Knife Know-How
The Best Serrated Knife for Slicing Bread and Tomatoes
A good bread knife can make or break your slicing game.
By Lisa Elbert, Noah Kaufman, and Lukas Volger
The Secret to Level Cake Layers? Toothpicks
Build towering multilayer cakes with this stress-free technique.
By Jesse Szewczyk
The Best Knife Sharpener for Retaining That Factory Edge—and Bringing Damaged Blades Back From the Dead
We tested top-rated electric and manual knife sharpeners, to see which gave us the cutting edge when tackling hard squash and squishy tomatoes.
By Wilder Davies and Melissa Knific
The Best Santoku Knife for the Most Delicate, Precise Knife Work
For tender herbs and butchering meat with precision, the agile santoku is an excellent knife to have in your arsenal. Here's our favorite one.
By Emily Johnson and Alaina Chou
The Best Paring Knife for Careful Cuts and Precise Peeling
We tested 22 knives and found the best for hulling strawberries, peeling fruit, and slicing cheese.
By Emily Johnson, Kendra Vaculin, and Megan Wahn
A Visual Guide to 13 Extremely Handy Knife Cuts
Follow this guide to chop, mince, and dice your way around the kitchen with confidence.
By Christian Reynoso
How to Use a Whetstone and Honing Steel to Keep Your Knives Supersharp
Master this pro sharpening technique and have like-new knives for life.
By Lauren Joseph
The Best Bread Knife Is Actually a Serrated Chef’s Knife
This Victorinox knife is great for slicing particularly thick, crusty loaves of bread—and it's more versatile than your typical serrated knife.
By Emily Johnson
This Inexpensive Cleaver Lasts a Lifetime—And Just Might Replace Most of Your Knives
My mother used it her entire career as a chef. Now it’s essential in my home kitchen.
By Hsiao-Ching Chou
Best Knife Blocks, Docks, and Magnetic Strips to Store Knives
It's not just what storage you choose (magnet, drawer, block)—it's how you use it that keeps them sharp.
By Anna Stockwell and Kristi Kellogg
The Case for A Gorgeous (and Lasting) Paring Knife
If your paring knife could use an upgrade—or if you're looking for a sharp gift—consider investing a little more in one of these high-performing, good-looking blades.
By Lauren Joseph
This Knife Protector Keeps My Chef's Knife as Sharp as the Day I Bought It
For safety and longevity, nothing beats these hard plastic edge guards.
By Kendra Vaculin
Buy An Electric Knife Sharpener, Have Sharp Knives Every Day of Your Life
A countertop knife sharpener makes sharp knives accessible. Sharp knives make prep work a cinch.
By Joy Manning
Inside the Sparkly (but Serious!) Kitchen of David Burtka
We toured the actor, chef, and cookbook author's home kitchen in Harlem—and learned about the kitchen tools he can't cook without.
By Emily Johnson
5 Kitchen Tools to Buy on Sale This Weekend
Everything you need to chop, spin, and slice.
By Zoë Sessums
5 Reasons You Need a Cake Knife
Sure, you could use your chef's knife. But a cake knife can do the job so much better.
By Joe Sevier
How to Use the Freezer to get Razor-Thin Slices of Meat
And pork. And chicken. And salmon. And any other animal protein you want to prep like a pro.
By David Tamarkin
I Can't Believe Bagel Guillotines Aren't More Popular
How do you even slice your bagels? Unevenly and dangerously?
By Becky Hughes