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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...