When I was a professional baker, I often had to grate pounds of carrots by hand for cake when the food processor was broken, or after the grating plate insert went missing. Although tiny, I built some ...

I don’t miss my flat grater one bit. Some kitchen tools you just want to kick yourself for not buying sooner, and the Cuisipro 4-Sided Box Grater is high on that list for me. When I moved in with my ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

As a famous (among my coworkers, at least) cheese lover, I love any tool that helps me eat more cheese. I own a few types of cheese graters and recommend grating your own cheese for certain dishes.

To zest a lemon, you can use a Microplane, citrus zester, vegetable peeler, box grater, or a knife. While a Microplane yields the finest zest, a vegetable peeler or knife provides larger ribbons. The ...