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!


Nonknife, nonmotorized sharp kitchen tools

Many kitchen tools aren’t knives but are still very sharp. These can be just as valuable, but unlike knives, are often just task-specific. Over time, as you cook more, you’ll buy these as you need them.


A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife.	Nigerian proverb

A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife.


One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.	Italian proverb

One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.


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.

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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