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New resources and trends in sustainable home and lifestyle products, production and business practices will be featured through the SustainAbility: design for a better world® initiative at the summer 2013 edition of NY NOW®, the Market for Home & Lifestyle (formerly NYIGF®), August 17-21, 2013, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. Now in its sixth year, this industry-leading activity includes a juried product display, eco- friendly product design awards, and educational sessions addressing sustainable w w w . k i t c h e n w a r e n e w s . c o m Granada Gourmet is the Life of the Party Continued on Page 23 SPECIAL FEATURE: SERVEWARE SEE PAGE 11-14 SPECIAL FEATURE: DIGITAL DEVICES SEE PAGE 15-17 Continued on Page 18 Continued on Page 9 BUYERS GUIDE: GLASSWARE SEE PAGE 19-20 H o u s e w a r e s R e v i e w KITCHENWARE NEWS S E R V I N G K I T C H E N W A R E, H O U S E W A R E S A N D T A B L E T O P M A R K E T S and socially-responsible business practices. The summer 2013 SustainAbility display will feature some 120 products from 70 NY NOW exhibitors, each carefully- selected for participation based on criteria including the use of eco-friendly products and production processes, as well as socially responsible, philanthropic or fair-trade oriented business practices. The display also will showcase sustainable materials and production processes from a selection BY LUCAS WITMAN Whether it be a basket of artisan baked goods for a coworker's birthday, a towering selection of confections for one's Valentine's Day sweetheart or a carefully curated box of gourmet salts and seasonings for the foodie friend this Christmas, those seeking out gourmet food gifts and gift baskets are no longer satisfied with giving the age-old cellophane wrapped wicker container of apples and oranges. Today, a company hoping to successfully market itself as an ideal place to look for food gifts must prove that it is NY NOW Goes "Green" with its "Sustainability" Project on trend and that its products are fresh, artisanal, hand-made, custom and luxurious. In short, the perfect food gift is something special. "Consumers buy gift baskets according to theme names that suggest the receiver will get more than just a regular basket for a birthday or engagement party, and that's why today's designers feed consumer demand by attaching glamorous names to each creation," BY LORRIE BAUMANN In Granada Gourmet, proprietor Patti Surguine has created a haven in Ormond Beach, F la. for folks who believe that home is a place to prepare food and share it with friends. "My husband calls it a cook's hobby shop," said the woman who was a teacher and an event planner before she bought the business. "My husband was an Air Force pilot," she says. "It was my job to help the general's wife with all kinds of soirees. I love it when people can come to me and find everything they need Successful Gourmet Gifts Companies Set Themselves Apart from the Pack at my store." When Surguine bought Granada Gourmet in 2000, the business was located in a 1,200 sq. ft. storefront. She promptly moved it into a 3,000 sq. ft. space in the same shopping center near the ocean. "We just wanted to do too many things. A neighbor went out of business, and I took over that space…Now we can do the mix of things that I love." V O L U M E 1 9 , N U M B E R 7 J U LY 2 0 1 3 RETAILER PROFILE ...........................9 PRODUCT REVIEW: LS ARTS .........10 GLASSWARE .................................19 GIFTWARE ....................................18