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Hardware & Housewares Review 2 3 Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Modern Eco-Friendly Products for Greener Everyday Life For almost 30 years, Exaco has distrib- uted high-quality European products to the U.S. market. Exaco emphasizes prod- ucts that complement modern life with innovative, well-designed, eco-friendly items. Efficient Clotheslines for Modern Life The space-saving clotheslines produced by Juwel in Austria make it simple to dry delicates, comforters and all your other laundry naturally. Aircraft-grade alu- minum makes the dryers easily portable but also very strong and durable, while the compact form and versatility make them ideal for small spaces and urban lifestyles. The Twist Portable Folding Dryer provides 45 feet of line, enough for a whole load of laundry. Just load damp laundry onto the Twist, then fold the light- weight Twist in half to transfer the dryer effortlessly to the sunny outdoors or anoth- er drying spot. The Twist collapses com- pletely to hang in any narrow wall space – keeping the lines clean, protected and ready for use. It comes with a two year warranty against manufacturer's defect. Novaplus Rotary Line Dryers make it easy to be earth-friendly and enjoy out- door line-dry freshness. The new Novaplus Evolution Lift shares the great features of all Novaplus dryers: compact, coated stretch-free washlines with line clamps for tautness, an attractive titani- um finish and an amazing automatic retracting cover which keeps the lines clean when not in use. The Evolution Lift also combines an adjustable height with easy one hand auto-opening and line tight- ening system. Novaplus installation is easy with the included ground socket that "screws" into the ground. The strength of the Novaplus is evident in its sturdy standpipe and double box arm profiles. The Novaplus Rotary Dryers come with a five year warranty. Green Products for Kitchen and Garden In addition, Exaco offers innovative kitchen and garden products for the eco- minded consumer. A variety of hand- some kitchen counter and under-the- sink compost collectors make it easy to collect kitchen scraps to compost while also maintaining a fresh and clean kitchen. For urbanites and apartment dwellers, Exaco now proudly offers the colorful Urban Composter – a bokashi- style composting sys- tem that requires no outdoor space or yard scraps. The modern Euro hanging planters are a sleek way to hang plants indoors or out. The new Bridge Planters from Elho allow those with limited space to grow herbs and other plants along their balcony or porch railing. This fabulous new prod- uct comes with a removable frost cover that locks on and is a great way to start seeds in cold weather. Exaco also carries garden items such as coldframe mini greenhouses for seed starting, composters, rain collection tanks and impressive European glass and polycarbonate greenhouses. For more information, visit www.exaco .com or email customerservice@exaco.com. Totally Bamboo Introduces Innovative New Composite Cutting Board Solution Totally Bamboo has long led the way in innovative bamboo solutions for the kitchen. After introducing the world to the bamboo cutting board 18 years ago, the company also launched the first end grain parquet bamboo cutting board and the first three-ply dishwasher-safe bam- boo cutting board. This history of innovation will see its latest iteration with the launch of the Totally Bamboo Eco-Culinaire™ line. This exciting new line is made with Totally Bamboo's proprietary PhylloTech™ composite material: combining organic, sustainable bam- boo with food-safe poly. The resulting material creates a cutting board that is lightweight, incredibly durable and environmentally friendly. "We wanted to create a cutting board that combined the eco-friendly nature and outstanding knife-feel of bamboo with the rugged durability and high temperature resistance of poly," said Kyle Erickson, Director of Marketing at Totally Bamboo. "Our PhylloTech composite succeeded in doing just that! We're proud to say that our new Eco-Culinaire line is just the latest example of how we're 'First in Bamboo.'" The Eco-Culinaire line is launching with eight total prod- ucts: three "Santa Barbara" series cut- ting boards, three "Montecito" series cutting boards, a col- orful 4-mat set and a combo pack bamboo board and mat. As the name suggests, the Eco-Culinaire line is designed with the environment in mind. Totally Bamboo sources Moso bamboo as the species for all of its products. This bamboo species grows incredibly fast, is not a part of the diet of pandas and has an environmentally-gentler cul- tivation method. The PhylloTech com- posite material used in the Eco- Culinaire line combines Moso bamboo with food-safe poly for a material that is BPA and phthalate free. The board is also recycla- ble. Ease of use and cleanup are also major benefits of Eco-Culinaire. The durability of PhylloTech allows the cut- ting boards to be slim yet tough. This thin profile is ideal for easy cleaning in the dishwasher as it can withstand repeated, high-tem- perature washings in either rack while occupying little space. The bamboo fiber incorporated into PhylloTech also pro- vides an extremely satisfying knife-feel with a quiet cut that's easy on cutlery edges. For more information, go to www.totally bamboo.com or call 760.471.6600. A Southern Tradition Emerges By Lorrie Baumann The pimento cheese that's a food tradi- tion spreading across the country from the American South has three essential ingredients: shredded cheese, mayon- naise and pimento peppers, all stirred together to form a satisfyingly flavorful spread for a sandwich or a party appetiz- er. Like a lot of authentic Southern cook- ing, it's a mixture of flavor and afford- ability – goooood on a budget. Not nec- essarily fancy, not usually thought of as "gourmet," but, in the hands of a talented cook, goooood. Red Clay Gourmet aims to elevate the traditional pimento cheese by making it both goooood and gourmet, and Founders Lance and Michele Sawyer are spreading the goodness. Their Gourmet Pimento Cheese is available in five fla- vors that expand the definition of pimen- to cheese with flavors that stretch the tra- ditional boundaries without challenging the spirit of adding zesty flavor to cheese, making it spreadable and keeping it Southern. Their Flame Roasted Jalapeño flavor is an example, although they have four other flavors: Classic Sharp Cheddar, Hickory Smoke Cheddar, Goat Cheese & Sun- Dried Tomato and South Meets East – Sriracha. For the Flame Roasted Jalapeño flavor, they roast the jalapeños in house to smooth out their flavor and then mix them into shredded cheddar and smoked Gouda cheese, which adds just a hint of smokiness with- out heading too far over into chipotle ter- ritory, and just enough mayonnaise to make it spreadable. The jalapeño is thor- oughly blended into the mixture, so that its flavor is consistent through the spread, the cheese is high-quality and the mayonnaise is a product that's custom-made for Red Clay Gourmet to ensure that it's made with cage-free eggs and that it's non-GMO. The Sawyers package their Red Clay Gourmet Pimento Cheese spreads into a 10-ounce square con- tainer and a 5-pound foodservice con- tainer as well as a new single-serve snack package that includes 1.25 ounce of cheese spread plus crackers. They're pro- ducing it themselves in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and they're both actively involved in the day-to-day production. New Work Sharp Culinary E3 Electric Kitchen Knife Sharpener The E3 electric kitchen knife sharpener from Work Sharp Culinary ® provides the home chef with easy, gentle sharp- ening using a professional grade sharp- ening belt engineered specifically to sharpen all types of steel without removing excessive material. The two- speed electric sharpener sharpens and refines edges to add a razor-sharp finish to kitchen cutlery. It has built-in precision sharpening guides that eliminate guesswork, pro- ducing a 17-degree edge that's a bal- ance of the precise cutting ability of eastern knives and strength and durabil- ity of western knives. The guides are lined with genuine leather to protect the face of the knife so it continues to look as good after its sharpened as it will perform. The E3 comes with one sharpening belt installed and ready for use, with two additional belts stored inside the unit. The sharpener also comes pack- aged with an 8-inch ceramic honing rod that delivers a fresh cutting edge in less than a minute, ensuring that consumers can enjoy each meal with an effective cutting edge on their knife. The unit retails for $149.99 and comes with a 90-day trial guarantee that includes free returned shipping and a 3-year war- ranty. For more informa- tion visit www.work- sharpculinary.com. Work Sharp Culinary is a division of Darex brands, a fourth- generation family business in Ashland, Oregon.