One of the easiest ways to tell a real-deal chef from an amateur is to look at their slicing and dicing. Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food ...

Though a mandoline slicer may sound like a cross between a musical instrument and a piece of gym equipment, it's actually one of the most valuable tools every cook should have in their kitchen drawer.

We put this electric veggie slicer to the test Carrots? Celery? Thin, crisp, no problem. But when it came to our green onion ...