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When customers walk through the front door of ZEST!, a culinary adventure awaits them, according to owner Sharon Landis. The gourmet kitchen shop owner has cultivated a blend of local and global products, useful kitchen tools, and unique gift items at ZEST!’s location on Main Street, downtown Lititz. “Our customers frequently say, ‘You carry things I’ve never seen before,’” Landis explains. “I have a lot of fun finding those things.”
Landis, with a culinary degree to her credit and prior experience working for a national kitchenware retailer, says some of those “superior finds” include Peugeot salt and pepper grinders from France, Swiss Diamond Cookware from Switzerland, Shun Knives of Japan, popular American culinary items by Oxo and Zyliss, plus Tervis Tumblers from Florida, April Cornell Linens from Vermont plus 75 herbs and spices.
Mason Cash, an iconic British company offering unique mixing bowls and ceramics, is featured at ZEST! “They are absolutely beautiful,” Landis says. “The company has been around since the 1800s, and I’ve seen some of their bowls featured on Downton Abbey.”
ZEST! also carries a wide assortment of local food products including Got Jerk sauces made locally by a Jamaican chef, Aunt Mary’s Italian Pasta Sauce, and Blind Spot Nut Butters from York. Cutting boards, rolling pins and other wood products, handmade by retired men at Brethren Village and Luther Acres, are one-of-a-kind local items.
Culinary classes are regularly offered and listed on the website. In addition, adventures such as Stirring Sicily!—a hands-on cooking experience in Italy—provides guests with the opportunity to learn valuable techniques while enjoying the culture and sites of the Island of the Sun.
“It’s fun to visit ZEST! because you can use these products—it’s not just another thing to sit around your home,” Landis explains. And she likes to send customers out the door with a greeting similar to her welcoming. “I always tell people they’re going to have a culinary adventure enjoying their new treasures.”
Zest | 30 East Main Street | Lititz, PA 17543
www.zestchef.com | 717-626-6002
