Learnign how to cut various vegetables and fruits properly saves one an immeasurable amount of time. I'm pretty handy with an onion, but the rest? Let's just say that I would make a chef laugh aloud with my lack of kife skills.

How to rectify that? Look online of course! Here's a web page from the cool folks at à la carte that covers the basics, for both right handed and left handed cooks!

Thanks to Rebecca for the link.