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A salt shaker with ridges on the side next to a spoonful of salt - Fcafotodigital/Getty Images There it is, right next to its life partner — pepper — on your dinner table: a tall, elegant shaker of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- What better way to spice up your kitchen table from time to time than to replace your boring salt and pepper shakers with novelty ones? They could be anything that reflects your ...

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Insert the wire into the shaker via a hole on the top. If there's a cork or plastic stopper at the base of the shaker, you ...