

The five knives a kitchen actually uses: an 8-inch chef's knife, a slicer, a bread knife, a utility knife and a paring knife, each with a turned walnut handle, standing in a solid walnut block.
Forged high-carbon stainless steel, sharpened by hand at 15 degrees. Bought together, the set costs less than the knives would one by one.
Made the old way: a ripping-hot carbon steel skillet, a spoon of bacon fat, and a batter poured in so it sizzles. It comes out with a crust you can hear.
1 cup coarse cornmeal · 1 cup flour · 1 tbsp sugar · 2 tsp baking powder · ½ tsp baking soda · 1 tsp salt · 1¼ cups buttermilk · 2 eggs · 4 tbsp melted butter · 1 tbsp bacon fat
Heat the fat in a 10-inch skillet in a 425°F oven. Whisk the dry, then the wet, and fold them together with the butter. Pour into the hot pan and bake 20 minutes, until deep gold.
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