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BY ANA VENNE With more and more people spending time in their kitchens, along with the continued popularity of sites like Pinterest that make it easy to keep track of and share interesting recipes or projects, companies are releasing more and more bakeware options. The diversity of bakeware products offered, such as stone, glass or silicone, gives consumers more of a choice when it comes to how they bake. Sasa Demarle, which sells Silpat® silicone bakeware, w w w . k i t c h e n w a r e n e w s . c o m Swiss Knife Shop: Cutting Through to Quality Continued on Page 10 SPECIAL FEATURE: BAKEWARE SEE PAGE 9-12 SPECIAL FEATURE: MADE IN AMERICA SEE PAGE 13-16 Continued on Page 21 Continued on Page 7 MARKETWATCH: TEXTILES 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 offers a convenient option to home bakers. "Time-pressed consumers who love to bake are in need of products that save time and make baking easy and convenient. This includes products that streamline baking, cut down on cooking tools, and are easy to clean," said Lisa Meyer, Vice President of Sasa Demarle. "Silpat baking mats are popular at retail because they tie into these trends. They eliminate the need to grease pans or use parchment paper, and they reduce the use of oil or butter, making BY LORRIE BAUMANN It's official: the lunchbox can't afford to retire either. Even as federal unemployment statistics remain high, more and more lunches are going to work every morning, chauffered or carried by adults who are likely to be as interested in eating more nutritious meals as well as in saving the cost of a restaurant meal. According to some reports, as many as 60 percent of adults are now taking their lunches to work at Bakeware Options More Varied Than Ever least occasionally. And of course, if mom or dad is taking lunch to work, their children are likely to be taking along their own lunches to school. Even if you judge only by what that vast community of communicators about all things important to women, the mommy bloggers, are saying online, you can tell that their choices in take-along food storage systems are not perfunctory. No BY LORRIE BAUMANN The Swiss Knife Shop has its home on the Internet. In business for more than 10 years, the shop started as an online retailer for Victorinox Swiss Army Knives. "We have an extremely strong following for Victorinox professional kitchen cutlery, which is made in Switzerland. It is very high quality, sells at very low prices and gets great reviews when held up against the famous forged knife lines," says Marketing Manager Heather Elmer. Lunch Take-alongs for Work or School Appeal to Children, Teens and Adults "We're one of the largest retailers of Swiss Army in the country." While the Victorinox Swiss Army Knives are still the shop's biggest sellers, Swiss Knife Shop has expanded its product line to include kitchen cutlery. "The kitchen side of things is going very well," Elmer says. "We started with Wüsthof, which is such a great brand and has always been very strong for us. It's been a nice extension V O L U M E 1 9 , N U M B E R 6 J U N E 2 0 1 3 GENERAL NEWS .............................2 PRODUCT REVIEW: WESTON .........8 BUYERS GUIDE .............................17 ON-THE-GO FOOD STORAGE .....21