What’s For Dinner Cooking Series: Hone Your Basic Knife Skills

What’s For Dinner Cooking Series: Hone Your Basic Knife Skills

Part two of our six-part virtual series on key cooking skills will explore the secrets of proper knife technique, especially of using a chef’s knife.

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All you need are five basic cooking skills to come up with a great answer to the most important question of the day, “What’s for dinner?”

With these five cooking skills, you can easily save time and money by using what you have on hand to prepare meals that will make your taste buds dance a jig. This session, Knock Out the Chop, will focus on the No. 1 skill you need in the kitchen: Knife skills.

You can’t hit a home run by swinging a golf club, and you can’t knit a sock with a twig. You need the proper equipment. Of the different types of knives you’ll want in the kitchen, a chef’s knife is your single most important tool. We’ll cover the proper way to hold the knife, how to keep your knife sharp, the proper cutting motion and the proper technique for cutting a variety of vegetables and fruits.

Other skills we’ll sharpen in the series:

10/29: Skill 2: Pan-Searing

11/5: Skill 3: Sauté

11/12: Skill 4: Soup-Making

11/19: Skill 5: Salad-Making

Each one-hour class will be taught by Chef Sandra Lewis, an entertaining and inspiring chef classically trained in French cuisine. Questions are welcome!

How to Join

Sign in to your AARP.org account or create an account to register for events. AARP membership is not required. You will receive an email with the Zoom link before class.