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.

Try a Microplane rasp-style zester and see if you don’t start pulling out cookbooks looking for an excuse to use one again. That’s how effortlessly and fun Microplane’s super-sharp kitchen tools are.

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 ...

A Microplane is a type of compact grater used to finely grate or even pulverize ingredients to a paste-like consistency, although coarser options are available. Microplane is a name brand, so you may ...

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 ...

Ina Garten is a well-known and accomplished chef with great advice. She recommends that all beginning cooks have this piece ...