Alton Brown recommended years ago that the knives from Japanese company Global are by far the best knives we can get for our money. In the knife section his gear book, he goes into great detail about what makes a good knife a good knife and was rather convincing about Global. Now Salon has an article on the rise in popularity of Japanese knives with western chefs and a bit into what makes the knives so great.

And wouldn’t you know, last night, instead of watching the Stupor Bowl, Gosia and I took advantage of the empty stores and got started on our Wedding Registry. I was incredibly disappointed to find that Macy’s did not, in fact, carry Global knives. But after reading this Salon article, I was recommitted to finding some and not settling with Wusthoff, only to find Bed Bath and Beyond carries them! Looks like we’ll be registering there as well.