Royal Craft Wood Wooden Cutting Board Set

The cutting board most people own is too small, which is why food ends up on the counter. These are generous, and wood rather than plastic — kinder to knife edges, and the collection already has four knife sets worth protecting. A set of three sizes covers everything from a lemon to a roast. It needs hand washing and occasional oiling, and a dishwasher will destroy it; that is the trade for a board that lasts a decade instead of a year. Buy it with the mineral oil, or it will dry and split in the second winter.

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