Even amateur home cooks know that there can be a significant difference in performance from one knife to another. This can be ...

Katie Brown is an editor for Food & Wine specializing in kitchen product reviews. An avid home cook and baker, she has tested countless kitchen tools, appliances, and cookware over the years. If it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many tools make a kitchen, but none are as essential as a quality set of chef knives. Not only are they vital in cutting up ...

Steve Schmauch inspects a red-handled Santoku knife under a mounted magnifying glass in his garage. Light reflects off of the entire cutting edge, signaling the blade is in desperate need of ...

We’ve tried and tested this year’s best knife sharpeners, from traditional whetstones to pull-throughs and time-saving electric sharpeners Tomé Morrissy-Swan is a freelance journalist, writer and ...

Most home cooks buy sharpening stones in the wrong order, then wonder why their knives still feel dull after a careful session at the sink. If you understand how grit actually shapes and refines steel ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I did not learn knife care from my parents, and ...