Search results

Has anybody tested both in parallel and did form an opinion between a stovetop pressure cooker and an instant pot? Mainly I want to cook beans, since I fell in love with the book 'Cool Beans'. I am currious about the set it and forget it nature of the Instant pot. I have a rice cooker and...

A few years back, when I wanted to buy a mandoline slicer I got a Swissmar Borner V5/Börner V5, because my mother had a Börner V3 and was very happy with the model even after years of use. A week ago I decided to get a Benriner Mandoline because it has the ability to cut very thin slices. Since...

Here I want to share my rough procedure on how I thin my european chef knives. This is a rework of a post that I made a while ago in a german community. In this context please note that one other user there also posted another, very good, description on the same process with diamond stones The...

There is an easy cutting knive in each european knive. You just have to carve it out. My reason for doing this is that I like knives that easily go through hard vegetables. But I prefer knives out of steels that can be sharpened with a sharpening steel. Firthermore I enjoy the design of knives...

Hello everybody, I am an enthusiast cook who also likes good tools. Because of this I started thinning my european knives for an increased cutting performance after I learned how to sharpen them. For some reasons I am also into chinese chef knives. Hopefully there will be some interesting...