Gadget Review – Microplane Ultimate (not quite) Citrus Tool
January 29th, 2010

Although it was a stocking stuffer, my Microplane was one of the standout gifts of last Christmas.
A Microplane is exactly that. It uses the principles of a woodworking plane, only miniaturized and specialized for kitchen duty.
All the TV chefs seem to insist upon them. Therefore, I had to have one too. Hey, I’m completely in touch with my impulsiveness, especially when it comes to food gadgets (I’ll tell you about the impetus to buy an iPhone in a later post). Perhaps I’d been sucked in by endorsement hungry superstar chefs. But there had to be more to this than empty hype. And there was!