Knives and Stuff

Preparing salmon for the oven, grill, or stovetop takes a few careful cuts with a boning knife. The key is to remove the skin safely and smoothly, to avoid a hack job. Here’s how, with advice from our trusty guide...

Garlic is healthy, tasty, and versatile — what’s not to like? If your answer is, “preparing it for a dish,” have no fear. Rebecca Goldfarb of the Social Table showed us some simple tricks for mincing garlic for your home-cooked...

In 2017, the Times of London issued a PSA about “avocado hand”: “serious stab and slash injuries that are the result of failed attempts to penetrate the fruit’s hard outer casing with a sharp knife before encountering a resistant inner...