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 fear thorns, a woman fears man.	Mongo proverb

A knife does not fear thorns, a woman fears man.


Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart.	 Chinese proverb

Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart.


The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.	Arabic proverb

The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.

James Russell Lowell

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy, manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

Emily Dickinson

Surgeons must be very careful. When they take the knife!, underneath their fine incisions, stirs the Culprit — Life!

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