Small luxuries often turn into great values in years to come. Like our bread knife. It has history.
It was the most expensive knife I'd ever bought when I took it home from Kitchen Arts on Newbury Street back in 1992.
If memory serves me, I paid about $80 for it. Today it looks like one of the best values we own.
We had just bought a pied de terre in Boston. Our home was in Rhode Island, but Ed had accepted a job in Woburn. A place to stay in Boston shortened his commute in bad weather or when he was tired. (And, we had always wanted to live in a condo in the Back Bay.)
To set up our new kitchen, I went out and bought a few, very good items for our Boston home. This knife was one of them.
Since then we've sold the Rhode Island property, move a block away to a larger space in the Back Bay and settled into the Boston lifestyle that we love.
Through it all, that knife has served us well. We use it every day. It's still in perfect condition and faithfully cuts through crusty loves and produces paper-thin slices of ripe tomatoes. (It cut the loaf of B & R Ciabatta Bread in the photo above.) And, it has cost us less than a penny a day to own it over these years.
Below are links to the knife and a version of the faithful bread cutting tray that serves as its partner. An old saying in our family is, "When you buy quality, you only cry once."
Our advice - when buying basic tools that you'll use everyday, buy the best you can afford, and enjoy the quality every time you use it.
Details:
Kitchen Arts
161 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116
http://cobrandit.com/kitchenarts/
Here's the yelp on them.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kitchen-arts-boston
