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Knife Skills
Knife Skills: Introduction and Equipment
Class introduction
Necessary equipment for this class
Knife Skills Recipe Booklet
Equipment: Milk Street Knife Basics
Video: Knives 101 at Milk Street (7:48)
The anatomy of a knife
Two broad categories of knives
Carbon Steel v Stainless Steel (1:55)
Video: Our essential knives (10:46)
Chef's knives
Vegetable cleavers
Small paring-style knives
Mandoline
If you only have two knives
If you have four knives
The full Milk Street kit
Knife maintenance
Video: Don't be dull (7:35)
Sharpening: By hand, mechanical and professional
Knife maintenance
Knife skills matter: Basic terms, techniques and theory
Video: Basic Knife Work (7:31)
Basic Cuts
Why knife skills matter
How to hold a knife properly
Motions: Push, slice, chop and rock
Recipes for practicing basic cuts
Video tutorials: Ingredient-specific knife work
Introduction
Onions (3:49)
Scallions (3:29)
Ginger (3:12)
Garlic (3:03)
Herbs (1:28)
Cucumbers (3:03)
Breaking down a chicken (6:42)
Trimming pork tenderloin (1:51)
Trimming a roast (3:12)
Prove it: Knife skills matter
Prove it: Three assignments
Finished! You know your paring from your petty and your santoku from your gyotu
Get more from Milk Street.
Knife Skills Recipe Booklet
Knife Skills Class Booklet
Buying Guide: Knives and Sharpening Equipment
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Small paring-style knives
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