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Posts tagged “knife”

Can Knives Be Stored Upside-Down In the Knife Block?
Good Questions

Q: There is an argument in the house about proper knife storage. I have a teenager that thinks he knows everything and is never, ever, wrong. He wants to store our knives sharp side of the blade up in...

The Classic Wave Knife from Wüsthof
Product Reviews

A few weeks ago we admitted to a crush on this new knife from Wüsthof. Well, since then they gave us a chance to try it out, and now we have to say we're fully in love. ...

Colorful Knives! Pure Komachi 2 Knife Set

Look at these colorful knives! Would you like knives this colorful in your kitchen? ...

Current Knife Crush: The Wüsthof Wave Knife

We get a lot of questions about knives. What knife should I buy? Help me find an affordable chef's knife! Should I buy this knife set? Etcetera. We invariably recommend one good chef's knife and a par...

Good Question: Help Us Find a Really Good Cheap Knife

This is a good question for today, given all our recent talk about knife storage. Reader Jesse writes: My boyfriend and I are moving in together this month to our first darling little apartment. One o...

Good Question: What Are All These Knives For?

Here's a great question from reader Wyatt, who is struggling to identify all the knives in his new set. He writes: I received a butcher block and some decent knives for Christmas, and it's nice to h...

All About Santoku Knives

Perhaps you've seen these ubiquitous all-purpose knives with hollowed-out indentations on the edge of the blade. What is a santoku knife, and why should you have one? When should you use one, and wh...

Get Your Knives Sharpened By Mail

Yesterday we had our kitchen knives sharpened by a wonderful woman named Louise. She has a mobile knife sharpening business where she pulls up to your home with a trailer that contains her tiny, perfe...

Thursday Giveaway: Linden Knife Rack

Giveaway: Linden Sweden Wall Mount Magnetic Knife Rack Find it: Purchase through Amazon, $38.99 We did a quickie giveaway earlier today with the 20-piece (TWENTY?) knife set that Sara Kate gave away ...

Good Question: Knife Blades Up or Down?

Has AT ever addressed the "blades up" or "blades down" question? This photo is from an IKEA photo you had on your site. I've seen it in other homes as well. Is this a feng shui issue? Thanks, Sara...

Knife Skills: Keeping Your Knife Sharp

Once you've gone to all the trouble of sharpening your knife, the next step is keeping that way! This is easy to do and only takes a few seconds. Here's how......

Weekend Project: Sharpen Your Knives!

Trust us, knife sharpening is not a mystic art and it doesn't have to be a safety hazard to your finger tips! With a little practice, it's easy to do at home, and all you need is a sharpening stone an...

What's the Best Kind of Cutting Board? Plastic, Wood, or Bamboo

While shopping for a new cutting board recently, we heard all kinds of conflicting advice on which was the most green, the most sanitary and the least damaging to our knives. So we're setting the reco...

How to Peel Garlic Quickly and Easily

I encounter a lot of chefs that don't know how to peel garlic and end up doing it the long, hard way. Other chefs use packaged peeled garlic. Personally, I prefer to buy my garlic fresh at the Farme...

Baking Week: No-Knead Bread, Dutch Ovens, and Mark Bittman

Baking Week wouldn't be complete without bread, so here are some of our favorite past posts about yeast, bread, and the whole business of baking it. NO-KNEAD MADNESS • No-Knead Bread in a Hurr...