From a Tokyo apartment
My kitchen is smaller than your closet. It cooks better than most.
Japanese home kitchens are tiny — and that constraint produced some of the world's smartest tools and habits. One good knife instead of a block of twelve. Honest advice from someone who actually cooks in Tokyo every night.
The One-Knife Kitchen (Free Guide)
How to choose, use, and care for the single Japanese knife that replaces the whole block — on one printable page.
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Your First Japanese Knife: Santoku or Gyuto?
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