When it comes to kitchen equipment, there are some instances where you must accept no substitutes. Like for a sharp chef's knife, or a heavy-bottomed cast iron skillet. Or a Microplane rasp grater.

There are a few brands out there that seem to have completely dominated the market with a specific kitchen product. When you dream of a Dutch oven, it’s Le Creuset. When people talk cast iron skillets ...

Our top pick is the Microplane Premium Classic Series Zester/Grater. Serious Eats / Irvin Lin Our favorite rasp-style grater is the Microplane Premium Classic Series Zester/Grater. It zests or grates ...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — “You mean it’s only going to be used in the kitchen?” That’s what Richard Grace, a founder of Arkansas-based Grace Manufacturing, said in 1995 when he learned his Microplane brand ...

I’m a big fan of the humble rasp-style grater. This little powerhouse is indeed grater — greater! — than the sum of its parts (sorry/not sorry). It’s a go-to in my kitchen, as well as the food lab at ...

Home cooks have stocked their kitchen drawers with Microplane graters and zesters for 30 years. These sharp, dependable tools come in a variety of shapes and sizes — rasps, paddle-style, rotary, box ...

The story of microplane kitchen graters is one that can be filed happily under “necessity is the mother of invention”, or in this case, reinvention. Today, microplane graters are an essential tool in ...

It’s the gold standard of rasp-style graters. There are a few brands out there that seem to have completely dominated the market with a specific kitchen product. When you dream of a Dutch oven, it’s ...