My Cookware Guide: Friendly Tips for Choosing and Caring for Your Pots and Pans
Cookware shapes how we cook and how food turns out. I rely on pans, pots, and baking dishes every day to brown, simmer, roast, and sautée, and choosing the right cookware can change a recipe’s result as much as technique does. Different materials—stainless steel, nonstick, cast iron, and clad aluminum—affect heat distribution, sticking, and how…