This Is The Best Way To Store Knives, According To Martha Stewart
Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/May 25, 2021 1:54 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, the home kitchen. The hearth of the house, a place of crackling creativity, a room that restores peace and sanity as we shuffle between the refrigerator, the stove, and the cutting board, working our magic to produce beautiful, tasty meals.
Can you relate? On our best days, this is, indeed, what the kitchen feels like to us. As passionate home cooks, we want to stride into the kitchen and feel not only inspired but organized. Cooks love to use the term “mise en place” — things in their place — and aside from properly prepared ingredients, it’s important that kitchen tools and accessories be well organized, too. Our kitchen is often a mess, but you know whose isn’t? Martha Stewart’s. The doyenne of home cooking and flawless hostessing, Stewart could bring order to the most disastrous of kitchens. She has some tips, specifically, for the best way to store knives safely and efficiently. If you think you could benefit from her wisdom, read on.
This Is The Best Way To Store Knives, According To Martha Stewart
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By Lauren Rothman/May 25, 2021 1:54 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ah, the home kitchen. The hearth of the house, a place of crackling creativity, a room that restores peace and sanity as we shuffle between the refrigerator, the stove, and the cutting board, working our magic to produce beautiful, tasty meals.
Can you relate? On our best days, this is, indeed, what the kitchen feels like to us. As passionate home cooks, we want to stride into the kitchen and feel not only inspired but organized. Cooks love to use the term “mise en place” — things in their place — and aside from properly prepared ingredients, it’s important that kitchen tools and accessories be well organized, too. Our kitchen is often a mess, but you know whose isn’t? Martha Stewart’s. The doyenne of home cooking and flawless hostessing, Stewart could bring order to the most disastrous of kitchens. She has some tips, specifically, for the best way to store knives safely and efficiently. If you think you could benefit from her wisdom, read on.
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Can you relate? On our best days, this is, indeed, what the kitchen feels like to us. As passionate home cooks, we want to stride into the kitchen and feel not only inspired but organized. Cooks love to use the term “mise en place” — things in their place — and aside from properly prepared ingredients, it’s important that kitchen tools and accessories be well organized, too. Our kitchen is often a mess, but you know whose isn’t? Martha Stewart’s. The doyenne of home cooking and flawless hostessing, Stewart could bring order to the most disastrous of kitchens. She has some tips, specifically, for the best way to store knives safely and efficiently. If you think you could benefit from her wisdom, read on.
Make a knife drawer
Once you’ve got your knife storage in place, don’t forget to organize the knives by size, making it easy to select just the right tool for each slicing and dicing job. “You start with small and get to larger, larger, larger,” Stewart tells CBS News. “Don’t forget your serrated knives for bread.” We most certainly won’t, Martha!
