No kitchen tool is more indispensable to the home cook than the chef’s knife. As the most important blade in any cutlery collection, the best chef’s knives can break down whole chickens ...

My chef’s-knife collection is substantial. I’ve owned some since I moved out of my parents’ house a decade ago, I’ve received others as gifts, and I’ve tested quite a few for this story.

She’s the author of the Substack newsletter But Wait, There’s More. While a typical chef’s knife roll may have a dozen knives within, a true, big, multipurpose chef’s knife is an all ...