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Calling All Cooks!! I Need Advice!!

CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 01:52 PM My husband has told me that for Christmas this year, he is going to get me new cookware. He wants top of the line,stainless steel,professional grade cookware, and doesn't really care what it costs(he has never bought me a Christmas present before.) I would love stainless steel, and something of a "higher" quality than what I have, but I do consider price an option. Does anyone have tried and true brands they love, or know of brands for me to research so I can tell him what I would like?? TIA!!! :love:
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/11/09, 01:54 PM Here is my favorite stuff I have a frying pan and two sauce pans and I will get more of them http://www.calphalonculinarycenter.com/calphalon/consumer/culinarycenter/jhtml/index.jhtml -------------- When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me. Blaise Pascal 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 02:00 PM Maybe this is pregnancy brain, but I can't figure out how to navigate that website. I see no options for looking at cookware at all. :(
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/09, 02:06 PM I didn't either cristal...I did see something where if you spent 400$ you get something...personally...but I am by no means a chef...I like the wolfgang puck stuff they sell at sam's...it's pretty and shiney...dureable nothing sticks to it...just be sure to hand wash...I think my set was somewhere around 200$...the usual stuff...a skillet a sauce pan(one big one little)and a bigger pot...yeah..I'm a real chef can't ya tell...I think they're great...nice and heavy...I've got a bigger skillet and another big sauce pan seperately..I LOVE my knife set...you can hear a shing when you take them out of the block they're so sharp...anyhow...thats what I like...you're not gonna have to leave little paul at the register when you leave either!!!:)
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 02:10 PM Lol....I'll have to look at Wolfgangs stuff and see what he's got in sets. Ty wants to get me Allclad, but I can't choke down $700 for cookware.
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2006/11/09, 03:08 PM I have a set of Kirkland from Costco and it's really heavy duty. As with most Kirkland products, it is really nice quality. Not sure the cost...but a good deal for sure.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/11/09, 03:10 PM Sorry here ya go http://www.calphalon.com/calphalon/consumer/jhtml/index.jhtml;jsessionid=3M23QYJPLSNRKCQHUB2CIIQKA4QGIJCK?_requestid=156867 -------------- When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant and which know me not, I am frightened and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then. Who has put me here? By whose order and direction have this place and time been allotted to me? The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me. Blaise Pascal 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 03:14 PM Well, I got onto Macy's website, and they have a really nice Calphalon set that Ty and I are going to go look at tonight. It's an 8 piece set, that comes with a bonus aspargus/veggie steamer. Eeeee I'm excited!
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/09, 03:23 PM Ewwwwww...I love my veggie steamer!!!!!have fun!!!!
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/09, 03:31 PM OK...while we're talking cooking...has anybody tried that new bakeware stuff thats flexible???I'm a terrible baker...but would love to improve...plus I love red in my kitchen...anybody use it yet???I was considering getting some for the holiday baking.
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 03:37 PM My mom has some, and she loves it because you don't use any Pam on it or anything, and stuff still pops right out. I however, couldn't get it into the oven without spilling because it's so wobbley, and since I'm scared of getting burned, I just stick with my solid non-wobble items. KC, what are you no good with in baking?? Maybe I could give you some pointers?? I've been in charge of desserts for Christmas and Thanksgiving the past 4 years. :)
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/09, 04:01 PM Oh....about everything...I can bake a great cake...thats about it...cookies...ALWAYS flat!!!!I tend to overcook things...I'm terrified of anything under cooked so I overcompinsate...I would like to do baked goods along with my gifts...but my stuff is so bad..I'm to embarrased to give it out...what about a simple fudge recipe that I can put in a pretty tin...do you have a simple recipe for that???
	2006/11/09, 04:22 PM She is not good with milk either - just ask her kids :big_smile: -------------- If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a US Soldier
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/09, 04:26 PM oh shoosh yourself ka!!!!!!Or I will be forced to send YOU baked goods for christmas!!!!!
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 04:26 PM Lol KA. KC...I have a simple simple fudge recipie for you. Do you want the adult version or the kiddie version?
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/09, 04:30 PM hmmmm....I dunno....what does the adult version entail????I'm assuming it's alcohol and not how the pan is shaped...OK....I am getting my mind out of the gutter today!!! The kid version please!!!!
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/09, 04:44 PM LOL...ok I'll send you a PM with the kiddie version my dear. :)
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2006/11/09, 05:02 PM Lagostina has some great stuff. And that chef Emeral has a line also. And the Silicone cook ware is great. I have loaf form, tube cake form, and muffin forms, the stuff just falls out of them with no prying scraping or breaking. -------------- A little discipline at the table and at the gym might help reduce that belly! Ivan Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/11/12, 01:12 AM Now if there is one thing I do better than strength training, its cook... I already have my ideal kitchen planned out for when I get out of grad school. The other day I was looking at frying pans with a friend of mine... You can only imagine the looks someone in a house of pain shirt gets while looking at cookwear. -------------- Iron and chalk.
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2006/11/13, 02:03 AM I think that's sexy wrestler. A man who can cook, and look good while cookin. What more could a woman ask for? -------------- Bettia.... You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain ravenbeauty@freetrainers.com
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2006/11/13, 02:05 AM pampered chef products are awesome Every single one of them and they even have that silicone bakeware that KC was referring to. www.pamperedchef.com -------------- Bettia.... You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain ravenbeauty@freetrainers.com
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/11/13, 09:05 AM i personally use allclad stainless, 14 piece set will run about 1300, i also use Lara copper cookware, very nice stuff, looks too nice to cook with, 10 piece will run around 800-900.... -------------- So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/13, 12:09 PM We decided to wait on the cookware until we can really truly afford for Ty to get me what he wants, which is the allclad set. I do however, get a strainer for Christmas, and I am STOKED about not having to drain pasta using the lid of the pot anymore. Woo Hoo!!
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/11/13, 03:28 PM Thats funny....you know I think i will ask for an electric can opener...i remember being so disappointed when we first got married that I had to use the hand held...I've been able to afford one easily for years...but never got one...so that would be fun...funny how we forget about the little things that make life easier...
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/11/13, 03:44 PM I've had to ask Tyler to drain pasta for me for years because it's very difficult for me to hold the pot over the sink with the lid to drain it. I'm short, and that pot is heavy!! So, I'm getting a strainer, and it will solve all my problems!!