An Edge in the Kitchen

Raleigh food blogger, attorney, and man about town Dean McCord has written a very kind preview of “An Edge in the Kitchen” titled These are the Days of Our Knives on his blog, VarmintBites. Dean writes about dining, home cooking, family, and the Triangle’s burgeoning food movement. His cobbler recipe is also top notch. Definitely go read his preview of my book, but bookmark the site. It’s good reading.

The first review is in. The good folks at OnlyKnives.com have just posted a glowing review of An Edge in the Kitchen:

If you’ve spent any time at all researching kitchen knives, you quickly realize that there’s a lot of disinformation out there. Myths, misperceptions and outright lies abound. Chad attempts to debunk some of these myths and give you an unbiased, straight scoop on knives. . . .

Overall, the book is a great read. Chad’s got a breezy writing style and a sharp sense of humor. I doubt we’ll see a sequel or that they’ll turn it into a movie, but it’s quite entertaining nonetheless.

If you want to learn about knives, as any serious cook really should, I can recommend no better way than to check out this book. <click to see the whole review>

The only thing I object to is the dismissal of the movie idea. I often spend hours wondering who is going to play me on the big screen.

I’ve updated the News & Reviews page. In short, I’ll be at the Blade Show in Atlanta May 30 through June 1 and the East Coast Kitchen Knife Gathering June 20 - 22 in Pennsylvania. See the page for details. Hope to see you at one of the events!

Part 2 of So You Wanna Buy a Knife is up at Leite’s Culinaria. Todays lesson: How Not to Buy Garbage

Sometimes it can be a little hard to tell quality knives from knives that simply have better marketing budgets. Here are the warning signs that the knives you are looking at might be not be all that they seem:

David Leite has been kind enough (or desperate enough) to invite me to do a couple of guest pieces for his blog on Leite’s Culinaria.

Today’s entry, “So Ya Wanna Buy a Knife”

You have decided that it is time to get serious, time to show the world that you have arrived and are ready to cook. You have decided to buy some decent kitchen knives.

For those who haven’t yet been introduced, Leite’s Culinaria is food writer David Leite’s multiple Beard Award winning website featuring articles, insights, reviews and recipes. As one writer put it,

“Edited by David Leite, [Leite's Culinaria] is kind of The Atlantic Monthly for food lovers, with well-written essays by Leite or one of his posse of fellow food-obsessed wordsmiths. There are always recipes that are begging to be tried, columns that are both funny and informative, product reviews, interviews…basically hours of enjoyment to delve into.”

The cover is finally up on Amazon, in all its tomato red glory. While you’re waiting patiently for me to get my act together you can, if you are so inclined, pre-order the book so that it will be delivered as soon as it is published.

Here’s the live link to “An Edge in the Kitchen” on Amazon.