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 if a knife is made of silver, a person won’t stab his own heart with it.	Afghan proverb

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won’t stab his own heart with it.


Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.	German proverb

Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.


The knife of the family does not cut.	Bajan proverb

The knife of the family does not cut.

Katharine Hepburn

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.

Emily Dickinson

Surgeons must be very careful. When they take the knife!, underneath their fine incisions, stirs the Culprit — Life!

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