When was the last time you sharpened your knives? Odds are, not recently enough. According to Eric Rivera, chef and founder at Addo in Seattle and former Director of Culinary Research at Alinea, you ...

As far as routine chores go, we put sharpening knives on par with flossing. We all know we should be doing it more frequently ...

As long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with the idea of a sharp knife. My dad, a former butcher, taught me to sharpen knives, starting around age 6. We used his sharpening stone on weekend ...

It’s often been said that the safest tool in a kitchen is a sharp knife. A dull knife can slip under pressure and makes food prep much more time-consuming than it needs to be. Keeping a knife blade ...

Sharpening knives can be intimidating. To achieve the best result, you need to maintain a consistent angle between the blade and your sharpening tool, and different angles impact the performance of ...

I’ve used hundreds of knives—in culinary school, in professional kitchens, and now at home as the resident chef—and I can tell you that the real magic isn’t always in the knife so much as in the ...

If you’re investing in a high-quality chef’s knife, you should maintain it right with a good knife sharpener. Sharpening your own knives may seem intimidating, but once you get over the initial ...