Kitchen knife a slotted metal blade attached to a handle. Also known as a Mezzaluna (Italian: "half moon") because of the shape, a mincing knife is a semicircular highly curved blade with a handle that allows the blade to be rocked back and forth repeatedly on a hard surface. This rocking motion is ideal for mincing and chopping. Some mincing knives are supplied with a wooden cutting board with a circular bowl-shaped indentation that matches the curvature of the knife. Some models have two blades that are parallel to each other to increase their mincing power. Large mezzaluna-like knives with shallow curves
Half Moon, Herne Hill by everyone."" Writing in The Guardian in 1981, Robin Denselow states, ""The Half Moon, Herne Hill, South London, is established as a testing ground for bands who often move on to greater things."" The Half Moon was also a venue for more well-known acts going back to their roots, hosting gigs by Steve Marriott in 1984, and Grammy Award winner Albert Lee in 1990. In 1998, ""The Bard of Salford"" John Cooper Clarke performed at the Half Moon. In 2003, punk rock band The Parkinsons played the pub. More recent acts at the Half Moon during the tenancy of Robert