Finding a well-balanced, sharp, and versatile Chinese cleaver was surprisingly difficult; many we tested were too big, too heavy, and not nearly nimble enough. However, two stood out: the compact ...

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 ...

As I've grown my cooking skills, I've come to rely on specialty blades more and more. Getting better at cooking has been an ongoing quest since I was a child. Each new recipe I negotiate expands my ...

Ah, the meat cleaver. Bucking the tapered and svelte designs of traditional blades, these husky boys of the knife world were developed for one singular purpose — to serve as the machete of the kitchen ...