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I really like the feel and workability of a Deba style knife, not to mention the way it looks and the "concept" of the knife. Searching through these forums I got the impression that some of you used them as your primary knives. Any thoughts on the limitations and potential caveats to this practice? What obstacles might one run into in relatively standard usage? I'm considering shelving my 8 inch western chef's knife and upgrading my Deba to one of these monsters http://watanabeblade.com/english/pro/kuro.htm as my primary tool. Any experiences with these, or more generally, switching to a knife like this as your primary blade? I've read through the posts on using chinese cleavers as all purpose tools, but that's definitely too much of a jump for me. I'm constantly blown away by the knowledge present on EG, thanks in advance.

First day of posting on EG, be gentle. Anybody heard of honey from Tenerife? I had it at the event last year with Wines of Spain. Here's a description. http://www.gourmets-express.com/gourmets/c...&idart=61&m=&s= Apparently it's from enormous the enormous flowering plants like the ones on this page http://www.puntoinfo.idecnet.com/seccion.p...ma=2&slc_menu=2 (at least that's what the gentleman representing the product told me). I found the honeys themselves to be wonderful and the dark ones had a nice complexity, but I'm a honey novice so I really couldn't give any good comparisons to other plants and locales. I'd love to try it again though. Anybody know where this could be found in Manhattan?

Anyone happen to know where this could be bought in Manhattan? (Girlfriend is 50% of the way there on beer but 100% on chocolate) I tried the 14th street Garden of Eden and a bunch of local bodegas, as well as D&D and Citarella, though they really aren't that good for beer. Can anyone point me to a thread that shows where to get good or exotic beer in Manhattan? I'm looking for a non-restaurant way to get a continuous, non restaurant, reasonably priced supply of the Hitachino Nest (mostly Red Rice and White) and Unibroue (mostly Fin du Monde) line of products. Thanks!