I'm lost without a flat-edged scraper, whether it is plastic
and slightly flexible (pastry scraper) or metal with a handle at one end (bench
knife). Aside from the intended jobs of scraping dough off a work surface and
of cutting it into sections,...
The first thing you learn in cooking school, even before
they tell you how to sharpen a knife, is that you stabilize a cutting board by
placing it on top of a wet cloth or paper towel.