As kitchen utensils, surform tools are a recent innovation. The Microplane wood rasp, a sleek stainless steel surform rasp first marketed as a woodworking tool and known generically as a microplane, recently became popular as a kitchen utensil for, among other uses, grating cheese (see Zester). An early mention of using a Microplane "rasp-like grater" in the kitchen was a cookbook published in 1999.[22] This was soon followed by mentions such as one of the finest kitchen tools to come along in decades[4] and a miracle citrus zester and hard cheese grater.[5] Initially, it was available from kitchen supply stores[4] and Lee Valley Tools.[5]