J. Kenji López-Alt

Hi everyone, I wanted to take a quick moment to correct something I said in my latest knife-sharpening video. In that video, I repeated a very common explanation of the difference between sharpening and honing: Sharpening on a whetstone removes metal, while honing on a honing rod merely realigns a r

A dull knife is both frustrating and dangerous in the kitchen. Follow these steps—along with the visual instruction in the video above—to learn everything you need to know about honing and sharpening knives. Correction! After publishing this article, a number of folks pointed out that research exist

Grilling season has arrived and it's a good time for a refresher on the basics of setting up a charcoal grill. There are four basic steps you need to take before you can get started grilling. Step one: Choose your fuel. The most common options are charcoal briquettes or hardwood lump charcoal. Briqu