One of thing I thought as a novice cook early on that I needed to cook egg in nonstick Teflon pan with lot of butter. It was working but surely not easy on my waist as a girl. I also learned hard way that Teflon coating can peel and it was not pretty. I found hard anodized nonstick pan cookware that simply love and did not want to learn any other way to cook crepe, omelet or making anything would stick such as egg.
Until one day, one of the woman I admired a lot started to cook egg on Stainless steel pan, I was shocked. Surely, she made a mistake right? How can she not know that eggs would stick. She laughed my naivety and showed me a way to make eggs and even omelet in her multi ply… Continue reading
All-Clad is used by most professional and celebrity chefs and they provide quality cookware and has great attention to detail that makes them stand out. All-Clad produces mainly stainless steel, aluminum and copper products. There is also a line that is endorsed by the chef Emeril Lagasse called Emerilware is also all-clad.
Here is bit of All Clad Brand history: It started in the 1960s as a small metallurgical company that worked on bonded metals for other industries. It was founded by John Ulam. All Clad hold many US patents related on bonded metals including bonded layered coins we use today. It has a rolling mill in Southwest Pennsylvania Today.
All clad started with bonding technology into cookware products around 1967, after partnering with another company Alcoa. The combination of clad metal proved much better compared to non bonded metal… Continue reading
This 17-piece cookware collection makes a nice choice for those setting up a first-time kitchen or for anyone looking to upgrade as it provides many essentials in cookware. This is the highest quality Steam Control Surgical Stainless Steel “Waterless” Cookware Set. Each piece is constructed of extra heavy surgical stainless steel and guaranteed to last a lifetime. Valves can screw on and off for easy cleaning.
There has been surgical stainless steel used in hospital during an operation, which mean that stainless steel has different amount of nickel and much healthier to cook in it. For further reading click here for Surgical Stainless Steel article at Wikipedia.
“Waterless” cooking allows for quickly cooking food on the stove top at… Continue reading
Stainless Steel is one of common type of cookware found in most home. Stainless steel is actually an alloy of metals including steel, carbon, nickel and chromium. Its gets its name because it does not stain and is because of its ability to resist dents and scratches. It does not react with acidic or alkaline food type. It is relatively cheaper but poor heat conductor. In order to overcome this quality choose stainless steel cookware that has copper or an aluminum core, so that food can be cooked evenly.
Stainless steel cookware has universal appeal for many of us for many reasons. First stainless steel material is strong, looks great and reasonably priced. You can get great looking and quality stainless steel cookware set for decent price to most expensive side. What make stainless steel material even stronger is my… Continue reading
If you take proper care, the copper exterior… Continue reading
I had never heard of Matfer brand earlier, but as our cookware reviews site chugged along, I learned more about many other brands that were great. In america, we consumer tend to look for frugal products as we like to save money unlike our european counter part. This Matfer brand is reputable and well known else where. It is expensive, costing around $1500-$2000 range, so buying it for review was out of question for me. So, I asked my one of the chef friend locally San Francisco area, for his opinion with Matfer Bourgeat Cookware, which he had been using for past 8 years. I conducted small interview with him, so I can write this review.
First thing I noticed was the quality of cookware was great despite being used for over… Continue reading
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Here we will look at the various type of cookware materials, its advantages and disadvantages with our recommendations. We will look at the following cookware material
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Cast Iron can withheld high heating that makes it not only great for stove top cooking but also oven baking too. Cast Iron cookware are slow to heat up but once it hot, it holds its heat for longer period and great for even cooking. Cast Iron pans are great for searing and outdoor cooking as it holds heat better even if outside temperature fluctuates. If you season your cast iron pan, it can work almost like non-stick pan without chemical coating. It is not easy to maintain cookware though,… Continue reading
Multi-ply or Clad cookware combines several metals in one cookware. Multi-ply cookware usually has a copper or aluminum core, with a stainless steel or nonstick interior. The exterior could be a aluminum or copper making stainless steel cookware to be better heat conductor. This combination of strengths makes multi-ply cookware cook friendly and desirable.
We recommend buying a hand polished 18/10 stainless steel with inner core of pure aluminum or copper, not just at the bottom, but all the way up the sides. All three layers are bonded together for optimum heat retaining for even… Continue reading