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!



As the camel falls to its knees, more knives are drawn.	Bedouin proverb

As the camel falls to its knees, more knives are drawn.


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.


Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.	Vietnamese proverb

Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the tongue.

Rabindranath Tagore

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

Hilary J. Bader

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

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