Hints and tips:
...He stuffs his hand into a box and unwraps a large Santoku blade, and begins the assembly....
...Actually, it’s not a gleaming Wüsthof or a hand-forged santoku. What marks out a truly great chef in the kitchen is their spoons....
...It turns out that the gyuto I have my eye on is a more western-style knife than the Japanese chef’s knife, which is known as santoku....
...A kitchen knife made by a blacksmith friend of mine, Alex Pole....
...For the super-keen cook, knife‑sharpening classes are also available.From £255, blenheimforge.com 6 Bettys Yorkshire fruit cakeEveryone loves cake, but not everyone is so fond of marzipan and icing, so...
...Chocolate salami, £21.95, chococo.co.uk; cutting board by Ferm, £19, naken.co.uk; santoku knife, £275, blenheimforge.co.uk 2. Mug by Pip Hartle, £35, toa.st 3....
...The knife-- this my favourite everyday knife. It's a Japanese Santoku. It's lethally sharp. The tip area here, we can cut very, very delicately with that point area....
...In the trainee chef’s kit there is often a santoku included alongside the chef’s knife....
...By trialling blades at home, they defined three basic types: the paring knife (Petty), chef’s knife (Santoku) and chopper (Nakiri)....
...That’s why in kitchens all over Britain young chefs are no longer day dreaming about Ferraris, or at least not until they possess an S180S 180mm Santoku multipurpose knife....
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