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Everyone who spends even a little time in the kitchen has their favorite tried and true kitchen necessities. These are the little things and sometimes not so little things that we grab again and again for cooking and prep. Here is my list of must haves. 5. Food Saver. I can buy in bulk and not… Read More »
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Keep your knives sharp
(and safe) with these top-notch products.
Henckels 10-inch Diamond Sharpening Steel, $45
Pro: The rough surface is coated with bits of diamond, which are much harder than the steel in the knife blade, so it sharpens quickly.…
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Every Thanksgiving, your guests gather around the table to 'ooh' and 'aah' the holiday meal set before them.
This Thanksgiving, even though you may have successfully seasoned and roasted your turkey, added just the right trimmings and strategically seated your feuding relatives at least three table settings apart, one small detail remains: how to carve the turkey.
As the central role to any holiday meal, how the turkey appears on your plate is almost as important as how it tastes. No matter how delicious, no one wants to eat shreds of meat that look better suited for the dog bowl than on their dinner plate.
Avoid the real recipe for disaster by following Good Housekeeping's four steps to carving the perfect bird. Plus, take a few pointers from the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute on the best carving equipment. Your Thanksgiving meal will look just as good as you'll feel knowing you're sharing it with family and friends.
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<img alt="" src="http://www.bonappetit.com/images/magazine/2008/11/maar_knifesharpening.jpg" align="left" height="200" width="111">Dear BA Foodist, <strong>After years of use, my German chef's knives have all become dull. The sharpening steel that came with the set of knives had kept them sharp in the past, but not anymore. Any ideas? —Tim Cutler, <em>Dulles, VA</em></strong> Read More »
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From my own experience, most knife injuries come from one of four sources. Either a) you're using the wrong size or kind of knife b) you're not holding it correctly c) you're distracted or d) the knife in question is duller than you were expecting.
Take my own biggest knife injury, which took place in a restaurant kitchen in 1984 where I was working prep. For some reason my comfortable all-purpose 10" chef's knife wasn't available, and I was using this ridiculous F. Dick monster 14" chef's knife. I lost attention for a moment and misplaced my ring fingernail in a big pile of tomato concasee. Unfortunately, I think even the diners heard me yell. I have a voice that projects, you know?
So let's talk through these problem sources.
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