{"product_id":"vermont-live-edge-cherry-cutting-board","title":"Vermont Single Live-Edge Cherry Cutting Board","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Glue-Free Cherry Slab With One Natural Edge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis is about as pure as a cutting board gets: a single live-edge board cut from one solid piece of cherry, handcrafted in Vermont by Andrew Pearce from local, sustainably sourced wood, with no glue anywhere in it. \"Single live edge\" means one side keeps the natural contour of the tree, which makes each board genuinely one of a kind and beautiful enough to carry straight from the kitchen to the table as a serving or charcuterie board. Because it is one solid slab rather than strips bonded together, there is no adhesive to think about at all, which sidesteps the glue question entirely. As solid cherry, it sheds no microplastics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCherry is a quietly ideal cutting wood. It is a softer hardwood, so it is gentle on knife edges, and its close grain gives it good natural resistance to bacteria and moisture. Andrew Pearce finishes each board with a food-safe, allergen-free walnut wood oil rather than any synthetic coating, so what touches your food is wood and a food-safe oil and nothing else. It is a handsome, mid-sized board, well suited to everyday prep for one or two people and to serving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Shift Score: 8.8 \/ 10\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is our own assessment, not a lab result or a certification. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIt earns a high mark for being genuinely glue-free, which removes the adhesive question that every laminated board has to answer, and for being knife-friendly cherry, sustainably and locally sourced, and finished with nothing but a food-safe oil. It sits just under the thick end-grain blocks because a single live-edge slab is narrower and a little more demanding to keep flat, which is the nature of one-piece wood rather than a flaw in this board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Honest Tradeoffs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e1. A single live-edge slab is the most natural option, but that comes with honest tradeoffs. It is narrower than a rectangular block, so it is better for everyday prep and presentation than for breaking down a large volume of ingredients at once. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e2. And like any solid single-piece board, it needs care to stay flat: wash it, dry it promptly, and let it air dry standing on its side so air reaches both faces, because drying unevenly is what causes a single slab to cup. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e3. Recondition it with a food-safe oil periodically. None of this is difficult, but a glued, thicker block is more forgiving if you want something you can be careless with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow We Evaluate Cutting Boards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe look at four things, and none of them is a lab score:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e1. Whether the material sheds microplastics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e2. How kind it is to your knives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e3. Whether any glue or finish is food-safe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e4. And how well it lasts with normal care\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eCutting boards are a microplastics-and-glue question, not a PFAS one, despite what some guides imply.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Pearce","offers":[{"title":"18\"L x 8\"W","offer_id":50331220082935,"sku":"B0B64FK4PM","price":136.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8\"L x 6\"W","offer_id":50331220115703,"sku":"B0CMV92R3C","price":84.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15\"L x 7\"W","offer_id":50331220148471,"sku":"B09F6YL54N","price":126.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0881\/1642\/9047\/files\/61uguYZjh-L.jpg?v=1767886934","url":"https:\/\/thetrueshift.com\/products\/vermont-live-edge-cherry-cutting-board","provider":"The True Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}