303159 Fri May 05 14:47:10 -0700 2006 1 29 Not About Food 0 1702884 Does anyone know the name of the person (a Canadian) who invented the Microplane ? Thanks ! Fri May 05 14:47:10 -0700 2006 0 LisaB 1 1702885 From the link below. It started out in 1990, merely as a new type of woodworking tool. The Microplane ® rasp was first invented in 1990 by brothers Richard and Jeff Grace at their jointly owned contract manufacturing facility, Grace Manufacturing Inc., in Russellville, Arkansas, USA........ The big moment came in 1994, when Lorraine Lee, a homemaker in Ottawa, Canada, was making an Armenian orange cake. Out of frustration with her old grater, she picked up a new tool her husband, Leonard, had brought home from their hardware store, Lee Valley Tools. She slid the orange across its blades and was amazed. Lacy shards of zest fell from its surface like snowflakes. The Lees marveled at the tool, ate the cake, then promptly changed the product description in their catalogue. The Microplane ® grater had earned permanent space in the kitchen. Link: http://www.microplane.com/store/aboutmicroplane.htm Fri May 05 14:53:46 -0700 2006 1702884 0 Alan408