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How to Use a Bunka - Japanese Kitchen Knife Skills
The bunka, a santoku's cooler cousin, is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife in your kitchen. It's large enough to cut meat, but small enough to easily mince garlic. The...
How to Use a Bunka - Japanese Kitchen Knife Skills
The bunka, a santoku's cooler cousin, is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife in your kitchen. It's large enough to cut meat, but small enough to easily mince garlic. The...
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How to Use A Kiritsuke - Japanese Kitchen Knife...
The kiritsuke is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife to have in your kitchen. It's got enough rock to cut meat, but often has a flat back edge in order...
How to Use A Kiritsuke - Japanese Kitchen Knife...
The kiritsuke is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife to have in your kitchen. It's got enough rock to cut meat, but often has a flat back edge in order...
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Super-Simple Whetstone Knife Sharpening Techniques
Want to sharpen your kitchen knives, but don't know how? Nathan's here to show you the basics of kitchen knife sharpening on whetstones including how to find your angle, how...
Super-Simple Whetstone Knife Sharpening Techniques
Want to sharpen your kitchen knives, but don't know how? Nathan's here to show you the basics of kitchen knife sharpening on whetstones including how to find your angle, how...
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Which Binchotan Grade is Right for Me? Naoto's ...
If you’ve met me, you know I love cooking over charcoal. Japanese charcoal, called binchotan, is prized for its amazing quality and cooking properties. Because binchotan is made from natural...
Which Binchotan Grade is Right for Me? Naoto's ...
If you’ve met me, you know I love cooking over charcoal. Japanese charcoal, called binchotan, is prized for its amazing quality and cooking properties. Because binchotan is made from natural...
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How to Light Binchotan Charcoal
What is Binchotan Charcoal? Charcoal made from Japanese oak is called Binchotan. The folks who make it use exclusively Japanese white oak, a protected species which they harvest sustainably in very...
How to Light Binchotan Charcoal
What is Binchotan Charcoal? Charcoal made from Japanese oak is called Binchotan. The folks who make it use exclusively Japanese white oak, a protected species which they harvest sustainably in very...
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How to Choose a Charcoal Yakitori Grill: Konro ...
So you think you want a new grill? Well, you’re right. You’re damn right! So you go ahead and hop on your handy cargo bike/e-scooter/Velociraptor/Motorcycle* or even get into one...
How to Choose a Charcoal Yakitori Grill: Konro ...
So you think you want a new grill? Well, you’re right. You’re damn right! So you go ahead and hop on your handy cargo bike/e-scooter/Velociraptor/Motorcycle* or even get into one...
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Super-Simple Whetstone Knife Sharpening Techniques
Want to sharpen your kitchen knives, but don't know how? Nathan's here to show you the basics of kitchen knife sharpening on whetstones including how to find your angle, how...
Super-Simple Whetstone Knife Sharpening Techniques
Want to sharpen your kitchen knives, but don't know how? Nathan's here to show you the basics of kitchen knife sharpening on whetstones including how to find your angle, how...
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How to Sharpen Single Bevel Knives with Whetstones
Sharpening kitchen knives is a fun hobby, one that gets you more in tune with your tools and teaches you a handy skill. There are many ways to do it...
How to Sharpen Single Bevel Knives with Whetstones
Sharpening kitchen knives is a fun hobby, one that gets you more in tune with your tools and teaches you a handy skill. There are many ways to do it...
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How (and Why) to Flatten Your Whetstones with a...
Around here we know just how fun sharpening knives is. The process of taking a lacklustre edge and polishing it up to a glorious mirror of steel is easily one...
How (and Why) to Flatten Your Whetstones with a...
Around here we know just how fun sharpening knives is. The process of taking a lacklustre edge and polishing it up to a glorious mirror of steel is easily one...
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How Fast do Japanese Carbon Steel Knives Rust?
A frequently asked question in Knifewear stores is, “How quickly do these knives rust?”. If you’re new to Japanese knives, some are made with high-carbon steel, which means they can...
How Fast do Japanese Carbon Steel Knives Rust?
A frequently asked question in Knifewear stores is, “How quickly do these knives rust?”. If you’re new to Japanese knives, some are made with high-carbon steel, which means they can...
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Knifewear's Guide to Carbon Steel Knife Care
High-carbon steel — the traditional material used for making knives centuries before stainless steel was invented — has a mystique and allure all its own. In Japan, it was the traditional material for...
Knifewear's Guide to Carbon Steel Knife Care
High-carbon steel — the traditional material used for making knives centuries before stainless steel was invented — has a mystique and allure all its own. In Japan, it was the traditional material for...
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How to Use a Bunka - Japanese Kitchen Knife Skills
The bunka, a santoku's cooler cousin, is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife in your kitchen. It's large enough to cut meat, but small enough to easily mince garlic. The...
How to Use a Bunka - Japanese Kitchen Knife Skills
The bunka, a santoku's cooler cousin, is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife in your kitchen. It's large enough to cut meat, but small enough to easily mince garlic. The...
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What Japanese Knives are Best for Cutting Chees...
This Monday we're bringing you some finely cave-aged content featuring Isaac Bignell, owner of Say Cheese Fromagerie! We're running through everything from cheese knives to charcuterie plating, with some very...
What Japanese Knives are Best for Cutting Chees...
This Monday we're bringing you some finely cave-aged content featuring Isaac Bignell, owner of Say Cheese Fromagerie! We're running through everything from cheese knives to charcuterie plating, with some very...
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Kevin Kent’s top 5 Chef Knives for Home Cooks
Every knife set starts with a chef's knife (multi purpose knife), also called a French knife in the west or Gyuto in Japan. People often ask for a santoku, as...
Kevin Kent’s top 5 Chef Knives for Home Cooks
Every knife set starts with a chef's knife (multi purpose knife), also called a French knife in the west or Gyuto in Japan. People often ask for a santoku, as...
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Bunka vs. Santoku: The Featherweight Showdown
Spotlights dim and a hush follows darkness across the crowded arena.Electricity arcs and sparks fly from hammers on hot steel.Coal fires fill the air with smoke that clings to your...
Bunka vs. Santoku: The Featherweight Showdown
Spotlights dim and a hush follows darkness across the crowded arena.Electricity arcs and sparks fly from hammers on hot steel.Coal fires fill the air with smoke that clings to your...
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Sakai Takayuki Sanpo: The Future of Sakai Knife...
In recent decades, Japan's traditional industries have been facing a succession problem. In Japan, skills and techniques have traditionally been passed down through the centuries from parent to child. However,...
Sakai Takayuki Sanpo: The Future of Sakai Knife...
In recent decades, Japan's traditional industries have been facing a succession problem. In Japan, skills and techniques have traditionally been passed down through the centuries from parent to child. However,...
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Yusuke Obi of Sadamasa Hamono: Reviving a Centu...
Though I’ve worked with Japanese knives for a good 15 years, I’m still regularly impressed with the knives we get from new makers. While I’m regularly impressed, I am very...
Yusuke Obi of Sadamasa Hamono: Reviving a Centu...
Though I’ve worked with Japanese knives for a good 15 years, I’m still regularly impressed with the knives we get from new makers. While I’m regularly impressed, I am very...
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Tadataka Maruyama of Hado Knives, One of Japan'...
Sakai is quite possibly the best-known region for Japanese knives by folks who live outside of Japan. You can learn all about how things work in Sakai in this article....
Tadataka Maruyama of Hado Knives, One of Japan'...
Sakai is quite possibly the best-known region for Japanese knives by folks who live outside of Japan. You can learn all about how things work in Sakai in this article....