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From chiffonade to batonnet, bend your vegetables to your will

Aïda Mollenkamp runs through seven basic knife cuts, including the masculine chop, the wily roll cut, and the glorious chiffonade. Also appearing with Aïda are the dainty mince, the foreign-sounding julienne/batonnet, the workhorse dice, and the flirty bias.

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So enjoyable to watch!

What is the best method to dry the vegetables?

My wife is a notorious chopper! She's very good and has been doing it for such a long time. There is something quite comforting and exciting to listen to her at work... the chopping. When you hear those sounds, you know something good is going to happen.

loving the videos. thanks, aida!

Great Video! Thanks.

really easy to follow.

great video!

very good video.
for even more info go to www.cookescutlery.com and click on the box on the right that says know your knife cuts.not only does it show all of the classical cuts but also shows the sizes.

This is great. A couple of items for the next video ... how to keep things from sticking to the knife? How to cut meats, fish, etc.?

So informative... Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial.

i love these 411 videos! there's a lot of choppiness (no pun intended) to the video when i watch it though. anybody else experiencing this, or does my computer suck?

Thank you for a clear and concise introduction to these cuts.

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