An Edge in the Kitchen

Chad Ward

ISBN 10: 0061188484 / ISBN 13: 9780061188480

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2008

About this Item

2008. 5.11.2008. Hardcover. Contains illustrated instruction alongwith history, anthropology, humour and kitchen science. This book includes information from a guide to choosing kitchen knives to practical tutorials on knife skills and a section on sharpening. It also contains quotes and anecdotes from celebrity chefs such as Tony Bourdain. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48-page color insert; 88 black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 193 x 25. Weight in Grams: 978. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780061188480

Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Edge in the Kitchen
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061188484
• ISBN 13: 9780061188480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Why are most of us so woefully uninformed about our kitchen knives? We are intimidated by our knives when they are sharp, annoyed by them when they are dull, and quietly ashamed that we don't know how to use them with any competence. For a species that has been using knives for nearly as long as we have been walking upright, that's a serious problem. An Edge in the Kitchen is the solution, an intelligent and delightful debunking of the mysteries of kitchen knives once and for all. If you can stack blocks, you can cut restaurant-quality diced vegetables. If you can fold a paper airplane, you can sharpen your knives better than many professionals.

Veteran cook Chad Ward provides an in-depth guide to the most important tool in the kitchen, including how to choose the best kitchen knives in your price range, practical tutorials on knife skills, a step-by-step section on sharpening, and more——all illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout. Along the way you will discover what a cow sword is, and why you might want one; why chefs are abandoning their heavy knives in droves; and why the Pinch and the Claw, strange as they may sound, are in fact the best way to make precision vegetable cuts with speed and style.

An Edge in the Kitchen is the one and only guide to the most important tool in the kitchen.

About the Author

Chad Ward has been a writer and cook for more than twenty years. To date, more than three hundred thousand people have taken Chad's online knife sharpening class on eGullet.org. His writing has appeared in publications such as Best Food Writing and Aviation International News. He lives in North Carolina.