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Kitchen Knives
- Three basic knives that can help you whip up a storm in the kitchen are a chef's knife, a paring knife and a serrated knife. Wide blades also known as "cook's knives", are used for a variety of tasks.
- The chef's knife is an all-purpose knife that is ideal for chopping, dicing, mincing and slicing.
- The serrated knife works well for cutting bread and tomatoes.
- Steak Knives. The name says it all, although these are useful for other tasks.
- Chefs use paring knives for cutting or chopping of smaller foods and coring vegetables. Paring knives come in a variety of shapes and sizes
- Fillet Knives usually have very flexible narrow blades for boning or skinning
- Boning Knives are stiff and narrow for separating flesh from bone.
- To lengthen the life of your knives, wash the knives by hand, rather than in the dishwasher.
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