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THE LIVING ROOM was full, the chairs were hard, and the tarts were made from Wonder Bread. But 18 women walked away from The Pampered Chef party smiling.
A change of pace from Tupperware parties and more fun than catalog shopping, such a gathering offers cooks of the house a different way to stock their kitchen cupboards.
And it's not just for those who cook "gourmet."
At a recent Pampered Chef party in Greenfield, Doris Christopher, home economist and founder of the 10-year-old company based in River Forest, Ill., said her line of commercial-quality kitchen utensils was designed instead to make the everyday more interesting.
"A lot of people say they don't cook, but we find they do cook; they just don't do gourmet or fancy meals," she said. "We want to change their experience to one of creativity. Preparation time is the same, but all it takes is a certain cutter to make foods look gorgeous."
That certain cutter might be a garnisher ($6), guaranteed to make the perfect crinkle-cut carrot; or a stainless-steel vegetable peeler ($3.50), which also can be used to curl butter and chocolate.
One of the more popular items in the Pampered Chef line is...