Posts tagged: technique

& Vegetables">Knife Test: Peeling Fruit & Vegetables

I have to admit that my knife skills need a lot of work. By this, I mean my skills using knives in my hands, as well as my skill sharp­en­ing them to their full poten­tial. Peel­ing fruit & veg­eta­bles is actu­ally a very good indi­ca­tor of a chef’s knife skills — how sharp has the […]

Monday May 17th, 2010 in , , , , , | 2 Comments »

It’s the Rice that Makes Great Sushi

Mak­ing excel­lent sushi means mak­ing excel­lent sushi rice. No mat­ter how good your fish is, if the rice sucks, your sushi sucks. Unfor­tu­nately, my sushi sucks. I’m work­ing on it, though. I know that appren­tices in real sushi restau­rants — not the all-you-can-eat vari­ety — can take years to per­fect their sushi rice. I might not […]

Monday April 12th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

It’s True: Japanese Cooking Knives will Spoil You

I finally real­ized yes­ter­day that I have been per­ma­nently spoiled by my Japan­ese cook­ing knives.  I can’t look at a Ger­man knife quite the same way ever again.  Not that it’s about the look, it’s about the feel. For now, I’m going to limit myself to the chef’s knife.  This knife is the core of many […]

Saturday January 16th, 2010 in , , , , | Comments Off

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