Every great dish begins with preparation, and the quality of your knife makes all the difference. A sharp blade transforms ...

A decent knife should be able to cut a tomato into small strips without applying pressure to the tomato or crushing it in the process of doing so. Therefore, Santoku knife variants such as the Haarko ...

THERE’S a new knife on the block. Browse through any cooking catalog and you’ll inevitably find a photo of a santoku knife – this season’s “it” kitchen gadget – next to the words “most popular.” ...

Santoku knives are some of the most popular kitchen knives among professional chefs and home cooks alike. What makes a santoku knife so great? This type of knife features a thin blade, narrow spine ...

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With popularity comes proliferation. We enlisted chef Masayoshi “Masa” Takayama to evaluate the best of the expanding Santoku breed. He tested ten straight from the box (no additional sharpening ...

Which Santoku knives are best? Knives are the backbone of every cook’s and chef’s toolkit, and some knives see a lot more use than others. One type of blade that’s particularly versatile is the ...