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 desperate person will even hold on to a knife edge.	Filipino proverb

A desperate person will even hold on to a knife edge.


If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.	African proverb

If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.


The mother is she who catches the knife by the blade.	French proverb

The mother is she who catches the knife by the blade.

Javier Perez De Cuellar

I am like a doctor. I have written a prescription to help the patient. If the patient doesn’t want all the pills I’ve recommended, that’s up to him. But I must warn that next time I will have to come as a surgeon with a 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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