Comments on: Utensils, Appliances and Other Kitchen Supplies You Must Have

By: Melinda Neely

Melinda Neely — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:26:13 +0000

Great question! If you do a search on google for knife sharpening in your local area, you’ll find plenty of options. Often, restaurant supply stores will sharpen knives; and sometimes, kitchen specialty stores, like Sur La Table, will. We actually have a Williams Sonoma in Boise, and though they don’t sharpen knives, they provided recommendations for places in the local area that would. Here’s a REALLY in-depth forum on knife sharpening, if you are interested. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/26036-knife-maintenance-and-sharpening/.

By: karen@fitnessjourney

karen@fitnessjourney — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:10:51 +0000

Hi Melinda, any suggestions on where to go to get your knives sharpened? My mom just bought me a really nice knife and I want to be sure to take good care of it.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:56:26 +0000

Melinda – this is a great article. It makes me think of two things…here locally in Seattle, you can find GREAT stuff at the local Goodwill. We drive over to the fancy part of town where the wealthy community lives and you wouldn’t believe the stuff they get rid of, you can find great stuff, I found a darling cookie jar (& they have great crystal pieces too – I’ve even found Waterford stuff there which is really fun for entertaining) Also, I read a tip somewhere for people who are getting overwhelmed with too many kitchen tools. The recommendation was to put all your utensils in a shoe box and over the course of a few months, only pull out the items you need to use, then give away the rest at the end of that time period. Sometimes we just collect so much stuff that we lose site of the good things you could actually use because they are buried!

P.S. – I’m totally with you on the knives, one good knife is better than 10 cruddy ones… would love to see you do a tutorial on how to properly sharpen them, I haven’t gotten that down yet!

By: Melinda Neely

Melinda Neely — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:11:17 +0000

What brands does Consumer Report recommend? I’d be curious to know.

By: Karen@WaistingTime

Karen@WaistingTime — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:07:23 +0000

Well how timely is this?! My husband and I are getting ready to replace our knives that we got as a wedding gift almost 23 years ago. And we want to spend enough for good ones but not more than we need to. So far, we are thinking we go with Consumer Reports suggestions.

I have a mix of good quality and inexpensive stuff in my kitchen.