Mandolin | An Edge in the Kitchen

Faster than a Speeding Chef’s Knife

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 [...]

Shun has been generating a lot of press lately (at least in the trade pubs) with background information and photos of its new mandolin.

Here’s the press release –

2008 March — Kai Presents the Shun Pro Mandolin to the Marketplace

March 1, 2008, Tualatin, OR – It’s the ideal tool for swiftly slicing firm fruits and vegetables, [...]