Travis Swikard, executive chef at Boulud Sud, inherited his prized usuba knife from a Japanese master chef. (For home cooks, he recommends Korin, Nenox, and Masamoto as his favorite Japanese knife brands.)
What is your most treasured kitchen possession? One of my most prized possessions in the kitchen is a Japanese vegetable knife called an Usuba. It is a large, heavy, steel knife with a single beveled edge that is super sharp and keeps an amazing edge.
