Mesquite Wood Crosscut Cutting Board 2.  Made from a Mesquite that grew in Lake Havasu, AZ, finished with food-safe hand-rubbed mineral oil.  Very thick!  Approx. 14″ x 11″ x 2.25″

FYI:

Why Wood is Good for Cutting Boards!

In a study conducted at the University of Wisconsin (by Dean O. Cliver, Ph.D of UC Davis), they tested bacteria known to produce food poisoning – Salmonella, Listeria and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. These bacteria were placed on cutting boards made from seven different species of trees and four types of plastic. All the wooden boards consistently outperformed the plastic.

The scientists found that three minutes after contaminating a board that 99.9 percent of the bacteria on wooden boards had died, while none of the bacteria died on plastic. Bacterial numbers actually increased on plastic cutting boards held overnight at room temperature, but the scientists could not recover any bacteria from wooden boards treated the same way.

Basically, wood cutting boards kill bacteria. Wood binds up water, which bacteria needs to grow. Wood also contains antimicrobial compounds. (Given that many other plants can be used as natural antibiotics, this is not entirely surprising.) Old or new, wood cutting boards add an extra line of defense to your kitchen.