Chicago - October 02, 2009

Hey, Good Cookin'

Tartella Kitchen Accessories

Your kitchen etiquette is on par with Kanye: ruthless with a pinch of trashy.

Get your game back with too-cute Tartella culinary accessories.

Evanston-based Andrea Daugherty named her tiny company for her love of cooking (she comes from a family of bakers) and her kitty (Ella). With a graphic design certificate, paper and textile classes at Lillstreet, and help from her little sis, she creates classic, homey designs.

Daugherty screen-prints charming illustrations (berries, peapods, cakes) onto all sorts of kitchen doodads: letterpress cookbook marks with metric conversions, sweet pea and sweet cakes tea towels, organic wine bags covered with corks and brocade, and recipe cards with heartfelt instructions (bake. eat. live. love. repeat.).

Trust us.

Tartella’s better than the West.

Available at Renegade Handmade, 1924 West Division Street, at Winchester Avenue (773-227-2707 or renegadehandmade.com); online at tartella.com.

Photo: Courtesy of Tartella