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If you're in South East Queensland over the next few days, the Moreton Bay Food + Wine Festival is on from tomorrow until Sunday at Woody Point…

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Join us for the Moreton Bay Food & Wine Festival from August 23-25, 2024, at Woody Point. Enjoy delicious food & drinks, live music, and waterfront views.

This is a photo of one of our diamond sharpeners, the Diamond Retractable Knife Sharpener - great for sharpening bread knives or pastry knives (plus you'll find a 2min video on the product page showing you how to use it!)
https://totalknifecare.com.au/product/diamond-retractable-sharpener/

Father's Day just under two weeks away…

I.O.Shen does not have one of these knives – but do you really need one?

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Talking of cheese …this is the best knife for it (in our humble opinion!)…

Curved Paring Knife - 93mm | Total Knife Care | Shop Online Curved Paring Knife designed for peeling & trimming fruits & vegetables, the paring knife's edge must be kept sharp for carving garnishes.

Anything that has a knife named after it must be worth us writing about – here's something we put together a while back about the origins and history of cheese…

Cheese | Total Knife Care Browsing a bookshop the other day we came across a new title called “Who ate the first oyster?” and no further explanation was required – no need to check the back cover to see what it was about. Do you ever find yourself wondering who was the first person to…

Did you know… it's less than 3 weeks to go until Father's Day? If you're after a knife (or knife related) gift but don't know what exactly, a gift voucher might be the way to go…

Gift Vouchers | Total Knife Care | Available Online Only Choose your Total Knife Care Online Gift Voucher and the lucky recipient can shop online, purchasing fantastic products for their kitchen.

Following on from our last post, the I.O.Shen bread knife is a long (250mm) knife designed to make light work of crusty bread. It has a scalloped (not serrated) blade…
https://totalknifecare.com.au/product/bread-knife/

Bread's been around for quite a while. Since there's a knife specifically for it we decided to put together a (very) brief history. Read it here…

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Planning on taking some trips around Australia this year? Check out this handy guide to food festivals around Australia put together by the YHA…

Australia's best food and drink festivals Indulge in global flavours and homegrown treats, see cooking demos and wine shows, mingle with celebrity chefs and dance to live music in stunning settings. Join the festivities and savour the best of Aussie food culture.

If you regularly go 'off-grid' and have no access to power – but still need to keep your knives sharp? Here's what you need!

2 Stage Multi Angle Knife Sharpener | Total Knife Care Compact 2 Stage Multi-Angle Knife Sharpener perfect for the home, boat, caravan or camper, will sharpen any knife from Japanese or Asian Style to European.

Talking of Brussels sprouts and their new found fame reminded us of butter being out of fashion, admittedly thousands of years ago (it was regarded as 'barbarian food') – read our brief history of butter here…

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Meet the new hero – the Brussels sprout!
https://totalknifecare.com.au/the-grind/

It may be National Avocado Day today but be careful – quite a lot of people injure themselves with avocados. Don't believe us? We covered this 5 years ago on our blog The Grind - check out 'Why you need to be careful with that avocado'…

https://totalknifecare.com.au/the-grind/why_you_need_to_be_careful_with_that_avocado/

It's not really BBQ season here in Oz – but it is back in the UK, where I.O.Shen sponsor some of the BBQ competitions…

Although electric knife sharpeners are always going to be your best bet, we have a range of sharpeners that don't need you to be anywhere near a powerpoint…
https://totalknifecare.com.au/product-category/knife-sharpeners-complete-range/manual-sharpeners/

Some people have some very unusual jobs, including David Stemmer who we spoke to back in 2020. Find out why he needed one of our electric knife sharpeners…

It's a tough job… | Total Knife Care Once or twice a year David Stemmer gets to go to the beach for work. Unfortunately it doesn’t involve much swimming or lying around on the sand – he’s generally there because a whale carcass has washed up on the beach and his job as Collections Manager (Mammals) at the…

On this day in 1909 Louis Bleriot crossed the English Channel from France to England – the first crossing in a heavier than air machine. It took him just 37 minutes. There is no record of what he thought of English food (although his expression may say it all)…

If you're a recreational hunter, fisher, individual professional chef or keen amateur cook, then this is the ultimate electric knife sharpening device for you! Meet the Nirey KE3000…

It's National Lamington Day today …so go and enjoy! (PS here's something we found on the ABC all about them)

The experts' secrets to making a prize-winning lamington Is the lamington the most Australian cake? Here's everything you need to know about lamington's history, as well as how to make an award-winning cake.

If you have some beautiful kitchen knives but you don't have a knife block, keeping them in the drawer is not the best place - the blades can get chipped or damaged. Here's an affordable solution – a blade guard. And the good news is they're affordable and we have all types and sizes from 120mm to 310mm. Check them out…

Top Shelf Blade Guards - 120mm to 310mm | Total Knife Care If you prefer to store your knives in a kitchen drawer, use a Top Shelf, felt lined Blade Guard to protect your knife edge. Inexpensive and reliable.

Vegemite ice cream anybody? It's OK you're safe we are well outside the April Fool zone! We ran through a few well known food-based pranks back in April…

Ever tried wombat cheese, kangaroo milk or Vegemite ice cream? | Total Knife Care Neither have we, but over the years various food manufacturers have tried to convince us that they were going to launch these new products …always in early April. 1st April to be precise. April Fools Day has been a perfect opportunity for people – and brands – to have a…

Did you know the law around buying all types of knives in Queensland will change in September? Here are the details…

It might look similar to the I.O.Shen Miho Slicer, but the Mizu Slicer – also a monster at 360mm – has a scalloped blade and is designed for many uses, including slicing meat, large breads and cakes…

Mizu Slicer - 360mm Knife | Total Knife Care Japanese Scalloped Blade Knife Mizu Scalloped Blade Slicer has many uses, including slicing meat, large breads & cakes. The scallops cut through without squashing the food.

Tomorrow is of course Bastille Day in France (well, everywhere), but don't worry, in the US they'll be celebrating the much more important Mac n Cheese Day…

Thinking of opening a restaurant? Really? It's pretty hard work. If you still want to, at least read this article…

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Look at this beautiful signage in Mitre 10 in Emerald! Well we like it anyway…

474 years ago on this day a certain substance arrived in Europe from the New World. And now we're all (or most of us) are addicted. No it's not to***co. It's chocolate. That's why today is World Chocolate Day …enjoy!

At 360mm the I.O.Shen Miho Slicer is one of the giants of the range - the flat edge allows for smooth, aesthetically pleasing slices when working on 'large food'…

Miho Slicer - 360mm Knife | Total Knife Care | Shop Online The Miho Slicer is super long & razor sharp, for slicing meat & raw fish. The flat edge allows for smooth, aesthetically pleasing slices.

Did you miss last month's article on why food on planes can be, well, a little plain? Here it is, if you missed it…

What do airline passengers, astronauts and mountaineers have in common? | Total Knife Care Secure Credit Card Payments. All Credit Card transactions are secured using 128 Bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Encryption.