The way of the kitchen knife (or the kitchen knife method) is the name given to cooking-related matters such as the art of cooking, its etiquette, and its traditions, and it has as its symbol one of the most frequently used cooking utensils, the kitchen-knife.
庖丁道（庖丁式）とは料理に関する作法・故実や調理法などを最も頻用する調理器具の包丁で象徴した呼び名である。