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Quote card: A good cook changes his knife once a year, because he cuts. A mediocre cook changes his knife once a month, because he hacks.

“A good cook changes his knife once a year, because he cuts. A mediocre cook changes his knife once a month, because he hacks.”

Zhuangzi, Cook Ding (trans. Burton Watson)

Working with the grain saves your tools and your back. Learn the right way, not the hard way.

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