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 knife does not recognize its owner.	African proverb

A knife does not recognize its owner.


Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.	German proverb

Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.


To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.	Argentinean proverb

To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.

Margaret Witter Fuller

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

Hunter S. Thompson

You can always turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a drug... especially when it’s waving a hunting knife in your eyes.

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