Zesting devices, assemblies, components, and methods

A child-friendly bidirectional twist-action zesting assembly comprising:

• a housing comprising a circular-shaped sidewall portion and a dome-shaped cover portion located at a top potion of the cylindrical-shaped sidewall portion, the housing defining an interior volume, the sidewall portion comprising a side portion comprising at least first opening and second opening on opposing portions of the sidewall portion;
• and
• first and second food graters both being curved to match the circular dome-shaped sidewall portion and being mounted to the sidewall portion at the first opening and the second opening respectively, the first and second graters thereby covering the respective first opening and second opening, with the first and second food graters having respective first and second sets of two or more grating teeth having the grating portion of the grating teeth oriented inwardly toward the interior volume to contact respective first and second peel regions of a citrus fruit located within the interior volume and configured to grate the citrus fruit in response to movement of the housing relative to the citrus fruit while the citrus fruit is located within the interior volume, wherein at least a portion of the first set of grating teeth are oriented opposite to at least a portion of the second set of grating teeth.