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Practical, chef-led notes — bilingual by default.

Knife roles · Aug 2026 · 1 min read
The Five Knives Most Home Cooks Actually Need
Most home cooks don't need a block of fifteen knives. They need five that fit the jobs they actually cook. The job comes first — the…
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Decision guide · Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Chef Knife vs. Santoku: Which Job Are You Trying to Do?
A chef knife (or gyuto) and a santoku are both general-purpose knives — but they answer different questions. A chef knife has a bell…
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Care · Aug 2026 · 1 min read
How to Keep a Good Kitchen Knife Sharp
A sharp knife is a safer knife — it goes where you point it instead of slipping. The basics: hone between sharpenings, sharpen when …
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Mise en place · Aug 2026 · 1 min read
The Tools Sigi Reaches for Before the Pan Gets Hot
Before the pan gets hot, the work happens: the mise en place, the cut, the trim, the weigh. The tools a chef reaches for are not the…
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Sigi's journey · Aug 2026 · 1 min read
Spain, the United States, El Salvador: The Story Behind CHEF SIGI
Sigi is a chef. He trained in Spain, learning the repetition and discipline of a hotel kitchen. Afterward, he came to the United Sta…
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An oil painting of a brick wall hung with framed pictures: cooking pupusas, chopping vegetables, a copper pot, a market, a volcano. On a shelf below, paint tubes and a palette. — PaintingBrand art — a painted wall, not framed photographs. The painter left the tubes and the palette on the shelf below. The real photographs live on Meet Sigi.

A wall that keeps filling up.

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