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Ina Garten is the queen of all things culinary, so when she reveals her secrets, it's a good idea to listen. Ina recently sat down with Bon Appétit magazine for a rapid-fire question-and-answer session [1] in which she revealed her go-to Summer drink, whether she prefers butter or olive oil, and — perhaps most importantly — the one kitchen tool she can't live without: a microplane.

Ina answered, "You know what I love is a rasp (a microplane) because I love the zest of citrus fruit. And, actually, now I do garlic on the rasp because it grates it so finely."

Source: Williams Sonoma [2]

And we'd have to agree that a microplane [3] ($16, pictured above) is a nonnegotiable tool that everyone should have stocked in their kitchen. Like Ina, we love using a microplane to grate garlic [4] and add lemon zest to pasta [5] and other dishes.

To find out what's always in Ina's fridge and more of her rapid-fire answers, head to Bon Appétit for the full Ina Garten interview [6].