After drying, Abbott says, “rub butcher block oil into the wood.” Regularly oiling your wooden cutting boards will prevent the wood from drying out and becoming more porous.

As an extra bonus, you don’t have to oil bamboo boards, and the material is usually more eco-friendly than others. You can oil bamboo if you really want to, and doing so will give your board a ...

Food-grade mineral oil can be used to treat cutting boards and other bamboo and wooden kitchen utensils. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Food-grade mineral oil for cutting boards and other ...