Summer Cooking Fever!

I don't know about you guys, but the moment the hot weather rolled into town I had a strong desire to grill out! My only problem is that I want to try new and exciting recipes but I have no idea where to find them! Luckily, I know the best place to go, and I am sure you would love to know!


Here at Heimerdinger Cutlery, we not only have the cutting tools you need for all your cooking adventures, but we also have the recipes you need. We offer tons of different cooking magazines such as Everyday Food: From the Kitchens of Martha Stewart Living, many editions of Cook's Illustrated, Everyday with Rachel Ray, and editions of America's Test Kitchen.


For great summer entertainment ideas, along with tips for shopping, eating healthier, or better techniques to cook things, you are invited to come in and check out some of the magazines we have in right now! When you stop in, bring by some knives to be sharpened, or maybe pick up a new one!

Just to give you some ideas of some great recipes offered in these magazines, Cook's Illustrated Magazine offers their summer edition entitled: "All-Time Best Grilling Recipes". Within the pages of this magazine are South Carolina Pulled Pork, Grilled Zucchini, Tomato-and-cheese Pizzas, or if you're in the mood for seafood they also have Fish Taco recipes and Glazed Salmon.

Martha Stewart also offers up some great recipes such as a Tomato-pesto Frittata, Vegetable Fried Rice, Herbed Ricotta Pasta with Corn and Zucchini, and my favorite summer time cooking adventure: burger spin-offs! In the edition this month, they offer a recipe for a Turkey-Cheddar burger.

If you want to check out any of the other recipes, you'll have to come in to see what we have! Hope to see you in soon!

The Heimerdingers have landed in Chicago!

     Well, actually on Friday afternoon.  And the windy city has been definitely that.  Hats and hoods were flying.  Made it to the International Home and Housewares Show yesterday. This is Carl's 4th visit to this incredible show and Nicole's first time.  McCormick place has grown over the years to a three building exhibit destination that pales only to the Frankfurter Messe, in Germany, which now has 11 halls (each of which is larger than any of the halls here)!  McCormick Place is huge, though.
     Our first stop was at the Wüsthof booth which was right on our way in.  The South building, where we spent all of Saturday, is at least 3 stories tall, maybe more! Wüsthof had a magnificent booth and even had a second miniature level. They were constantly busy as far as we could tell. But, we didn't stop there!
     Starting at 12:30, until about 5:30, we perused the South Hall, seeking out our familiar vendors and checking out all the new items that other companies had to offer. Along with Wüsthof, we visited Messermeister, Victorinox Swiss Army, Kai (the makers of the Shun knives), Opinel, Böker, and Kyocera. A lot of these companies are coming out with some really great new things and some exceptional improvements to their already known products.
     A couple examples would be the new color Edge Guards that Messermeister has, as well as translucent ones which give you the capability to see the silhouette. Now you will actually be able to know what knife you're pulling out of the drawer. Victorinox is coming out with new block sets, and new colors in the paring and utility knives. Böker has some new manicure tools and scissors coming out. Wüsthof and Opinel are the most exciting in our opinion and we will be giving you the details later tonight!

     We will have more details on what we saw for you later! Right now, we have some business to attend to!

Change is good!

Good News!

Our new website is live! Though you've probably already noticed that.

We've been working really hard to make the website user-friendly:  reorganizing categories, giving you more ways to search for things, and cleaning up the check-out process. There is also a very fancy “Enlarge Image” option so you can get clearer pictures of things you’re ordering. One fun feature is the wish list, so that you can keep track things you might want to order in the future.

We’re also making the bridal registry more accessible and user friendly, though I believe that this feature is still in progress. (I could be wrong about that, everything is so new, I haven't tried it all yet!)

Some things are the same: same address, same great products, and same great service.

So, what do you think?
I think that change is not just good, but that it is totally awesome.

Kitchn Love

I don't know about you, but a lot of my resolutions this year revolve around food and cooking.

My most recent obsession is The Kitchn, part of a blog family that include Apartment Therapy and a few other fun places to waste time. I love the advice, I love finding out about strange spices, I love the product and book reviews.

Here are some of their knife-related articles that you might like:
(Hint: you should use sharp knives and we can help you with that one!)

How to Cope with Your Parents' Dull Knives
Don't be Shy: Sharpen Your Paring Knives
Knife Skills: Keeping Your Knife Sharp
Knife Skills: How to Hold Your Knife

Gourmet Retailer, woo!

Nobody tells me about anything!

Look at what I just ran across: There's an article about us in Gourmet Retailer, check it out!

Celebration week!

If you're in the area, I hope you've dropped by the store for our celebration this week.

Today is local chef day! Chef Sam Mudd from Sullivan University will be showing us knife skills while preparing a relish tray from 11 to 1 today. Then Chef Shaw Ward of Jack Fry's will be tempting us with his shrimp and grits from 1:30 to 3. Yum! We've invited a bunch of other people to drop in during the day. If you're reading this, you're invited, too!

Thursday September 15th
Thursday we will be honoring our military men and women. A special gift will be presented to the first 15 active duty soldiers that come by the store. This will include: an on-the-go insulated mug with the Knifemakers Guild logo, free passes to the Guild show (Friday thru Sunday, Sept 16 - 18 at the Seelbach), one of a couple of different t-shirts, and other special items. All you other active duty soldiers will still get free passes to the Guild show (and maybe something special, too). Retired military, don't think we've forgotten about you! Come in to get your show pass and a free knife sharpening coupon. We'll also have a special drawing just for you. The rest of you, come by, sign up for the prizes, and say a special thank you to our men and women in uniform.

Did you know: Any orders shipped to a military post office have free shipping at Heimerdingers.

Friday Sept. 16th
The Knifemakers Guild show starts today! Stop by on the way down to the show or on the way home. We'll be doing our very own oral history project, collecting your favorite stories about visits to Heimerdingers. Stop in to shoot the breeze and tell us all the things we've forgotten (or in my case, wasn't alive for). We are doing this because every now and then we hear about someone special we remember, or a product we produced, or just a fun story. Share them in the comments here or on Facebook, too! Also we are inviting any former employees to come by on Friday to say hello. If you know of someone, please pass the word along. We're really hoping that Kyle Ellison (maker of the fabulous Kentucky Springs salad tongs) will be able to be with us this day.

Saturday Sept. 17th
Our final day is shaping up to be an awesome one. We'll have Ed Bartush from Wusthof Trident and Cindy Milem from Kyocera ceramic knives in the store with us. Also, we'll have another very special guest, Mark Zalesky, the editor of Knife World. Special demonstrations will be the order of the day with Cindy and Ed. There will be quite a few specials that day with Wusthof, including a 'trunk show' special, allowing a one time special ordering opportunity of Wusthof knives at 30% off for prepaid orders (only on regularly priced stuff, no sale items, no other discounts or offers).
While all that's going on, Mark Zalesky will be signing some of the books Knife World distributes, as well as doing knife appraisals (sorry, no written appraisals).


No matter which day you come by, be sure to sign up for the prizes, and remember that the Knifemakers Guild show runs through Sunday. We won't be doing the drawing for the major prizes until next Monday (the 19th).

Come see us!

Check us out!

Just a reminder that our 150th anniversary celebration is coming up next month, September 12-17th. Keep your eyes on our Facebook page for updates about when things are going to be happening!

But really, I'm just posting that as an excuse to share this link from io9.
"A brief history of the ancient science of sword making," is a very fun read.