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!



Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.	Latvian proverb

Even the devil himself does not know where women sharpen their knives.


He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue.	Ukrainian proverb

He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue.


The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.	African proverb

The tongue of a bad friend cuts more than a knife.

Margaret Witter Fuller

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

Stanislaw Lem

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

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