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News ..............................................3 Ad Index .......................................22 www.kitchenwarenews.com BY MICAH CHEEK When Tom Ashenbrener was planning to leave the hardware business and jump into the kitchen, he wanted to have a store where he could throw a party for the whole community. "The manager and I said, 'We're not much of a hardware store, and I'm sick of fixing snowmobiles when they break,'" says Ashenbrener. "We never closed; we gutted the building and just recreated ourselves from Price Hardware to Engaging Events in A Cook's Paradise Continued on PAGE 9 Continued on PAGE 6 Continued on PAGE 16 Continued on PAGE 8 Rudy's." Since the shift in 2002, Rudy's - A Cook's Paradise has had success as a kitchenware store that hosts a wide variety of large events for the Twin falls area. Every year, the community comes together at Rudy's for the yearly making of Lefse, a Norwegian flatbread. The idea was brought to Tom by a neighboring business and quickly took off. "We'll get a couple hundred people who want to see what Lefse is, and we put out the jams and jellies, and the kids love it. You get all this theater, it's part of that sense of place. You tell your relatives, 'we're going to the Lefse Fest,'" says Ashenbrener. Tourists and locals alike show up to participate in making dough, rolling it out and watching the Lefse get baked on a griddle right inside the store as BY MICAH CHEEK The Millennial generation is settling down, making homes for themselves and starting their families, and that means setting up a kitchen that is usable for the whole family in a smaller living space. More parents want to teach their kids about food, and more kids are learning the importance of cooking skills through media. "Food TV has really fostered that with kids, it's been a really good thing. I've learned recently around here that a lot of the independent schools are teaching kids f rom a young age about quality foods," says Martie Sullivan, Owner of Sweet A World of Creativity in Store at Las Vegas Market this Winter Basil Gourmetware and Cooking School in Scottsdale, Arizona. "Their preferences are for healthy things, because that 's what they learn about in school." Mike Marchewka, National Sales Director of Curious Chef, adds,"Getting kids involved in the kitchen is so much broader than teaching them how to cook. The more common touch points you have with a kid growing up, it makes it easier to get it through the tough times…. Cooking is one of those things that can make child rearing so much easier. It 's a great shared touch point." Marchewka says that the trend of getting kids involved in cooking has been growing over the last three to five years, and a big motivator is giving children time away f rom electronics. " W hat better place than a kitchen, f rom a social standpoint? Entertainment is based around food," says Marchewka. "Also, it's an area where kids are eager to learn. The more they learn about BY GREG GONZALES According to English author Neil Gaiman, 90 percent of making decent tea is boiling water. The final ten percent, he writes, is what tea drinkers hold sacred, yet where they differentiate — the milk, when to add milk, whether to add sugar, whether to use loose leaf or teabags. "And to all that," he says, "De Gustibus." That is, there is no disputing among tastes. Tea gives consumers a beverage they can tailor to their own preferences, to the tiniest details, so they can brew their ideal tea at home. A variety of brewing methods, consumer education, tea blends and steeping tools give tea drinkers what they need to make the perfect cup. Because of this accessibility, the U.S. tea industry continues to grow. " Tea is ver y much all about your personal preference," said Jessica Kochik, Chief Marketing Officer at The Tea Spot. "A lot of people are concerned if they're doing it right when they're first getting into tea." To give consumers somewhere solid to start, The Tea Spot provides printed and online steeping guides for each different tea. For each tea, there's an optimal steep time, amount of leaf and ideal temperature. However, different lifestyles require different tools, often depending on morning routine. "For the American lifestyle, having convenient and on-the- go ways to make tea is going to be what makes it possible for people to bring it into their daily ritual instead of this tea house experience set on a pedestal," GENERAL NEWS n Wandering The Human Zoo 7 SMALL ELECTRICS n Novis Vita Juicer 20 THE PANTRY n Tea Industry Growth 14 PRODUCT REVIEW n Flame-Friendly Ceramic Bacon Bowl 13 THE KNIFE RACK n Premier Evlite Ceramic Cutlery 21 BUYER'S GUIDE n Brilliance From Rubbermaid 19 TRADESHOW CALENDAR n Upcoming Shows 22 H o u s e w a r e s R e v i e w KITCHENWARE NEWS Tea Tools Let Enthusiasts Take Tea House Experiences Home Equipping the Family Kitchen Dorothy Belshaw, President Gift+Home Décor, International Market Centers, has been working overtime since she joined the organization upon her departure f rom the company that produced the NY NOW trade show to improve the selection of gourmet housewares and giftware that 's offered in the Las Vegas Market 's showrooms. Over the last year or so, we've seen those efforts come to f ruition with expansive displays in the temporary booths in the Pavilions, a collection of exhibit spaces across the courtyard f rom the three main buildings that house the Market 's permanent showrooms as well as Building C, the permanent home of many gourmet housewares, tabletop and giftware collections. For this year's Winter Market, scheduled for January 22-26, we can expect an early look at an impressive array of hot new products and the chance to see them in a city that offers warm winter weather as well as an entertainment bonanza and relatively affordable hotel rates. Frieling will be showing its VOLUME 23, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 2017 n $7.00 THE PANTRY: THE TEA SPOT SEE PAGE 14 GADGET OF THE MONTH: KIQ WHISK & SPLAT SEE PAGE 22 SMALL ELECTRICS: ANOVA SEE PAGE 20

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