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"Last September, I built up the courage to make an orange souffle, which called for a generous tablespoon of orange zest. I consulted with my fellow foodies on the Internet (i.e., Googled "How to zest oranges"), who told me to peel the skin off the orange and scrape away the pith (bitter white part) with a paring knife. This worked well, but the 10 minutes that were spent scraping away pith could've been spent on more important things (like making the actual souffle). Later that night, I went back online and did some more research on how to zest citrus fruits. That was when I discovered... *dramatic pause*... the Microplane. I am usually a sucker for cool kitchen gadgets, but I left this item on my Amazon wish list and never bought it because I don't use orange or lemon zest that often. A few weeks ago, however, I bought a block of parmigiano reggiano and wanted something that would create those beautiful strands of cheese that you often see in pasta cookbooks and food blogs....
