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Knives
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Her eyes fell upon her knives, which she had neatly laid on the counter for inventory. There was her boning knife, with a smooth molded handle which fit her hand perfectly; her bread knife, with its fluted edge; her butcher's knife, blade shaped like a scimitar; her versatile Chinese cleaver, which could mince, slice, bone, flatten, chop, even crack through chicken bones and meat joints. Her chef's knife's gently curved triangular blade. Her Japanese knife arched like a samurai sword, her oyster
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― How to Cook a Tart
― How to Cook a Tart
“
-I cannot tell you how many principles of knife safety you are violating right now.
-Where's your sense of adventure?
-When it comes to stab wounds? On indefinite sabbatical.
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― Little Thieves
― Little Thieves
