{"id":4571,"date":"2008-11-05T18:10:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/birthday-gift.html"},"modified":"2008-11-05T18:10:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T18:10:14","slug":"birthday-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/birthday-gift.html","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll put it this way. We&#8217;ve not purchased a set of kitchen knives for cutting up stuff since we got married over 34 years ago. In fact, our knives now tear stuff more than they cut things. My teeth are sharper. Kris has this in mind for a birthday gift (for me) so here&#8217;s my question: Got any advice on a good set of kitchen knives? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll put it this way. We&#8217;ve not purchased a set of kitchen knives for cutting up stuff since we got married over 34 years ago. 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