To shuck corn, peel the leafy green husks back from the tip to the base and snap them…
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8 min readSeparating meat from bone cleanly is a specific job, and a boning knife is the specific tool built…
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9 min readThe santoku is Japan’s take on the all-purpose kitchen knife: shorter, lighter, and flatter than a Western chef’s…
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9 min readA meat cleaver looks intimidating, but its weight is exactly the point: let the heft do the work…
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8 min readA cast iron griddle is a flat, borderless slab of seasoned iron that does exactly what a skillet’s…
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10 min readA braiser is the pan that browns and simmers in the same dish: wide and shallow to sear…
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10 min readA mini cast iron skillet takes a single fried egg, a personal cornbread, or a bubbling side dish…
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10 min readCast iron is far less fragile than its fussy reputation suggests. To clean a cast iron skillet, wash…
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7 min readA real smashburger lives or dies on the smash: press a loose ball of beef hard onto a…
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10 min readThe best jar opener is the one that matches your hands and the lids you fight with most,…
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