If you cook, you pick up a knife. But you may now know the intricacies of this essential tool.

Join us, veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, as we offer the first part in a two-part series on kitchen knives.

What makes one knife better than another? What's the "anatomy" of a kitchen knife? And how can we use that knowledge to find the knife that's right for the job at hand?