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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For those of you who love wooden cutting boards (and I’m not sure who doesn’t), if you don’t want them to dry out and warp and start developing deep cracks, you absolutely must oil them. Nothing can take the place of cutting board oil. I have learned this hard way—from years past when I couldn’t be bothered
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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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Just because you’re proud of the prowess of your kitchen knives, doesn’t mean you should feel obligated to do your own kitchen knife sharpening. Here are five reasons why it might be wiser (and easier) not to invest in a sharpening system, but send them out to a knife sharpening service: 1) You haven’t the interest or
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Even though I think kitchen knife sets can often be overkill and not accurately meet a home chef’s needs, I can see two good reasons why someone might still want to consider buying a set: 1) If you lead a busy lifestyle and cooking isn’t a priority, you can save the time and energy of having to
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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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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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