Cookware

For any home cook, the differences between a saucepan and a stock pot may not seem too great. After all, surely both of these types of cookware do similar jobs and they can be used for the same jobs in a pinch? Well, today, we’re looking at the differences between saucepans and stock pots to […]

Ah, another age-old cooking question that has fuelled debates between cooks for years—is there a difference between frying pans and sauté pans? After all, most of us home chefs (and I certainly include myself in this group), use frying pans and sauté pans interchangeably. Still, is this really a cooking faux pas? Will Gordon Ramsey

If a recipe calls for a heavy-bottomed saucepan, it can leave a lot of home chefs scratching their heads wondering whether their saucepans will be good for the job. Surely any old saucepan can get the job done? Does a saucepan really need a heavy bottom? We hope to answer these saucepan questions in this

If you want to buy a lid for your frying pan or replace a frying pan with the exact same sized pan, it’s nice to know the size of your frying pan. Thankfully, frying pans come in standard sizes, and all manufacturers of pans stick to these sizes. This means, of course, that glass lids

If you’re just moving out of home or you want to create the perfect kitchen arsenal of cookware to tackle even the biggest roast dinner, you might be wondering how many pots and pans you really need. Of course, this varies somewhat from household to household, but I hope the following info can help you

Have you ever wondered why your saucepans have wooden or plastic handles? Well, the answer to this saucepan riddle is pretty simple. You see, for hundreds of years, saucepans had metal handles that would heat up as the pan heated up. Of course, some saucepans do still have metal handles so that they can be

If you’ve just got an induction hob, you may be wondering why your saucepan isn’t working with it. Alternatively, you may be surprised to find that the saucepan that you used on your more traditional hob still works fine on an induction hob. Well, not all saucepans mix well with induction hobs. Many do, but

Saucepans come in a lot of sizes, and it can be tricky to find the perfect saucepan for your needs. Of course, you can purchase sets of saucepans that claim to cover all of the cooking you could ever want to do, but is that true? Is a large saucepan really going to be big

If your non-stick frying pan has seen better days, you may be wondering whether you can bring it back to life. While you cannot technically replace the non-stick coating at home, there are a few things that you can do to make it non-stick once more. Applying a non-stick coating to a pan is an

Ceramic pans have excellent non-stick properties. We have written several articles about ceramic frying pans praising the non-stick coatings. However, although this is rare, ceramic pans can sometimes lose their non-stick coating and leave you with a frying pan that is really frustrating to use. But can you bring a ceramic pan back to life?