Walk into any restaurant or cafe kitchen and you're sure to find a few things they all have in common—the nutty smell of fresh butter, the sizzle of garlic hitting the pan...and butcher block ...

Designed to be used in meat processing, the aptly named butcher block is a favorite surface for countertops in the kitchen. It stands up well to contact with sharp knives — without dulling blades — ...

Which butcher block is best? If you regularly cook large cuts of meat, you’ve probably discovered that your cutting board isn’t ideal for heavy-duty carving and cutting. A butcher block is designed to ...

In this video, I transform two barrels into a solid oak end-grain butcher block, measuring 2 feet long and 18 inches wide, weighing nearly 50 pounds and taking approximately 40 hours to complete. The ...