knives

What Is The Best Knife For Tomatoes?

Chop, cut, slice and dice with the right knife

Jun 6, 2013 1:31 pm

Juicy, ripe tomatoes are one of the best parts of summer. For a few precious months each year, tomatoes ripen naturally in the heat and star front and center in a vast range of colors, shapes and sizes at farmers markets. It's a beautiful thing. Cutting them properly is another.

Design Finds

Have You Tried Slicing Cheese With A Knife Carved From Alligator Jaw?

Try Fangblades and you might not use anything else

Jun 3, 2013 10:01 am

Whether you're looking for a new, outrageously original gift idea, or merely a conversation piece for your next dinner party, here is something you've never seen before. Fangblades are hand-carved knives fashioned from alligator jawbones, and they're not only of a quality that will move that ceramic knife to the back of the drawer, but they're, well, made from alligator jawbones! More about the artist behind these unusual knives, plus more photos, after the jump.

Design Finds

Check Out These Hand-Crafted Wooden Kitchen Knives

An Italian-Japanese collab has sharp results

May 23, 2013 11:02 am

Made entirely from wood — from the handle to the blade — these knives can up your design game in the kitchen.

Whatchamacallit?

What Is A Santoku Knife?

Meet the Japanese chef's knife that'll do it all

Feb 15, 2013 2:31 pm

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.

Design Finds

Design We Are Feeling: Maple Wood Knives

Striking handmade Canadian Maple wood cutlery

Jan 25, 2013 12:31 pm

Canadian design agency The Federal created these beautiful wood-grained handcrafted knives as a way to challenge the food enthusiast's perception of what a "traditional" knife looks like, and pay homage to a renewable resource.

Thanksgiving

Video: How To Carve A Turkey Like A Man Who Has Carved 45,000 Turkeys

A step-by-step video guide to carving a turkey

Nov 20, 2012 10:01 am

We hit Dean and Deluca in Soho, quite possibly the greatest purveyor of super-expensive foods in all of downtown New York, for a step-by-step video demo with executive chef Aaron Albrecht, who carves a lot of turkeys. Really nice turkeys. Like, the best.

Thanksgiving

10 Kitchen Gadgets That Will Make Thanksgiving Go Much Smoother

Mashing, chilling wine and carving the golden bird

Nov 1, 2012 10:01 am

We admit that there’s no way to roast a 20-pound turkey any faster than usual. But there are still ways to reduce unnecessary stresses, like herb chopping and potato mashing. Here are 10 gadgets that will make everything go a lot smoother.

Gadget Gourmet Reviews

Tested: Cat Cora 8-Inch Chef Knife

Does the celebrity chef’s knife make the cut?

Jul 12, 2012 11:01 am

The Iron Chef promises that her namesake tools are practical and stylish. But at $40.95 for a basic 8” chef’s knife, we were skeptical of its quality. Only a true Food Republic bench test would sort it all out.