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!


Nonknife, nonmotorized sharp kitchen tools

Many kitchen tools aren’t knives but are still very sharp. These can be just as valuable, but unlike knives, are often just task-specific. Over time, as you cook more, you’ll buy these as you need them.


A woman’s tongue is a double edged knife.	Romanian proverb

A woman’s tongue is a double edged knife.


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.


The knife that has been lent, never comes back alone.	Romanian proverb

The knife that has been lent, never comes back alone.

Katharine Hepburn

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.

Stephen King

Obession is dangerous. It’s like a knife in the mind. In some cases... the knife can turn savagely upon the person wielding it... You use the knife carefully, because you know it doesn’t care who it cuts.

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