Everyone knows that cutting onions can be tough on the eyes and nose. It starts as a little stinging around the eyes, and if you keep cutting, you’re more than likely to end up with tears streaming down your face and a runny nose to boot. The reason? Sulfur compounds that were absorbed from the [...]
Kitchen knives are an awfully utilitarian lot: cold as steel, kitchen cutlery means business, and there’s generally not a lot of room for playing in this crowd. Happily, that’s not always the case. Kuhn Rikon makes a number of brightly colored knives that are a drastic departure from run-of-the-mill stainless steel, while still being made [...]
Using a cleaver to prepare spare ribs = happiness on the bone. There really isn’t anything that activates man’s primal instincts like eating meat right off the bone. When you get right down to it, if you take away the internet, satellite TV and cars that run on imagination alone, we are all still animals, [...]
You already know that kitchen knives come in all kinds of qualities, shapes and sizes. There are cheap knives and high-end knives. There are small knives like the itty-bitty bird’s beak paring knife used for precision tasks, and big knives like the substantial meat cleaver that can hack through bone faster than you can say [...]
A good tomato knife differs from a serrated bread knife or utility knife in two key ways. First, bread knives are much longer than tomato knives, which are generally no more than 6 inches in length. This allows for maximum control, a must when working with delicate and juicy fruits like tomatoes. Second, the serrations [...]
Often a steak knife is a thick, harshly serrated, inflexible blade attached to an even thicker, heavy but comfortable wooden handle. It’s got heft. It makes you feel like a cave man (or cave woman). Sadly, it also absolutely shredded and destroyed that rib eye you spent $47 on at the local steak house. While [...]
For those of you who’ve ever wondered what the heck to do with that long steel that comes with most knife block sets, we’re here with a quick and easy how-to that will change the lifespan of your kitchen knives forever. You’re welcome. Many thanks to cutlery guru Bob Kramer and premiere brand Zwilling J.A. [...]
Don’t let anyone tell you kitchen knives aren’t seasonal. In the warm summer months, I always look forward to the arrival of the more exotic fruits at my local farmers market. Aromatic, bright and lively, these fruits can add amazing depth of flavor and sweetness to salads or sauces, and are great as a snack [...]
What’s cooler than a kitchen gadget? A BUNCH of kitchen gadgets in one convenient place! As a kid, there are few things more awesome than a Swiss Army Knife. Two knives, a bottle opener, nail file, a corkscrew, and even an awl all in one place! Sure, it takes some effort to actually cut with [...]
The first step in caring for your knives’ blades is testing for sharpness. Cutlery guru Bob Kramer – the guy who made it his quest to learn the art of knife sharpening — teamed up with premiere cutlery brand Zwilling J.A. Henckels to put together a series on knife sharpening. Here is installment 1. (Also, [...]
