Raise your hand if you received a new kitchen knife as a gift for the holidays! No? Oh, sorry, didn’t mean to rub it in. But regardless if Santa slid a shiny Henckels under the tree or not, this does not mean knife shopping shouldn't be in your future — upgrading to help you get…
Everyone say it together now: 三徳包丁! That would be santoku bocho, roughly translated: "most important tool in the Japanese kitchen." And since we're rife with Japanese rice cookers, iPhone cases and whisky, it's probably safe to say it's a pretty important tool in the American kitchen as well.Santoku knives are thinner and shorter than chef's knives —…
[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/hVtWXHq02R4] I recently had the incredible opportunity to visit master bladesmith Bob Kramer’s knife making workshop in Olympia, WA. Bob’s culinary knives are the most coveted in the world, fetching thousands of dollars each. Although Bob’s lends his name to a production line of Shun knives sold by Sur La Table, this workshop is where…