Once you've chosen the right cheese for your pasta, it's time to figure out the best way to actually get it onto your plate for a nice and cheesy meal. Between the sleek and popular microplane and all ...

For my first Christmas home after being away at college, my dad gave me a microplane. “This tool is invaluable,” he said gravely. I laughed and thanked him and thought maybe he was being a little ...

The Barefoot Contessa has spoken.

The 1990 Food & Wine Best New Chef says it earns its keep by handling everything from citrus zest and garlic to cheese and ...

When I went to restaurants as a child my favourite moment was the "say when" of the waiter cloaking your red spaghetti in a white cloud of parmesan. They would have to do the hard graft of grinding a ...

What goes around comes around in more ways than one. Microplane, the company that added slender ultra-sharp vertical graters to kitchens years ago, now has a rotary grater for hard cheeses. Will it ...

Once a woodworking tool, the Microplane is a culinary tool that makes everything easier, from shaving chocolate to grating ginger. Here are some tips and tricks for using your Microplane. The ...

A Microplane is an inexpensive, easy-to-find tool that’s in every professional chef’s knife bag, but sadly missing from most home kitchens. I say it’s time to right that wrong. Here's why every ...

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.