I just bought a hunk of jaggery and it is quite hard. Is this normal or did I get a stale piece? If it’s normal, how do I bust it apart to get the 2 tablespoons my recipe requires? Should I use a microplane or shave it with...

Use a microplane or the edge of a spoon.

I’ve just found a website where they recommend grating ginger with a microplane, wrapping it in a twist of plastic wrap, and freezing, breaking off a bit when you need it and either defrosting it or grating it again (with a...

I love cheese but hate the thought of catching my fingers on a grater. So here’s my question for you. Which is better — a rotary grater with a fine and coarse drum, or a box grater with a hand guard like Microplane's...

actually, if you use a microplane to grate it, you don’t have to peel it; it peels itself as you grate it.

I love the graters from Microplane. They work extremely well. Link: http://www.microplane.com/kitchen.shtml Image: http://www.microplane.com/images/40000_20.jpg

Get a microplane. I also have a nice rotary Zyliss grater. You’ll have mounds of parm in no time. BTW I think that most food authorities agree that with a hard cheese like parm the effect on serum cholesterol is barely...

I’m planning to buy a white truffle from a local shop that imports them from Italy and use it for a special dinner for my s.o. Does anyone know if I can use a regular grater (Microplane or a box grater) instead of a special...

I have many recipes that call for grated Parmesan measured by volume in fractions of a cup. There is big difference (by weight) if you grate the same volume of parmesan with a standard large hole grater, a microplane, or...

I made noodle’s cream cheese ice cream recipe last night for a party of 14. I was worried because it made such a small quantity. I used quite a bit of fresh lime juice and maybe a half TBSP microplaned zest. It was so...

Read my post..I want a handheld v slicer. Even just a normal slicer is fine, but I need a handheld one! I just wwant opinions on brands. like this http://us.microplane.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=165

Hmm...I love my knives—10" Sabatier chef’s knife, a Chinese cleaver I use from time to time, another 10" chef’s knife. I also love my Microplane grater, which I bought long enough ago that it’s the original...

this tool to silly wannabe cooks like me? Would that be like the woodworking rasp that became the Microplane grater except that the Microplane grater is actually much more useful? Pray tell, me would you use the kitchen shears to...

My mother has an antique wooden nutmeg grinder that I covet. All the nutmeg grinders I’ve seen online/in stores are acrylic, and not that well reviewed. Should I stick with microplane? Or do you have a grinder you recommend?

If you need grated zest (rather than strips), I highly recommend a microplane grater.