Ah, the blissful sensory pleasure of an excellent kitchen tool. My microplane grater is the best grater I’ve ever had, and I would hazard a guess that few have had one so good. It zests like a wizard, grates the woodiest ginger into a smooth puree, and rains fine curls of parmesan atop a bowl of bolognese. Microplane’s main business is making woodworking tools, but one day some hungry tool maker wondered if they could use the same technology to make the world’s best graters. And now they do.

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