Advantages of the Serrated Knife

October 20, 2011 by MyKitchenToys  
Filed under Cutlery

There are many kinds of knives for various purposes. In the kitchen alone we will find a broad tapered chef’s knife, a long a narrow bladed slicing knife and the smaller paring knife that is very useful for quick peeling and coring. There could be others. These knives usually have straight edge blades. But there [...]

Professional Sharpeners will do a Better Job

May 3, 2010 by MyKitchenToys  
Filed under Kitchen

There is a knife that looks different from the rest in the set. Bread knives are different in that there are serrations on the blade. Serrations allow it to grip the crumb and the crust of bread to cut it, without having to press down on the bread. Aside from cutting bread, they are also [...]

Invest in the Best Kitchen Tools

April 23, 2010 by MyKitchenToys  
Filed under Kitchen

One thing I learned from years of cooking for a family and dabbling in “creative” cooking that turned commercial (for a while), is to invest in the best tools you can afford. Best usually equates to expensive, but that is not necessarily true as far as kitchen tools are concerned. Maybe because there are quite [...]