With a culinary degree and nearly 20 years of food-writing experience, Jason Horn has spent his entire career covering food and drinks. He's Food & Wine's resident knife expert and has tested hundreds ...

While the nakiri is a traditional shape in Japan, these days you’re more likely to see a hybrid version of the knife with a Japanese blade shape and a Western full-tang handle where the blade extends ...

Which Nakiri knives are best? A good knife will make food prep more manageable and efficient. There is nothing worse than having a blunt knife when you’re trying to chop an onion or some cherry ...

If you’re a well-versed home cook, you’ve likely heard of a Chinese vegetable cleaver before. Perhaps, you even have one in your cutlery drawer. But you may not be as familiar with the nakiri bōchō.

In the last 20 years, Japanese knives have become more and more popular with home cooks. While French food prepared with German steel was the standard of fine dining in the United States for many ...