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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...