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the tiny rake that steals a fruit's perfume and leaves its bitterness behind
means A small kitchen tool with sharp little holes or blades that scrapes off the thin, fragrant outer peel of citrus fruit without digging into the bitter white pith beneath.
from From "zest" plus the agent suffix "-er," meaning "the thing that zests." "Zest" came into English in the 17th century from French "zeste," which named the peel of an orange or lemon — and earlier still, the membrane dividing a walnut into segments. How that French word arose is uncertain; its roots are lost. The figurative "zest" we love — meaning lively relish or keen enjoyment — grew later from the literal one, the way a sharp citrus tang stands in for any sharpening of pleasure.
- flavor zone
- Citrus oils live only in the colored outer peel
- skip white
- The pith underneath turns dishes bitter
- double duty
- Same tool shaves hard cheese and chocolate
- microplane roots
- Designed first as a woodworking rasp
- oil bombs
- Citrus zest holds essential oils used in perfume
microplane zester — kitchen tool brand that revolutionized citrus zesting with its fine rasp design in the 1990s
channel zester — traditional handheld tool with five small holes that creates strips of citrus peel, used in professional kitchens since the 1800s