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CHOW - Recipes, cooking tips, resources, and stories for people. Cooking Guide and Recipes for Home Cooks. GourmetSleuth.com The Gourmet Food and Cooking Resource. Simply Recipes. Augieland. Somewhere between Philadelphia and Wilmington, on a train ride from New York to DC, my brain relaxed enough that I started letting the iPod play the Bruce and Dylan while skipping the Petey Pablo and the Beastie Boys, rather than the other way around. It was in this frame of mind I started thinking about the past year and my long-neglected blog. ‘07 had high and low lights higher and lower than any other of my years thus far. In my real life my son was born, my father passed away, and my little business tripled in busyness. In my world of food two significant things happened – The New York Times mentioned this blog, and new New York restaurants turned boring.

The Times thing lost me the anonymity of going into a place as little more than an enthusiastic diner. For the most part, I walk into any meal excited. I live in the greatest food city in the world after all and our corner joints are better than most locales’ best offerings. Copenhagen take away. eG Forums -> Knife Maintenance and Sharpening.

Knife Maintenance and Sharpening By Chad Ward (Chad) Warning: Remember that handling, using and sharpening knives is inherently dangerous. Neither eGullet nor the author can be responsible for your safety. That’s your job. Knife safety, especially during sharpening, is a matter of common sense. Table of Contents IntroductionSection One: The Sad Truth about Kitchen KnivesSection Two: SteelSection Three: Edge BasicsSection Four: Sharpening BasicsSection Five: Sharpening Step by StepSection Six: MaintenanceSection Seven: Overview of Sharpening SystemsSection Eight: Conclusions and Resources Introduction “Knife sharpening is hard.” This well-intentioned advice is parroted in cooking schools, Food Network television programs, professional manuals and cookbooks.

Okay, maybe not so much wrong as misleading. Knife sharpening is not difficult. Section One: The Sad Truth About Kitchen Knives To a chef, there is nothing more important than his knife. So why are most kitchen knives so bad? Take heart. " Gastronomical Dictionary " Dizionario Gastronomico & Y! Cucina - Pagina iniziale. Besciamella.