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FROM THE EDITOR KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW n JUNE 2018 n www.kitchenwarenews.com Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ and additional mailing office. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review (USPS012-625) is published 12 times per year (Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec.) by Oser Communications Group, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ, 85715 520.721.1300. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material or prices quoted in newspaper. Contributors are responsible for proper release of proprietary classified information. ©2018 by Oser Communications Group. All rightsreserved Reproduction, in whole or in part, without written permission of the publisher, is expressly prohibited. Back issues, when available, cost $8 each within the past 12 months. Back issue orders must be paid in advance by check. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is distributed without charge in North America to qualified professionals in the retail and distribution channels of the upscale kitchenware and tabletop trade. For subscriber services, including subscription information, call 520.721.1300. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kitchenware News & Housewares Review, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715. PUBLISHER Kimberly Oser SR. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton-Card jules_d@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com SR. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Robin Mather robin_m@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com ART DIRECTOR Yasmine Brown GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jonathan Schieffer CUSTOMER SERVICE Caitlyn McGrath MANAGERS caitlyn_m@oser.com Susan Stein susan_s@oser.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is a publication of Oser Communications Group Inc. 1877 N. Kolb Road • Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300 www.kitchenwarenews.com www.oser.com FOUNDER Lee M. Oser OSER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP editor from the Greetings: As we go to print with the June issues of Gourmet News, Kitchenware News and Snacking News, as well as other assorted publications for the trade, the editorial staff here at Oser Communications Group is looking forward to a busy summer of trade shows and conferences that will nourish both our souls and our magazines for the coming months. Many of you have been kind enough to extend invitations to visit you here or there at various trade shows, but while we plan to put lots of miles on our footwear at convention centers across the country, please keep in mind that a trade show isn't the only time – and sometimes it's not even the best time – to reach out to us with your comments, tips and questions. The best way to reach us is by emailing editor@oser.com, which reaches everyone on our editorial staff. That means that if you want to alert us to a new product, shoot us a "Say, what?" about something we've written, or bring our attention to an issue you think demands our attention, your email will reach all of us, so you can get a response from the person who's best equipped to follow up on it. Please do – we get some of our best story ideas this way. Meanwhile, in this issue of Kitchenware News, please take the time to read about the Charlie Cart Project, or if you're a Gourmet News reader, head over to www.KitchenwareNews.com and read the story there. The Charlie Cart Project comes from a woman who spent years working with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse and her Edible Schoolyard Project, which envisions gardens and kitchens as the ultimate rebuttal to that old saw that, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." Indeed, while the lunch you get if you grow and cook it yourself is not entirely free, the sweat equity that goes into it is more than repaid by better health, better food and overall greater well-being. Multiple scientific studies have found that gardening benefits mental and emotional health, with positive outcomes for those suffering f rom depression, Alzheimer's Disease and even schizophrenia. Gardening is a mindful activity that shuts out intrusive thoughts and gets us out in the sunshine, which is thought to increase brain levels of serotonin, enhancing mood and keeping the gardener calm and focused – until she discovers that California quail like kale even more than she does or that goldfinches are just as eager to strip the leaves off her marigolds as they are to binge on the expensive bird seed in the nearby feeders. But never mind that – there's also the joy of picking a sun-warmed squash out of the garden and slicing it directly into a saute pan and the thrill of seeing the jars of dehydrated this and that stacked up in the pantry against a dark and blizzard-wracked Arizona winter. It could happen. Really. And in case it does, you really can't have too many bread and butter pickles on the shelf. Youngsters should learn all this, and the Charlie Cart Project is giving more of them the means of doing that. It's worth knowing about. Until we see you again while we're out and about this summer, take care and be well! KN Lorrie Baumann, Editorial Director 4 KITCHENWARE NEWS & Housewares Review