Ever wonder what that big kitchen knife with a curved blade is called — and if anyone actually needs one? It’s a butcher’s knife, mostly used by, well, butchers, hunters, and professional chefs, but ...

Some kitchen tools can tackle a wide variety of culinary tasks. Others, like a butcher knife, only do one thing extremely well. The butcher knife is one of the most recognizable knives in the kitchen, ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. As of about a year and a half ago, I stepped away from butchering to launch a sausage company called ...