Use better kitchen utensils to cook with.

In the thirty plus years that I been cooking professionally, I’ve come across some good quality kitchen tools, some ok kitchen tools, and some that I think “What the heck were these guys thinking when they designed this?”

I started out my career always wanting the best tools as I could afford. At the time I was just a cook my budget wasn’t very large. As an aspiring Chef I knew that I needed knives as a starting point for my kitchen tools. But what kind Stainless or carbon, forged or stamped, all good questions and I was a bit clueless. I asked my Culinary instructor what he liked and as he was am old school Swiss chef trained in European tradition, he suggested that I look into Henkel knifes.

J.A .Henkel is a German knife company that has been producing knives for 275 years,established in 1731. They are excellent knives. Peter Henkels started the company in 1731 and registered the Twin symbol as a trademark in the town of Solingen.

I bought my first knife set, a beautiful white handle set of eight knifes. I went to work at a Hotel one morning, and stared working as usual. Being busy,I left my knives out in my station while I went to deliver some salads to one of the restaurants. When I came back a thief had stolen them. What a life lesson!

I had to have knives, so I went looking for new knives the next day. This time determined to find economical yet quality kitchen cutlery, I went to a knife shop and asked what the owner recommended. This time I did not have a lot of money so the owner of the stores ask me what my budget was and I said I needed A 10” chef knife, a boning knife, a paring knife and a Steel to keep them sharp. He told me about F Dick knifes another German maker of knives that had manufacturing plants in Brazil and he showed me a couple of them. F Dick Knives are also of exceptional quality but a bit more economical from this store as the owner had a large stock of them. I bought a few different brands that day and have had them ever since.I take extra care that I always return my knives to a secure place when I have to leave them.

Now there are many great choices for kitchen cutlery, Japanese, Brazilian and French knives can be good choices. I suggest you look around and find the knives that fit you hands best and ones that are comfortable. I am again evaluating knives and I really like Saber knives, they are American made and of good quality.