Antique Cutting Board - I

Found in a small village outside Lyon, this antique French cutting board was hand-carved from a single piece of wood, a tall rectangle with a rounded handle cut from the same plank. Boards shaped like this lived in the kitchens of the Lyonnais countryside, used for everything that needed a flat surface, from bread to onions to whatever came in from the garden. Sylvie leans it against the wall behind a bowl of lemons, or lays it flat with a round of cheese and a small knife on top.

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