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THE KNIFE RACK 1 8 KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW n JUNE 2016 n www.kitchenwarenews.com The Knife Rack Lifetime Brands Expands Savora Brand Lifetime Brands, Inc. exhibited a major expansion of its Savora® brand at the International Home + Housewares Show under the leadership of Lifetime Brands, Inc. Group President Bob Varakian. The Savora expansion is focusing on four key product categories: kitchen tools and gadgets, bowls, bar tools and accessories, and cutlery and cutting boards, with opportunities to expand the brand into additional categories in the future. Building up collection of tools and gadgets, the Savora kitchen tools and gadgets assortment now includes a variety of carded kitchen items at key price points, including tongs, a can opener, and ice cream scoop, a peeler, a garlic press and more, retailing from $6.00 to $25.00. The Savora kitchen tools and gadgets offering has also expanded to include a nylon tool line, a wood tool line, and a stainless steel tool line with items within each line priced at $6.00, $10.00 and $13.00, respectively. Savora is launching a wide variety of bowls to the collection, providing a variety of options for entertaining and everyday cooking. The bowl grouping, available in a mixture of styles and materials including porcelain, wood, and metal, includes salad bowls, fruit bowls, rice bowls, pasta and cereal bowls, bowl sets, and serving bowls. Prices range from $20.00 to $120.00. The Savora wine collection has developed into a full barware program, which includes stylish and functional items for entertaining. Designed for aspiring mixologists and Microplane Introduces the Master Series Microplane® expands its collection of premium graters with the introduction of the Master Series, a new collection of elegantly designed hand-held graters crafted in walnut and stainless steel. The new Master Series -- including four paddle-shaped and a rasp-style zester – features Microplane's most popular blade styles: Fine (model 43204 and model 43220), Ribbon (model 43202), Coarse (model 43200), and Extra Coarse (model 43208). Available at retailers nationwide in October, the four paddle shaped Master Graters are priced at $29.95 each suggested retail. The rasp-style Master Zester is $26.95 suggested retail. Reflecting Microplane's iconic heritage as a woodworking tool, and today's on-trend artisanal, craftsman styling, Master Series offers the best in contemporary design, durability and flawless performance. Master graters are expertly engineered with Microplane's original stainless steel, made in the USA etched blades, and securely framed in sturdy, heavy-duty stainless steel. The exceptionally beautiful, oiled walnut handles sourced from the U.S. are comfortable to hold, and add a distinctively warm and chic design to kitchen decors. Four Master Graters – Fine, Ribbon, Coarse and Extra Coarse – have a convenient paddle shape design to efficiently maximize the blade's cutting surface. Additional the new series includes the Master Zester, which sports a longer and narrower Fine blade for cooks who prefer to create citrus zest using a rasp. All of the graters in the Master Series have a modern, low profile that provides ideal weight and balance, as well as space-saving advantages when storing in kitchen drawers. The graters also feature a wide non-slip bottom for stability when positioning the tool vertically on cutting boards, plates and bowls, and a reusable, protective cover for safe storage when not in use. A half-moon shaped stainless steel loop at the end of the handle also allows cooks to hang the graters on a kitchen wall or rack. The paddle-shaped Master Fine Grater and rasp-style Master Zester are the optimum choices for creating flavorful zest f rom oranges, lemons and limes without any of the bitter white pith just under the fruit's peel. Featuring hundreds of tiny, razor-sharp teeth to effortlessly cut ingredients without tearing and shredding, the Fine blade is also stellar at grating aromatics – such as shallots, onions, garlic and ginger – into a fine paste for gourmet cooking results, as well as transforming Parmesan and other hard cheeses into fluffy mounds for garnishing pasta and other savory dishes. The Master Ribbon Grater, which conveniently grates in both directions, is the ideal tool for grating chocolate, apple, soft and hard cheeses, and a myriad of vegetables, such as carrots, onion, cabbage and zucchini. The Ribbon blade creates elegant, thin strips that add interesting texture to garnishes, salads, and other dishes. The Master Coarse Grater creates larger texture grating of all types of hard cheese, carrots, coconut, and numerous other ingredients for savory and sweet dishes. Highly versatile for everyday cooking and entertaining, the Coarse blade is ideal for preparing hot and cold dishes, from hearty casseroles and soups, to refreshing salads and ceviche. The Master Extra Coarse Grater is effective at making slaw from cabbage, and quickly grating root vegetables like potatoes, onions and carrots for f ritters, omelets, meatloaf, casseroles, and more. The Extra Coarse blade is also perfect for grating cold butter for pastry, and easily grating fresh coconut to garnish cupcakes and other treats. Master Series Graters should be hand washed without soaking. To maintain the wood handle's beautiful design, use mineral oil or other NSF approved wood condition. For more information on the Master Series and other premium quality kitchen tools from Microplane, consumers are welcomed to visit the company's Web site: www.microplane.com, or call toll-f ree 800.555.2767. KN Knife Glider Takes the "Ouch" Out of Food Preparation Cuts in the kitchen are a common occurrence. Even professional butchers, some of the world's most experienced knife handlers, use chain-mail gloves to protect their hands from injury that can range from painful and inconvenient to crippling. Home cooks probably don't have access to professional butchers' gloves, but now there's The Knife Glider, an easy-to-use plastic shield that protects hands and makes slicing and chopping fast, easy, and, most important, safe. The Knife Glider f rom Brilliant Inventors LLC fits any size knife, from the smallest paring knife to a full-size butcher's blade. The tough plastic is BPA-free and dishwasher safe. It's completely transparent, so it's easy to see what you're doing, and convenient attachments make it the ideal holder for peeling vegetables or slicing hot meats. "It all started when my wife Jennifer, who is an experienced cook, had to go to the hospital for stitches after a kitchen entertaining enthusiasts, the Savora bar collection now includes wine openers and accessories, an ice bucket, coasters, wine racks, wine chillers, a serving tray and more. These barware items, including a newly introduced corkscrew set, range in price from $10.00 to $100.00. Savora is building on its existing cutlery collection with the addition of a hollow handled cutlery line. Made with high-quality Japanese steel, the knives will be available open stock and will be included in two new cutlery block sets. The wood blocks feature metal accents that tie back to the stainless steel cutlery. Prices range from $15.00 for an open stock paring knife to $180.00 for a 14-piece cutlery block set. In addition to cutlery, Savora is adding eight new cutting boards in materials such as acacia, bamboo, polypropylene and maple. These boards range in size from eight by 10 inch size, with a suggested retail price of $20.00, to 14 by 20 inch size, which carries a suggested retail price of $60.00. New entertaining items have also been added, including two acacia cheese board and knife sets, retailing for $60.00 and $100.00, as well as an acacia bar board and knife set for $50.00. "Savora covers numerous product categories, and the products are designed to utilize a variety of mixed materials," said Varakian. "We are committed to providing outstanding design and superior value, with products positioned for the mid to upper retail channels and price points. We are truly excited about the opportunity to deliver on this promise for this outstanding brand." To see the current Savora collection, visit www.savorastyle.com. KN accident," says Brilliant Inventors President Sam Shipp. "After that experience, Jennifer and I developed a product that's safe and easy to use with either hand, snaps together to keep attachments from getting lost, and folds to fit easily in the knife drawer. It feels very natural in your hand, and the best part has been the reaction from consumers. People take one look and see how much safer cutting can be, and they want one for themselves, for their husbands and wives, for their parents, and for their kids." The Knife Glider was created with extensive input from prospective users and funded through a campaign on the crowd- funding site Indiegogo. The Knife Glider has won two business plan competitions, and Brilliant Inventors was named innovative company of the year by the Small Business Administration of South Texas for 2015. The Knife Glider Kit, complete with attachments, retails for $19.95. For further information, visit www.knifeglider.com. KN

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