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Press Release: Diva de Provence Makes Cooking Accessible to the Visually Impaired
Press Release 2007-02-02
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Nikki Harmon
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Diva de Provence Makes Cooking Accessible to the Visually Impaired

TORONTO (January 2007) – The need for safer cooking methods for the disabled and visually impaired is critical. The fact that every seven minutes someone in America will become blind or visually impaired is further evidence of this need. To provide the potential for a safer cooking experience for the nearly 10 million blind or visually impaired individuals in the United States, Diva de Provence is now introducing a tactile marking kit for its induction cooktops.

“Diva’s capacitive touch controls are perfectly suited for integrating the tactile markings,” says Amir H. Girgis, managing director for Diva de Provence.

“The safety benefits of cooking with induction enable all Americans to enjoy the entire epicurean experience.”

The tactile marking kit can be used with the Diva Induction cooktop and include your choice of either raised letters or Braille symbols as well as 3M BumponsT to help indicate the burners. Incorporating the tactile markings on the cooktop is easy. They are simply placed under the controls, which are activated effortlessly when a finger is slid in an upward motion over the control.

Available in three models (DDP-2, DDP-4 and DDP-5); Diva Induction cooktops utilize electromagnetic energy to heat only the cookware. The cooking surface remains cool to the touch providing the safest cooking surface on the market and virtually eliminating the danger of burns. Additionally, Diva Induction cooktops deliver over 25,000 BTU’s making it the fastest, most precise and energy-efficient cooking method available.

For more information on Diva Induction or the other revolutionary cooking instruments from Diva de Provence visit the Web site at
www.divainduction.com
or call 1-888-852-8604.
About Diva de Provence

Toronto-based Diva de Provence is North America’s French cooking connection to professional grade European styled cooking equipment. Divaâ?Ts mission is to provide the tools to enable the rest of the world to experience their love for cooking. In America, Diva de Provence is the foremost manufacturer of custom commercial ranges includes the Diva range, rotisseries and induction cooktops.