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

A woman’s tongue is a double edged knife.


He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.	Italian proverb

He would not give the devil a knife to cut his throat.


The calf isn’t even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife.	Klingon proverb

The calf isn’t even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife.

Rabindranath Tagore

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

Stanislaw Lem

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

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