Use kitchen scissors to cut foods quickly.

"They're not just herb clippers! Trim asparagus ends or artichokes’' pointy tips pre-steaming, cut up pizza (raw and vegan, for me!), dehydrated crackers, or kale for an easy-to-chew salad." —Laura Miller of Tastemade's "Raw.Vegan. Not Gross."

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Use a bent fork to pit cherries.

"It might be fairly unconventional, but it's effective: For a makeshift cherry pit remover, take a four-prong fork with the two outer prongs bent. It'll make pitting a breeze!" —Chef Dominique Ansel of New York's Dominique Ansel's Bakery

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