Binding: Kitchen
Brand: Totally Bamboo
EAN: 0851814000959
Feature: End-grain cutting board laid out in attractive parquet design
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Totally Bamboo
Manufacturer: Totally Bamboo
Material Type: bamboo
Model: 20-1450
MPN: 20-1450
Publisher: Totally Bamboo
Studio: Totally Bamboo

• End-grain cutting board laid out in attractive parquet design
• Made of durably bonded bamboo, a renewable, earth-friendly resource
• Variety of bamboo used is not food or habitat for the giant panda
• Only food-safe, formaldehyde-free glue used; no dyes or stains; color is natural and permanent
• Measures 17-1/4 by 13-3/4 by 1 inch; won¿t absorb water or crack; wash by hand

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From the African Collection / Parquet End Grain / Certified formaldehyde free adhesive / 17.25 x 13.75 x 1
Fast-growing in nature, bamboo is also fast-growing in popularity as one of the most environmentally friendly, renewable resources available. Totally Bamboo prides itself on using only hand-selected, China-grown "moso" bamboo, which is not a food source or habitat for the giant panda, and which grows to harvestable size in just 3 to 5 years. Totally Bamboo follows strict environmental guidelines for processing and fair labor policies for its workers. And, the toxin-free products contain no dyes, stains, or glues containing formaldehyde.

The large Congo Parquet 17-1/4-by-13-3/4-by-1-inch cutting board from Totally Bamboo's African collection makes a superb gift for the home chef. Like rock-solid butcher blocks made of wood, the board is composed of strips of bamboo laid in end-grain fashion. By alternating direction of the strips, an attractive parquet pattern is achieved, dark-colored in the center of the board with two lighter curved sides. Harder than maple, bamboo won't absorb water, crack, or peel, yet won't dull your good knives. The warm honey color, which comes from an oven-heating process that caramelizes the bamboo's natural sugars, goes all the way through, won't fade, and can even be sanded. After use, simply wash the board lightly with warm, soapy water, and wipe now and then with mineral oil. --Ann Bieri

Customer Rating:
Summary: congo cutting board
Comment: Very well pleased.All that Cooks Illustrated said it is.No wonder it took first prize in their ratings.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: do not recommend
Comment: Mine arrived slightly concave, so it didn't sit flat on the counter. I had to return it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Stay Away from Totally Bamboo
Comment: I bought two of their other endgrain cutting boards and both bowed and cracked in under a month of use. The second of the two boards was oiled 3 times in that one month period and still cracked and bowed. Bamboo also stains much faster than traditional cutting boards do.

STAY AWAY!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Totally Bamboo times two
Comment: This is the second TB Congo I have purchased in the last month. I've thrown out all of my other boards. The board is the perfect size and heft and is downright beautiful. With proper maintenance, I expect a long life from these boards.
My Amazon experience this second time was disappointing.
The board arrived in the bottom of a large box with the protectant air bags on top of the board. Any impacts to the bottom of the box would have damaged the board. I was lucky. Additionally, this board came with one loop of jute twine around it and one TB tag. It was clearly a (barely) "repackaged" return from someone else. My first TB board was entirely wrapped front and back and packaged securely, surrounded with air bags.
I expect and have gotten better from Amazon.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Cracked within months
Comment: I purchased this board on the recommendation of Cooks Illustrated. I was really pleased with this board - for a few months. I oiled it as recommended, but it split in two places after about 3 months. Their ad specifically says it will not split or crack. I wrote to Totally Bamboo, and they are replacing the board for a new $6 shipping charge. In the meantime, it has warped badly and is difficult to use. I will see how the new one holds up.

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