Posts by welshstar

Hi   I love my carbon steel for the high heat stuff, my non stick for the delicate stuff but ive not really found a good stainless pan for fish. Ive bought All Clad and to be honest found it to be overpriced junk, poor quality...

Hi   For anyone who is interested I bought the Vitamix and the thing is awesome. Comparing this to a blender is a bit like a guy in a tiger moth dogfighting a guy in a F16, its just not the same beast.   It does as...

The prices on the Vollrath link are way to high.   I use the De Buyer 12.5 inch mineral fry pan and I paid $57 from northwestern cutlkery in Chicago, I cant find it on their website though

Hi   I went through the same exercise recently and I would suggest a third option.   Check out a carbon steel pan, this is what resturants use for cooking steak. You can get an amazing sear and get the pan smoking hot...

Hi   I need to improve my diet and have the following observations to date, i love smoothies and juices and want to incorporate them more into my diet.   1 - I have a traditional $75 ish blender, it works OK but for...

Hi   I want to serve Seared tuna tommorrow night with a Balsamic reduction with fresh raspberries. I use a good quality balsamic, my question relates to an idea i had about using champagne with this, it just seems like a...

Hi   I checked into Steel Pans and had chance to look at the Vollrath and De Buyer.   Although the the De Buyer was $57 against $35 for the Vollrath it was thicker, heavier and looked much higher quality so i...

Hi   What about the new technology non stick like Scanpan, Cuisinart Green pans, are they syuiable for searing ?   Thanks   Alan

Hi   Ive tried various non stick and stainless cookware over the years and cant really get along with it, i like to sear a lot of fish and meat  with a lot of spice on it, this injunction with using olive oil seems to be...

So if i forget non stick what are my options ?I like to sear fish etc and in a stainless pan it seems to stick