The wisdom of Oriental cookware that gave us the wok also gave us the Chinese cleaver. But westerners are far less familiar with the cleaver, a cook`s tool that for most Chinese chefs is tantamount to ...

A cluttered drawer full of kitchen knives - The Image Party/Shutterstock No matter what dish you're preparing, having the right kitchen tools makes a great deal of difference. Most of us keep a ...

If you’re a well-versed home cook, you’ve likely heard of a Chinese vegetable cleaver before. Perhaps, you even have one in your cutlery drawer. But you may not be as familiar with the nakiri bōchō.

But one sharp-beaked bird keeps flying back into my hands. My Dexter Chinese-style cleaver has occupied a perpetual spot in the cutlery lineup, even if it goes unused for months at a time. We recently ...

No matter what dish you're preparing, having the right kitchen tools makes a great deal of difference. Most of us keep a variety of knives on hand, for instance — from bread knives to paring knives — ...