If you’re lacking confidence in your kitchen knife skills, you may be considering purchasing a mandoline slicer. A constant sight in professional kitchens, mandolines allow you to slice vegetables ...

The ultra-sharp kitchen slicer is notorious for both pro-level cutting abilities and excruciating injuries. David McCann is a food writer, recipe developer, cooking teacher, actor, and playwright.

I happen to use my mandoline slicer often around my kitchen—for veggie carpaccios, paper-thin radishes for tacos, and evenly sliced shallots for frying. But the truth is I’ve never shopped for one or ...

That idea reminds me of how I feel about vegetable slicers. At home, I own three. I have a full-fledged professional mandoline; I also own a Japanese Benriner slicer that I've had since my ...

Which mandoline slicer is best? While a good chef’s knife is the backbone of a cook’s toolset and one of the most versatile tools in any kitchen, there are some tasks that a simple knife can’t quite ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Looking at the mounting pile of scrubbed potatoes, you firmly plop your kitchen knife back into your drawer. Instead? Out comes the mandoline ...

Mandolines: loved by salad eaters, feared by fingers. With what must be the highest body count of any kitchen tool after knives, mandoline slicers are tools that demand caution, reverence, and respect ...

Slicing foods evenly is a skill that chefs learn in school and perfect over time. While uniform cuts make food look more presentable, it also means that the food will cook evenly. A mandoline slicer ...