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title: Knife Skills
description: This topic covers the selection, maintenance, and safe operation of kitchen knives. You will understand how to perform precise cuts, including dice, julienne, and chiffonade, while maintaining blade sharpness and practicing proper hand positioning.
category: trades-crafts
subcategory: cooking-and-culinary
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/knife-skills
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# Knife Skills

This topic covers the selection, maintenance, and safe operation of kitchen knives. You will understand how to perform precise cuts, including dice, julienne, and chiffonade, while maintaining blade sharpness and practicing proper hand positioning.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 2 Websites

## Websites

### 1. serious-eats.com

Serious Eats is a food site featuring chef-tested recipes, cooking techniques, and culinary science explainers. For knife skills, it offers step-by-step tutorials on grip and handling, basic cuts (dice, julienne, brunoise), safety tips, and sharpening guidance, often with photos and videos.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://serious-eats.com

**Tags:** websites, hospitality-tourism, cooking-culinary

### 2. rouxbe.com

Rouxbe is an online culinary school that delivers professional-grade cooking training through step-by-step video lessons and guided practice. It features a comprehensive knife skills course along with other foundational techniques and certification options.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://rouxbe.com

**Tags:** websites, hospitality-tourism, cooking-culinary

## Books

### 1. The Professional Chef

**Author:** The Culinary Institute of America

The Culinary Institute of America's core culinary-school textbook. Its knife-skills chapter covers knife selection, sharpening and honing, and standard cuts such as julienne, brunoise, and chiffonade, alongside stocks, sauces, and cooking methods used in professional kitchens.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470080264?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, hospitality-tourism, cooking-culinary

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