TIP OF THE DAY: Kitchen Shears

Watching a professional chef wield a knife is impressive: in a whoosh, everything is chopped, neatly and evenly. Whole chickens are cut apart effortlessly and chives are cut into impossibly small pieces. If you’re not a knife wizard, consider a pair of kitchen shears. They make our tasks go quickly and don’t remind us that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Baking With Parchment Paper

If you have trouble removing cakes from pans, no matter how much butter and flour you use to grease them, try the parchment paper technique. Parchment paper, also called baking parchment or baking paper, is a grease-resistant, moisture-resistant, heavy duty kitchen paper. It is available in rolls, rounds and sheets. You can find parchment paper…
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PRODUCT: New Water Bottle Options

3M’s Filtrete Water Station filters tap waterinto four bottles at once. Photo courtesy3M.   Drinking bottled water may seem like a healthy habit, but consider this: Four out of five water bottles end up in landfills. That adds up to more than 2 million tons of water bottles in landfills every year. According to All-Recycling-Facts.com,…
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