When it comes to essential kitchen tools, knives sit near the top of the list. With all the slicing, dicing, mincing, crushing, and cutting that takes place during the course of making a meal, a good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. assorted knives hanging on a magnetic strip A good chef’s knife is a central player in your kitchen lineup. Most chefs will tell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A good chef’s knife is the foundation of any cook’s tool kit. While there are a whole bunch of specialized knives designed for ...

Our editors swear by these blades, including a super versatile gyuto knife. Knife nerds (like us!) go ham over the minutiae of blades: bevel angles, handle types, carbon content, esoteric blade shapes ...

Although it’s hard to pinpoint precisely when it was first invented, the Barlow knife pattern is one of the most enduring silhouettes in knifemaking history. It predates most other folding knife ...

These knives are just incredible to look at, with a mirror-shiny finish, a hand-hammered, dimpled tsuchime texture to prevent sticking, and a Damascus-steel–style swirling pattern along the edge. The ...

As I learned from one of my favorite podcasts, The Dollop, several years back, the story of the Bowie knife is rife with murky details. What we do know is that a large fixed-blade knife with a ...

Even amateur home cooks know that there can be a significant difference in performance from one knife to another. This can be ...