Kitchen Cutlery Sets for Tight Budgets

Kitchen Cutlery Sets for Tight Budgets

Ah, kitchen cutlery sets. It’s tough to stock a kitchen when you’re starting from scratch and don’t have a bridal registry to lean on. With so many things to buy—what’s worth spending money on, what’s not? In order to help those of you who like to cook, but may have a limited budget, I made a challenge

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What Makes a High Performance Kitchen Knife and Do You Need One?

What Makes a High Performance Kitchen Knife and Do You Need One?

In the kitchen knife world, there’s a lot of gabbing nowadays about high performance knives. You might have read some reviewer gushing about a new high performance blade he’s just discovered. Or online chatters comparing notes on what brand is higher performance than the other. Or some TV chef saying, “well, German knives are fine, but if

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How Many Kitchen Knives Do You Really Need?

How Many Kitchen Knives Do You Really Need?

I suppose it depends on how fussy a cook you are are what kind of cooking you’re in the habit of doing with those kitchen knives of yours. Do you buy whole red snapper and debone and prep it yourself? Then you probably need a fillet knife. Do you peel lots of kiwi fruits? Then you might

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Why I’m Wary of Kitchen Knife Sets

Why I'm Wary of Kitchen Knife Sets

No doubt kitchen knife sets are festive and grand and really make you feel like a bona fide chef. But many times your kitchen knife needs might be better served by shopping piece by piece rather than springing for a set. Here’s why: 1) You’ll be free to mix and match brands and types of knives. Japanese

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