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In many ways, good cooking comes down to knives: choosing the right kind, keeping them sharp, and using them well. So we've pulled together some of our best advice on buying and using your knives, to make you a better cook.
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In many ways, good cooking comes down to knives: choosing the right kind, keeping them sharp, and using them well. So we've pulled together some of our best advice on buying and using your knives, to make you a better cook.
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Instead, they use a few trusty tools for almost all of their cooking. In fact, most of the work you do in the kitchen is best performed by just three knives: a chef's knife, a paring knife, and a serrated bread knife.
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These seven pieces are some of the Fine Cooking staffers' favorite types of specialty knives.
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How to cut vegetables of various shapes and sizes into neat, even julienne strips
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If you want to cook boneless chicken breasts with their skin -- say, for this prosciutto-stuffed chicken -- it's worth learning how to remove the bones, since breasts are rarely sold skin-on and boneless.




