Microplane is a registered trademark1 of Grace Manufacturing Inc., a company that makes photo etched steel tools (surform tools) for grating, grinding and sanding. It was created by brothers Richard & Jeff Grace in the mid-1990s. The Grace brothers set out to make a wood-carving rasper2 and ended up with a new invention, which in 1991 would come to be called Microplane.3
Kitchen graters
Microplane graters are used for the grating of various food items, such as nutmeg and cheese, and also as zesters for citrus fruit.
Wood rasps
Microplane originally made wood rasps and shaving disks, and they still do.
Further reading
Further reading
- Edge, John T. (January 11, 2011). "How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage". The New York Times.
- Barber, Casey (October 6, 2016). "Do you really need a Microplane for your kitchen? Yes, and here's why". www.today.com. NBC News.
References
References
- "Trademark Status & Document Retrieval - Microplane". United States Patent and Trademark Office. 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
- Edge, John T. (2011-01-11). "How the Microplane Grater Escaped the Garage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- Price, Will (2022-02-13). "One of the World's Most Popular Kitchen Tools Was a Complete Fluke". Gear Patrol. Retrieved 2022-05-04.