Ceramic Cutlery Use and Care

Proper Use

Choosing the right knife will help you accomplish tasks more efficiently, cut correctly, and can improve the texture of your food by preventing bruising of fruits and vegetables and tearing of meats. Refer to the following when choosing a knife:

• Chef Knife
  • The chef knife is excellent for chopping, mincing, and slicing vegetables and meat.
• Slicing Knife
  • The slicing knife is great for carving roasts, turkey, ham, or other cooked meats into serving portions, and can also be used for chopping, mincing, or slicing vegetables.
• Bread Knife
  • The bread knife cuts through soft-crusted breads and pastries with ease and is also great for pineapples, melons, or other citrus fruits that have a thick skin or rind.
• Santoku Knife
  • This multipurpose knife minces, dices, and slices small vegetables.
• Utility Knife
  • This multi-use knife is great for cutting sandwiches, slicing smaller cuts of meat, and cutting larger fruits.
• Serrated Utility Knife
  • The serrated utility knife is perfect for slicing fruits, vegetables, smaller breads, and more. It is especially effective for tomatoes, salami, croissants, or any small foods with a hard crust or skin.
• Paring Knife
  • This knife is handy for smaller precision tasks like peeling, trimming, and slicing small fruits and vegetables.
• Kitchen Shears
  • These are great for multiple uses around the home and can be used to cut up meat, remove thyme leaves, snip through breads or pizza, and many more kitchen tasks.
• Cleaver
  • The cleaver is designed to easily carve through tough or tender meat and dense vegetables with one downward stroke.
• Serrated Paring Knife
  • The serrated paring knife is ideal for small, everyday food-prep needs, from cutting delicate fruit to slicing up a snack.
• Steak Knife
  • Steak knives are designed to easily cut a variety of cooked meats.