Quick Tips

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.