For anyone even slightly interested in upping their cooking game, Knife Envy is inevitable. Watching a trained chef use a flashy piece of sharpened steel to slice through an onion is like seeing a pro ...

If you do a bit of kitchen knife research, you will soon discover a recurring theme, as well as some odd advice. The recurring theme is that the three key knives everyone must own are a chef's knife, ...

Liv Dansky has worked for Food & Wine since 2019 as a recipe tester and developer and, more recently, as a writer. Her work can be found across brands like Southern Living, Real Simple, EatingWell, ...

Liv Dansky has worked for Food & Wine since 2019 as a recipe tester and developer and, more recently, as a writer. Her work can be found across brands like Southern Living, Real Simple, EatingWell, ...

The Shun take on a paring knife has a straight 3.5-inch steel edge, as opposed to a paring’s curved edge. This is a preference of many chefs who are using the knives in-hand over pots or want to chop ...

Wüsthof’s Classic paring knife is sharp, well-made, and high quality. It peeled, sliced, and cut beautifully, and its balance was top-notch. We liked both the MAC and Shun knives slightly better for ...