Coleslaw for a crowd and gratin by the cubic yard are not a problem if you have a mandoline in your arsenal.
Top to bottom: the mighty Shun mandoline, a Borner V-slicer, a Kyocera paddle slicer and my battered Matfer mandoline
What you need to know
1) You don’t need one (but they’re damn handy)
A mandoline (French [...]
