Japanese Kitchen Knives: Essential Techniques and Recipes

by Hiromitsu Nozaki and Kate Klippensteen

Book Overview

Helps those who own a Japanese knife to maximize its performance. This book teaches the reader how to use usuba, deba and yanagiba, the three main traditional Japanese knives. It also explains many useful techniques, such as the importance of understanding blade angle and point of force. Sales of Japanese kitchen knives are booming in the west, but how many people have the skills to use these superbly-crafted tools to full advantage? Now, internationally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770030762
• ISBN13: 9784770030764
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.8" x 10.1"