a good way to let more people know about your great blog, as we can share recipes with our friends on the site, and the source is shown for each recipe. Kind regards, I loved the pesto sauce and love the recipe too, yummy. I like Jamie Oliver and his show. I agree and learned over the years that I want to invest in a few good knives and I cut with 3-4 I have in my kitchen. I no longer use my knife board collection anymore. I have to say that I'm not impressed with Jamie's technique. Instead of using a slicing movement, he uses a drop-chop that over time, will blunt the blade in just one spot. I almost ruined my Wusthof knives with this technique, until the knife guy at the shop where I get them sharpened straightened me out. The slicing technique uses the whole of the blade, requires less pressure and allows you to retain more control. It's far less dangerous and more accurate than a drop chop. I actually use a knife that is in between so it can chop veges (maybe not as well as a larger one, granted) but I can also use it to peel fruit and vege if needed. Plus I have a cerrated knife for bread. That's all -- BUT, my downfall would have to be that my most used knife is so blunt. I just looked up furi fingers and I see it's in your image -- I