If you get creative, your kitchen shears can easily become one of your most-used cooking tools. Here's how to take advantage of everything they can do.

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Using the shears with red handles, cutting away from you with the handles BELOW the metal, the shears will work correctly only on the RIGHT side of the piece you're cutting.