A good knife makes cutting and chopping a breeze. Choosing a knife is not a matter of getting the job done but a lot about convenience too. Most of us, Indian home chefs, are used to a regular knife which we get in a store. Most of our knives don’t cost more than a few…

Wood has been replaced by steel, stone, iron and even plastic lately. Modern kitchens have more plastic and steel than wood. The reasons have been anything from durability to easy to handle. Whatever the reasons, there are a few utensils which are best when it’s made from wood. Sometimes wood is more aesthetically pleasing while…

Over the years a lot of things have changed in our kitchen. A kitchen 50 years ago did not have half of the accessories you have today. No refrigerators, no mixer grinders, measuring cups were a steel glass and there was no plastic at all anywhere in the kitchen. That is probably why most of…

I spoke to a dozen professional chefs and realized that the most important tools are not what I thought were the most important. Some of the tools we thought important were rarely used and sometimes even considered a waste of money. What amazed me was the simplest tools that chefs swear by. They were not…