I love to cook! My husband previously purchased a grater for me about a year ago and the tines eventually went flat so I couldn't zest anything anymore. I used this last night to zest a lemon for our Salmon dinner and it was a breeze...I love the choices of the grater...large tines for shredding cheese, a slicer for cucumbers or zuchinni, medium tines for zesting, and a microfine tine for grated spices like nutmeg. Wonderful product!