Making The Cut: Your Guide To Essential Kitchen Knives

MAKING THE CUT What basic items does your Your Guide to kitchen need? Is your culinary collection missing some of the ESSENTIAL most essential knives? Learn the difference between all the knives Kitchen Knives you might use to prepare a meal - and find out how each can improve your culinary life. KNIFE ANATOMY Point Tip Spine Handle End Cutting Edge Нel Bolster Tang SANTOKU KNIFE USES: Slicing Produce Meat I Dicing Just don't cut through bone! SIZES: 6-7 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Types: Straight Granton CHEF'S KNIFE USES: Chopping Slicing Produce Meat I Dicing Just don't cut through bone! I SIZES: 4-12 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Type: Straight CLEAVER UTILITY KNIFE a.k.a. "Sandwich Knife" 17 USES: USES: Produce Meat Produce Sandwich Meat Chopping Crushing (e.g. garlic) Cutting Slicing SIZES: SIZES: 4-10 inches 4-7 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. 7 in. Blade Types: O in. 14 in. Blade Type: Straight Straight Serrated CARVING KNIFE USE: Cooked Slicing Meat SIZES: 8-14 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Types: Straight Granton SLICER USE: O Cooked Slicing Meat SIZES: 9-10 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Types: Straight Round Tip PARING KNIFE BIRD'S BEAK PARING KNIFE USES: USES: Produce Meat Produce Peeling Coring Peeling Styling (e.g. fluting) Detail Work SIZES: SIZES: 3-4 inches 2-3 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Types: Blade Type: Straight Straight Serrated BREAD KNIFE USE: Bread Slicing SIZES: 8-9 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Type: Serrated FILLET & BONING KNIVES USES: Filleting Meat Fish Poultry Boning SIZES: 5-7 inches O in. 7 in. 14 in. Blade Type: Straight Tips to Buy the Best Kitchen Knives for Your Budget Don't forget Don't buy based on the box. Consider the essentials. maintenance. It's fun to buy a knife If your knives end up You'll need to hold a or gadget for every sitting in the sink after use, function, but start out you'll want a metal type that won't rust/corrode easily. If sharpening isn't knife to know whether it will work for you. with workhorses like Head to a kitchen store to try holding knives before you buy online. the chef's knife and your thing, choose knives that stay sharp longer on paring knife if you're on a tight budget. their own. SOURCES: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/kitchen-knives/buying-guide.htm http://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment_reviews/699-santoku-knives http://www.kniveskitchen.com/blades.html http://knives.cooking.com/guide/boning-and-fillet-knives-best-knives-for-meat-eaters/#.Us32u2RDtUO OChef Works