On Wed, 5 May 2004 08:23:50 GMT, Ajanta wrote:

I am in the market for a good quality knife set. However, while looking
at the offerings, I realize that many of the knives seem to be meat
oriented and, being the biggest ones, jack the price up quite a lot.

Is there a good set you'd recommend for vegetarian cooking?

Possibly a silly question, but do you have to buy a set as such? I
bought my kitchen knives individually (from John Lewis - a chain of
department stores here in the UK) about ten years ago. I see that
Amazon (both UK and US) sell knives individually.

Although bought separately, mine do match - I chose them from the same
range (Maxime Girard Sabatier). Doing it this way, I didn't have to
buy carving knife or fork. I have no cleaver. What I got:
1 x 4" utility knife
2 x 6" cook's knife
2 x 8" cook's knife
1 x 8" bread knife
1 x 10" cook's knife

I find that I use the 6" knives most, then the 8". These two sizes are
the most comfortable for my hands. The 10" seems only to be used when
I have a cabbage to chop. I've never found a need for anything else.

Peter.