A culinary tool for slicing and dicing, includes a base connected by a hinge to a frame that carries two cutting grids. A drive mechanism connects a pivoting handle to a pusher such that pivoting of the handle relative to the frame drives displacement of the pusher and the turning of the frame between the open and closed positions, and a forward stroke turns the frame about the hinge toward the base, pressing the item through the first cutting grid, and a reverse stroke moves the pusher to the one of the ends of the cavity, pressing the item through the second cutting grid.