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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Intelligent Tools with Peachy Deegan and Kuhn Rikon: Quick Slice Julienne Mandoline Recommended By Whom You Know. Euro-Style Cooking is so Chez Peachy!

Sometimes you want your slices a certain way and can't get them that way if you are Chef Peachy.  The Chef Peachy column is pretty tiny because Peachy is not in fact a chef.  But she does cook because she eats!  And sometimes her slices don't look as pretty as her makeup.  So, Peachy Deegan found the fabulous Quick Slice Julienne Mandoline by Kuhn Rikon.  They make such intelligent tools for the kitchen.  This mandoline creates perfectly uniform 1/8-inch matchstick slices that are precise and beautiful, and you will not cut your fingers off in the process!  We like this for shoestring potatoes and grating cheese.


The stats:

  • rubber nonslip feet and notch for bowl rims keep tool securely in place whether used on counters or on top of bowls
  • hand guard keeps fingers away from blade
  • dishwasher safe on upper shelf
  • restaurant-style presentations
Your guests will think you are a host or hostess extraordinaire!  And there is no clean up as the cute little container just holds on to your extra slices; the people at Kuhn Rikon are so smart.  We love this one!


Kuhn Rikon is the #1 Swiss brand of cookware and cooks’ tools, marrying Swiss design and American ingenuity to make cooking seriously fun. Kuhn Rikon (koon REE-kon) has been making culinary history for more than 80 years. Headquartered in the Swiss village of Rikon in the beautiful Toss River Valley near Zurich, the company has been owned and run by the Kuhn family for three generations. Kuhn Rikon’s headquarters includes a high-tech factory, cooking museum, herb garden and culinary center, where international chefs and home cooks help test and refine new products.

Kuhn Rikon USA was founded in 1988 to bring Euro-style cooking to the United States. Rudy Keller, President of Kuhn Rikon USA, was an export manager in the company’s headquarters in Rikon before he moved to the United States with his U.S. bride, settling in Northern California, the epicenter of the American food renaissance. After an initial period of cultural adjustment, Rudy began adapting Swiss traditions to his new American life, and a whole new world of exciting products was born.

For more than 20 years, Kuhn Rikon USA has been reinventing the American kitchen with products that make cooking easier, safer and more enjoyable.

The Kuhn Rikon USA Spirit
They believe “fun” is part of functional.  Their products not only get the job done brilliantly, they’re also fun to use. They’re passionate about designing products that make it possible for everyone – even “non-cooks” – to prepare healthy and delicious meals fast and easily.   Truth be told, Peachy is kind of a "non-cook" but she was inspired by her recent excursion to the French Culinary Institute.  Above all, Kuhn Rikon build quality products that last. They work to make the world a better place, both through socially responsible business practices and by encouraging the age-old tradition of gathering around a table for a delicious home-cooked meal. 

Kuhn Rikon USA
46 Digital Drive # 5
Novato, Calif. 94949 
800-662-5882


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