By Lance Haver

Over the course of your life­time, you will prob­ably cook some­where around 18,000 meals — and that's even if you eat out once or twice a week. Wouldn't it be worth your time to find a way to en­joy cook­ing? Wouldn't find­ing the right knife, pan or kit­chen gad­get make it easi­er for you to en­joy what you're go­ing to be do­ing for a good part of your life any­way?

If the an­swer is yes, it's worth a trip to Fante's Kit­chen Shop (1006 S. Ninth St.) in the his­tor­ic 9th Street Itali­an Mar­ket. You'll pass through the same aisles that famed chefs Ju­lia Child and Emer­il La­gasse once walked while gaz­ing upon al­most everything you could ever want to pre­pare a great meal.

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