe from Alice Medrich’s cookbook Bittersweet, when she felt a strange tingling in her hands. “I looked at them and saw they were covered in chocolate,” she remembered. “And I said...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Souvenirs, Gifts & Novelties (SGN) magazine: In the quaint New Hampshire village of North Conway, The Penguin Gallery has been offering unique gifts in the community for over 50 years. “We’re that destination of: If you don’t know what you want to get...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Local First (CO): Farm to Fingers is a full-service catering company that works with local farmers and small businesses to integrate their ethically produced goods into grazing boards and catered meals. The company began as a small operation, primarily making...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Business NH Magazine: Modern grocery stores may have rows of checkout lines and massive aisles half the length of a football field chock full of products, but Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene has created a welcoming place that makes sure no matter a person’s...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
Please & Thank You Cookie Shop, based in Louisville, KY, received last year’s US Today Readers Choice Award for Best Cookies in America. Brooke Vaughn owns this bakery/record shop. “I wanted it to feel like your living room,” Vaughn said....
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Alaska Journal of Commerce: If you live in Anchorage, you know the bakery is “line around the corner” popular. Sure, part of it is because of their delicious baked goods and cozy, welcoming spaces, but it’s also due to their investment in community, from jazz...