Mastery

Wooden boards are beautiful, sustainable and practical but they need a little more TLC than their plastic equivalents – regular cleaning and occasional oiling are the main tasks. While wooden boards are usually more expensive than the average plastic board, in the long run, we think that the overall, lifetime cost is lower because wooden boards don’t have to be replaced as frequently. In fact, with proper care you can keep a quality wooden chopping board for a lifetime. To properly care for your board, the good news is that it’s more about what you shouldn’t do. We’ve tried and researched...

Even though we design and manufacture wooden boards, we wanted this article to set out clear, helpful facts and ideas to help you decide which is best for you.

While we might think that equipping a child with a knife to help out in the kitchen sounds like a recipe for lost fingers, if it’s done carefully and under supervision I think it’s a really good skill to learn and has all sorts of benefits. From a health and nutrition standpoint, studies have shown that getting kids cooking makes them more open to eating healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables. With my twin sons’ picky eating habits I hoped that letting them interact with their food in a meaningful way may reduce struggles at the dinner table –...