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!



An angry word is like striking with a knife.	Hopi proverb

An angry word is like striking with a knife.


His pocket knife opens in my pocket.	Hungarian proverb

His pocket knife opens in my pocket.


To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.	Argentinean proverb

To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.

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.

Charles Buxton

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

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