Knife Skills —

a kitchen guide to using the right knife the right way

This site will give you the confidence to choose and use the knives and other nonelectric sharp tools in your kitchen. It’s also a reference site that you can use as you improve your skills and acquire the tools that will make you a better cook!



A mountain of knives and a sea of fire.	Chinese proverb

A mountain of knives and a sea of fire.


The blessed knife eats of the meat of the “kinandu”.	Haitian proverb

The blessed knife eats of the meat of the “kinandu”.


You do not drink soup with a knife.	African proverb

You do not drink soup with a knife.

Margaret Witter Fuller

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and pruning knife.

Stanislaw Lem

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

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