Stripping tool for leafy vegetables and herbs

A hand-operated device for use in removing foliage from a stem of a leafy vegetables or an herb, the device comprising:

• a unitary, elongated body having no moving parts, the elongated body being sized to be held comfortably in a user's hand, the elongated body having at least two opposing edges, a portion of at least one of the two opposing edges following a convex curve;
• at least a portion of the convexly curved edge of the elongated body formed as a convexly curved smooth sharp edge, the other of the edges of the elongated body formed as a convexly curved dull edge opposite the sharp edge;
• a plurality of apertures of different sizes extending through the body such that a user can select an aperture large enough to allow the stem of a selected leafy vegetable or herb to pass through the aperture but too small for the foliage of the leafy vegetable or the herb to pass through, and
• wherein a user can pass the selected leafy vegetable or the herb through the selected aperture to remove the foliage therefrom, and then cut the foliage to a desired size by holding the body with the convexly curved dull edge against the user's hand and rocking the convexly curved smooth sharp edge along its length over the foliage.