Kitchen Requirements

5. Scissors unlock flavor, provide good medicine and help the environment. Use them to snip fresh parsley, slice fresh basil, trim excess fat off uncooked bacon and open paper seals on bottles and jars.

They can also open plastic pill-holding bubbles, cut the tops off resealable bags and rip open the holes in those plastic six-pack holders, just in case they end up in a landfill instead of the recyclers’ vats.