And one major sub-category that positively fizzes with excited chatter is Japanese knives. The sheer breadth and variety of Japanese knife styles can be overwhelming: deba, gyuto, kentsuke, honesuki, ...

"If you splurge on one knife, make it a high-quality gyuto, the Japanese version of the Western Chef's knife," says Dumapit, who helms the eight-seat omakase spot from the same team behind ...

Reddit chefs shared the kitchen knives that mean the most to them, and their picks include chef’s knives and honing steels ...