July 29, 2014
avocado

Have you been disappointed by your recent avocado purchase? Frustrated because your recent splurge...

July 26, 2014
tomatoes

Round fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, oranges, onions, and tomatoes can be tricky to cut....

July 25, 2014

Mangoes, the oblong tropical fruit, have grown in popularity in the last two decades.  If you...

June 19, 2014

Growing up, my family put onions in just about everything.  It was the flavor base for all our...

March 25, 2014

Learning to butterfly a chicken breast is an indispensable knife skill.  This cooking...

January 6, 2013

Segmenting an orange is a essential knife skill that every cook should know how to do.  With...

October 4, 2012
toy

The cutting fruit play set from Melissa and Doug teaches children knife skills.  This...

November 4, 2011
knife

The key to great knife skills is having a sharp knife. More accidents in the kitchen come from...

November 3, 2011
vegetables

Norman Weinstein is a chef and instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education and the author of...

November 2, 2011
cucumber

A julienne is a knife cut that transforms food into thin strips, approximately 1/8" x 1/8...

November 1, 2011
onion

The onion is most intimidating vegetable to cut because of it's round shape and many layers....

July 6, 2011

Cutting up a chicken is one of the first things you learn in culinary school.  It is essential...