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KNIFE SHARPENING

    We teach people how to keep their knives sharp every day (watch this demo), and we have an overnight sharpening service for when they've gotten just too dull. Also: blade repairs and re-shaping.
    Click here for details.

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Always Use Your Chef Knife When Cutting on a Cutting Board (Demonstration by Owen)


The #1 most important knife to have is an 8" chef knife. Not a 6", and definitely not a slicer with a narrow blade. Watch this video and find out why. The #2 most important knife is a paring knife. More on that later.

Our favorite 8" chef knife remains the Wusthof Classic. It's been our favorite ever since we opened in 1980. This knife is the benchmark, the gold standard. $119.99 in our web store (and in our real store too!) A less expensive alternative is the Forschner Fibrox for $29.95. I'll get into the differences in a day or two. What's your favorite chef knife? Drop a comment and let me know!

Posted by Owen on June 10, 2009 03:02 PM | | Comments

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STORE INFORMATION

    KitchenArts has closed after 30 years on Newbury Street. Knife sharpening will be handled by the new business in our old location. Click here for details.



GREETINGS

    Hi. I'm Owen Mack. My father opened KitchenArts in 1980, the offshoot of an importing business his father started in 1930; you could say I've got kitchenware in my blood.

    KitchenArts is a hardware store for cooks--a shop that is serious about carrying items that get the job done. We're not into trendy colors, trendy designs, or kitchen fads. We don't carry tea cozies, we don't carry tablecloths.

    We do carry 248 different kitchen knives, 312 different pots & pans, 7 types of mandoline, 5 zesters, and 1 egg pricker.

    Have a question? Ask us...many publications do. You've seen us in Cook's Illustrated, Cooking Light, Elle Decor, The Boston Globe, and the New York Times. Boston Magazine has named us "Best of Boston" so many times we're in the Hall of Fame. We've got an opinion on most anything kitchen-related, and we'd like to share our expertise with you.

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