zester

He ducked on top of her to avoid a lemon zester.

The zester is sharp and effective, but not without a good amount of elbow grease.

Don't use a zester, for you will want fairly large pieces of zest.

Using a zester, remove the zest of one orange in long strips.

THE lemon zester has a handy, if a bit esoteric, function.

Many cookbooks advocate using a vegetable peeler if a zester is not available.

This zester has a second feature, too.

I find the traditional four-holed zester inefficient, as it leaves much of the zest behind.

To operate, the zester is pressed with moderate force against the fruit and drawn across its peel.

She is also a content contributor to the online food and wine magazine Zester Daily.

To remove the hair-thin peel from the citrus skin, a zester is not a bad investment.

Possibly in her day that practical little utensil known as a lemon zester had not yet been invented.

Pare the zest from two oranges and cut into very fine shreds (or use a zester).

You brought a zester didn't you, for Molly?

The zester is sold at Lechters stores for $5.99.

But it takes longer and fails to open up as many of the oily cells as a good-quality zester does.

With a lemon zester, remove 3 or 4 thin vertical strips of skin from each eggplant, creating a striped look.

Scrub the fruit, and use a zester or sharp knife to scrape slivers of rind from each.

For the icing, begin by removing the zest from the lemon - it's best to use a zester to get long, curly strips.

Available in cooking-supply stores, a zester has small indentations on its handle for the forefinger and thumb.

Steve Lentz says he packs a zester.

Two pounds in a handsome 13-inch Italian ceramic bowl decorated with lemons cost $49, zester included.

The outermost layer of the rind can be thinly grated with a zester to produce orange zest.

"More and more," he continued, "I use that zester from that lady in Canada who got it out of her husband's garage."

The company, whose kitchen equipment is known for its black rubber, ergonomically correct handles, has two zester models, which outshone nine others I tested.