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Anthony Bourdain Swore This Old-School Kitchen Tool Is Essential By Garrett Palm Oct. 6, 2025 10:39 am EST

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Anthony Bourdain held many strong opinions that he was ready to share, prompted or not. When it came to the kitchen, his ability to wax poetic on knives, especially a good chef's knife , was legendary. He hated the "knife set." In his memoir, "Kitchen Confidential," he said of the purchase often made when filling out an apartment kitchen for the first time, "No con foisted on the general public is so atrocious, so wrongheaded, or so widely believed as the one that tells you you need a full set of specialized cutlery in various sizes." So when he was

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