8 Best Cheese Graters, According to Kitchen Pros
By Anna Helm Baxter of Good Housekeeping |
A cheese grater is an essential tool for even the most minimalist of kitchens. While buying pre-grated cheese might save you some time, it comes with some downsides: It’s often more expensive and comes loaded with chemicals and preservatives to prevent clumping. This powder that coats the cheese shreds can give a gritty mouthfeel and prevents it from melting as smoothly as fresh cheese.
On the other hand, grating cheese gives you control over the coarseness of the shreds as well as opening up the doors to different varieties of cheese to grate. It can also be used for so much more than cheese: Think coleslaw, latkes, and the freshest tomato sauce.