Quality cookware, mushroom risotto and perfect steak

When it comes to cookware, buying quality is the way to go.

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23rd June, 2012

The question I’m asked most often is: “What is the best cookware to buy?” Or some variation on that theme. I tell people considering buying new saucepans, pots or a frying pan that they should buy the best and probably the most expensive cookware they can find. My advice: “Think of it as investment, for if your pots and pans are really good, you should be able to pass them on to the next generation.” If you estimate how much you’ll spend on the food to be cooked in those pans over the years, you’ll quickly realise that spending $200 or $300 for a pot is a mere fraction of your ...

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