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KNIFE SHARPENING

    We teach people how to keep their knives sharp every day (watch this demo), and we have an overnight sharpening service for when they've gotten just too dull. Also: blade repairs and re-shaping.
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I've been researching unusual seasonal foods and came across this post from Mark Busse at foodists.ca on the proper preparation of stinging nettles and fiddleheads. Mark says fiddleheads are immature ostrich ferms...but is that really the only type of edible fiddlehead fern? What about all the fiddleheads I'm seeing out in the suburban woods these days? Hmmm more research is required. All I know is that I want to eat some! Click thru to Mark's post and get the full details.
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Taking the Sting Out of Nettles and Fuss Out of Fiddleheads

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As a cook I love the green that makes its way back onto my plate with the arrival of spring. But aside from expected seasonal fare like asparagus and spinach, I like to use some more unusual ingredients like stinging nettles and fiddleheads—neither of which most of my dinner guests have tried before, which is always fun. But be warned, both of these ingredients take some care and getting used to.

What other unusual seasonal ingredients have you tried out? Do share with a comment below!

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    Hi. I'm Owen Mack. My father opened KitchenArts in 1980, the offshoot of an importing business his father started in 1930; you could say I've got kitchenware in my blood.

    KitchenArts is a hardware store for cooks--a shop that is serious about carrying items that get the job done. We're not into trendy colors, trendy designs, or kitchen fads. We don't carry tea cozies, we don't carry tablecloths.

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