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How To Cook Eggs In Stainless Steel Pan?
Published February 17, 2013One 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
Cookware HQ Articles, Reviews and Recipes
Published July 30, 2011
We at TheCookwareHQ.com Strive to get everything cookware and cooking related resources to make this a one stop site, cookware headquarters that has everything from cookware buying guides, frequently asked questions, cookware and small appliance reviews, recipes and health related posts;
Here are our some of the highlights from the site: Cookware Headquarters.
Cookware Reviews
- Cuisinart DLC 10 Cup Pro Class Food Processor
- Le Creuset 5 1/2 Quart Round French Oven
- Zojirushi Micom 5.5-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer, Stainless Steel
- Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Stainless-Steel 10 Piece cookware set
- Best Kitchenaid Mixer
- Rice Cooker
- Calphalon Contemporary Nonstick 10- and 12-Inch Omelet Pans, Set of 2
- Vitamix: Ultimate Healthy Blender
- Thermal Cooker
- Calphalon Tri-Ply Copper 10-Piece Cookware Set
- Emerilware Pro Clad Stainless Steel Tri-Ply 12-Piece Cookware Set
- Rachel Ray Hard Anodized Nonstick 10-Piece Cookware Set, Orange
- Calphalon Commercial… Continue reading
Wok Guide: Everything You Wanted To Know About Wok
Published July 29, 2011How I got started to Love and Cook in a Wok
When I was in college, me and my friends used to hang out at one place after classes that served great stir fry and spring rolls. Food was inexpensive enough for students, however when we started eating out almost every day, cost added up. Friend of mine and I decided to make same stir fry at home at fraction of cost. After making several failed attempts of making a stir fry in a frying pan, stainless steel pan, I bought a thin and inexpensive wok, it did not work as well as metal was too thin, I had no real patience of seasoning the wok.
Around that time I started watching “Yan can cook” in PBS cooking show and started to learn lot more about cooking Chinese food and… Continue reading
Cookware Material Guide
Published July 27, 2011Here 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
- Cast iron
- Copper
- Non-Stick
- Stainless Steel
- Hard anodized
- Multi-ply or Clad
- Carbon Steel
- Enamel coated cast iron
- Enamel over steel
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Cast Iron
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
Choosing Best Cookware Feature Guide
Published July 7, 2011Functionality and features in best cookware:
Choosing right cookware is often trials and errors and there are so many choices, and place to buy. Also there different review guides that tell you very different picks. How do you know what works right for you? Our review sites has done extensive research to bring you lot of useful information and guide to help you and final choice is rest on your own choice as no one knows best about your cooking style than yourself. These are the features we look for when we buy and review each cookware and kitchen products and this one article, also will help you pick right cookware pieces and set for you .
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Heat conductivity:
Various metal cookware materials can heat up very differently and will make difference in your cooking. Best heat conductivity means better… Continue reading
How to clean bare cast iron cookware
Published July 3, 2011Using newly seasoned cast iron cookware:
Make sure you first season a cast ironpan before using it properly. Once the cast iron seasoned it will be fairly black and glossy like non-stick surface. Keep using a little oil in the beginning during cooking until it becomes fully seasoned. If your bare cast iron does not have wood or rubber handle bar, do not forget to use kitchen towels to hold the pan, as it can get super hot!
Important note: This seasoning technique is bare Cast Iron, if you have Enamel Coated Cast Iron cookware, it will not need special cleaning like bare cast iron.
How to clean cast iron cookware?
Bare cast iron cookware can not be washed or cleaned in dishwasher as the process can remove and damage the seasoning the cast iron pan has.
10 Tips before You Buy any Cookware
Published July 1, 2011
Before you buy any cookware or kitchenware, please take a look at these tips, so you will buy the best product for best value that will last longer and save you money in long run.
Step 1:
Know who are you buying for. Are you buying for yourself or someone else? What will you be cooking in it? What features are important to you: is it cheapest, easy to wash, dishwasher safe, easy to hold during cooking? Do you care for colors, look and shape etc and so on. Ask these questions before choosing a cookware or cooking set.
See Choosing Best Cookware Feature Guide for more details on what makes great cookware experience.
Step 2:
Next step is to figure out, what type of cookware material is important to you? If you want to buy all steel, non… Continue reading
Other Cookware Materials : Cookware Tips and Guide
Published June 21, 2011In addition to stainless steel, non-stick, cast-iron, copper, hard anodized, multi-ply or all-clad cookware, there are a few other types of cookware and bakeware material that some of you might be interested in. Let’s look at those materials in details. —————————————————————————————————————
Carbon Steel
Carbon steel cookware is usually rolled or hammered into tiny thin sheets of material. Material supposed to be strong and holds heat well enough. This type of material is best suited for knives, woks, crepe frying pan and paella pots, where curved shapes holds heating where required during stirring. One of the issue with carbon steel is that it need to be seasoned with oil before using and needs to be repeated as needed. Over time, the surface will be black and non-stick like cast-iron material.
Top Carbon Steel Kitchenware
See our detailed Wok Guide here: Wok… Continue reading
Frequently Asked Cookware Questions and Answers
Published May 31, 2011Here are some of the questions and answers that may help you with understanding cooking and product terminology much better. If you have any questions, please write to us via contact form. Our team will try our best to publish right answer right here for you. We try our best to answer our reader’s questions as often as we can. Feel free to ask on comments or via contact form.
How to clean your non-stick pans?
You can hand wash the non-stick pan using mild dish soap and soft sponge. Wait until pan is cooled off before washing. If your pan is not made of anodized aluminimum, it can be placed in dish washer to clean. To remove any stuck-on food, use a soft plastic scrub-brush or sponge and a gentle and mild soap.
Can I put Le Creuset in… Continue reading
How Many Type Of Bake Ware Are There?
Published April 14, 2011Bake Wares
Most of the bake ware are non-metallic cookware and can be used both in conventional and microwave ovens. Except a few ceramic cookware from Corningware brand, most non metallic cookware can not be used on stove top. However, they make part of complete cookware solution and let’s look at a few of these material in details.
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Ceramics
There are generally 2 types of ceramics cookware found, one is glazed one such as porcelain and other one is unglazed such as Terra cotta cookware. Some of the glazed ceramics in past have held high levels of lead, so before buying one, make sure it is lead free to avoid any health risk. Terra cotta has porous surface and suck lot of liquid and are good for steaming the food.
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