{"id":11,"date":"2026-11-03T10:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/three-knife-skills-that-make-cooking-faster\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:18:31","slug":"three-knife-skills-that-make-cooking-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/three-knife-skills-that-make-cooking-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Knife Skills That Make Cooking Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the time spent cooking is spent chopping. Learning three basic knife skills makes prep faster, safer and a lot more relaxing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-readora-note\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"readora-box-title wp-block-paragraph\">Key takeaways<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-readora-check\">\n<li>Pinch the blade just in front of the handle between your thumb and the side of your index finger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curl the fingertips of your other hand under, so your knuckles guide the blade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A sharp knife is safer than a dull one because it does not slip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hold the knife properly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinch the blade just in front of the handle between your thumb and the side of your index finger. This grip gives far more control than holding the handle alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use the claw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curl the fingertips of your other hand under, so your knuckles guide the blade. The knife can touch your knuckles but never your fingertips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep it sharp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sharp knife is safer than a dull one because it does not slip. A quick pass on a honing steel before each use keeps the edge straight for months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the time spent cooking is spent chopping. Learning three basic knife skills makes prep faster, safer and a lot more relaxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.crushjs.com\/readora-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}