Wednesday, May 25, 2005
"Now We're Cooking"
In a recent moment of weakness, I splurged and bought a new set of cookware - a 10 piece set of All-Clad. I went ahead and got a set that included a couple of non-stick frying pans in addition to the stainless, because neither of us are convinced that we'll be able to cook eggs in the stainless ones without having them stick. It also came with some free items: a small frying pan, a small saucepan, an apron, oven mitt, towel, whisk, and a steamer that matches the pans, along with free shipping. These web sites really want to sell their cookware by bundling in a bunch of extras. Hope it's worth it! Everything should arrive tomorrow and I can't wait to sear something :-)
I have hardly been cooking at all lately, but I am developing an addiction to high-end kitchen products. Haywood got me a Staub "La Theiere" enameled cast iron teapot for our anniversary and now I'm considering buying a couple more enameled cast iron pieces - possibly the "La Cocotte" for braising, or maybe something in Le Creuset. I like the idea of having a couple of fun colorful pieces and having everything else be kind of low-key and matching.
I've also been reading a web seminar on braising from egullet.com - it is kind of interesting - they are using different cooking vessels and doing lab experiments to see what things make a difference in braising, including type of vessel, cooking time, amount of braising liquid, searing vs. no searing... they can all be found here.
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In a recent moment of weakness, I splurged and bought a new set of cookware - a 10 piece set of All-Clad. I went ahead and got a set that included a couple of non-stick frying pans in addition to the stainless, because neither of us are convinced that we'll be able to cook eggs in the stainless ones without having them stick. It also came with some free items: a small frying pan, a small saucepan, an apron, oven mitt, towel, whisk, and a steamer that matches the pans, along with free shipping. These web sites really want to sell their cookware by bundling in a bunch of extras. Hope it's worth it! Everything should arrive tomorrow and I can't wait to sear something :-)
I have hardly been cooking at all lately, but I am developing an addiction to high-end kitchen products. Haywood got me a Staub "La Theiere" enameled cast iron teapot for our anniversary and now I'm considering buying a couple more enameled cast iron pieces - possibly the "La Cocotte" for braising, or maybe something in Le Creuset. I like the idea of having a couple of fun colorful pieces and having everything else be kind of low-key and matching.
I've also been reading a web seminar on braising from egullet.com - it is kind of interesting - they are using different cooking vessels and doing lab experiments to see what things make a difference in braising, including type of vessel, cooking time, amount of braising liquid, searing vs. no searing... they can all be found here.
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