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.
Informative and engaging, filled with humorous anecdotes and secret tips from a veteran cook, An Edge in the Kitchen includes everything cooks need to know about knives, from their origins and proper use, to selecting and storing. In this essential guide that is part history, part user’s manual, Chad Ward offers a mix of practical information—from sections on choosing kitchen knives to tutorials on knife skills and sharpening—and intriguing lore that illuminates how kitchen knives have shaped, and been shaped, by cuisine and culture.
Interweaving information on food safety as well as hands-on instruction for techniques including chopping, dicing, and slicing, and filled with quotes and anecdotes from celebrity chefs such as Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef star Masaharu Morimoto, and Sarah Moulton, food writers and master knifemakers, this is the one-and-only guide to this chef’s essential.
“"You'll be hard pressed to find as succinct and complete a collection of wisdom on the topic as this masterful volume from cook and writer Ward. He covers nearly everything...giving cooks all the information they need....This book [is] as indispensable as the tools themselves." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Chad Ward...has written a handsome volume on knives and everything you might want to know about them, and about using them....It's not only filled with good info put together with a good design, the writing is lively as well." -- Michael Ruhlman, author of The Making of a Chef, The Soul of a Chef, and The Elements of Cooking "A definitive guide for buying knives....[An Edge in the Kitchen] covers everything you need to know and more." -- Lynne Rossetto Kasper, cookbook author and host of The Splendid Table "This year has already seen the publishing of several good knife books. Add [An Edge in the Kitchen] to the list....Ward...has crafted a book that is instructional and deep...as well as highly readable." -- Tampa Tribune Chad Ward offers all you need to know....A lot of knife wisdom served with a splash of wit and a sprinkle of trivia make this a book you'll want to read from cover to cover as well as to prop up by your knife block. -- Sara Moulton, host of Sara's Secrets”
"You'll be hard pressed to find as succinct and complete a collection of wisdom on the topic as this masterful volume from cook and writer Ward. He covers nearly everything...giving cooks all the information they need...This book [is] as indispensable as the tools themselves." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Chad Ward...has written a handsome volume on knives and everything you might want to know about them, and about using them...It's not only filled with good info put together with a good design, the writing is lively as well." -- Michael Ruhlman, author of The Making of a Chef, The Soul of a Chef, and The Elements of Cooking "A definitive guide for buying knives...[An Edge in the Kitchen] covers everything you need to know and more." -- Lynne Rossetto Kasper, cookbook author and host of The Splendid Table "This year has already seen the publishing of several good knife books. Add [An Edge in the Kitchen] to the list...Ward...has crafted a book that is instructional and deep...as well as highly readable." -- Tampa Tribune Chad Ward offers all you need to know...A lot of knife wisdom served with a splash of wit and a sprinkle of trivia make this a book you'll want to read from cover to cover as well as to prop up by your knife block. -- Sara Moulton, host of Sara's Secrets
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.
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