"Ajanta" wrote in message
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I am in the market for a good quality knife set.
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Is there a good set you'd recommend for vegetarian cooking?
I realize that cutting into a pineappl or acorn squash requires a big
strong knife, but I am still not sure if I need everything a meat
eating person needs. What do you use? Do you need cleaver, carving knife,
steak knives?

I have a Wilkinson Sword set that has served me very well for 20 years.
Each knife has a built-in sharpener in the holder, which doesn't take up too
much space on the counter. (I heard a chef say once that he didn't like the
ones with the built-in sharpeners, but I love mine.) The set includes three
sizes, and the largest works just fine for pineapple and squash. I tend to
use the middle-sized one for the majority of chopping/slicing, and the small
one comes in handy for paring veggies/fruit and for chopping garlic.
I also have a serrated knife--I think it came from a discount store when
I first moved out of my parents' house--for slicing bread. There are a
couple of "leftover" steak knives in a drawer that get used by my husband,
who isn't veg, so I'm sure you could get by without those. Unless you
sometimes serve meat for non-veg guests, I don't think you'd need a carving
knife or a cleaver, either.

Kathy