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!

Mini chopper

A mini chopper is a small version of a huge food processor, such as those made by Cuisinart, Robot Coupe, Viking, KitchenAid, and others. The vast majority of mini choppers are electric, just like their larger versions. Except the veggie chopper from Chef’n, which is not electric. This one has a pull string like a salad spinner, which spins the blades. It has a big ring at the top to pull the string, which is why some people call it the lawn mower chopper. It pulls just as though you were starting a lawn mower.

The mini chopper’s advantage is its clever design. It has three very sharp blades. It’s perfect for those tasks involving cutting smaller foods in larger quantities. It’s great for chopping or mincing a bulb of garlic, an onion, or even chopping peanuts for your favorite pad Thai recipe.

How to Choose and Use Your Knives

How to Choose and Use Your Knives

How to Buy a Knife

How to Buy a Knife

Caring for Your Knives

Caring for Your Knives

Nonknife, Nonmotorized Sharp Kitchen Tools

Nonknife, Nonmotorized Sharp Kitchen Tools


Be careful of what you say as it can hurt more than a knife. Indonesian proverb

Be careful of what you say as it can hurt more than a knife.

Indonesian proverb


Only the knife knows the heart of a pineapple. Romanian proverb

Only the knife knows the heart of a pineapple.

Romanian proverb


Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers. Spanish proverb

Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers.

Spanish proverb

James Russell Lowell

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy, manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

Hilary J. Bader

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

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