Should you invest? No Images? Click here Everything You Need to Know About Copper pots and pans are a serious investment. Here's what you need to know about their advantages and disadvantages, and how to recognize quality. The Pros and Cons of Copper Cookware We've spent years here at Serious Eats building a compendium of cookware information. But there's one classic material we've written almost nothing about: copper. Here we'll take a look at copper cookware to suss out its strengths and weaknesses, and try to help you decide whether you want to go deeper by investing in some. Our Recommendations Yes, copper pots are expensive. But if you're looking to take the dive, here are two of Daniel's recommended brands. How to Clean and Care for Copper Cookware With the price of copper as high as it is, the last thing you want to do is invest in expensive copper cookware only to mistreat it into disrepair. Treating it right is relatively easy, as long as you know a few key things. The Maintenance Essentials Bar Keepers Friend Non-Scratch Scrubbers Behind the Scenes: How Copper Pots Are Made In ancient times, copper was worked by hand with a hammer. Now, there are two modern methods for creating most pan shapes: spinning on a lathe or forming in a press. To learn more, we went to Duparquet Copper Cookware in Rhode Island, where owner Jim Hamann (who also runs a restoration service called East Coast Tinning) showed us how he spins his pans—and even let us try our hand at making our own. |
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Everything You Need to Know About Copper Cookware
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
From Our Partner: Sip Soothing Bone Broth All Winter Long
SPONSORED Sip soothing bone broth all winter long. Sip it long after that, too. Temperatures have dropped, snow fall feels imminent, and comfort food is appearing on menus and kitchen tables in full force. Winter is here. Don’t let it get the best of you this year. Fortify yourself with something so nourishing, it will inspire you to live well all year long. It’s an age-old recipe that’s as soothing as it is simple, and it’s going to get you through these dicey months. It’s Pacific Foods Bone Broth. |
Cullen Skink: A Scottish Soup That Rivals the Best Chowders
Your Recipe of the Day No Images? Click here Cullen Skink (Scottish Smoked Fish Chowder) In Scotland, this smoky chowder is a popular comfort food, keeping bellies warm and filled through the chilly winter months. It relies on a smoked fish called finnan haddie, which is a type of smoked haddock. The real deal can be ordered online and is an incredibly delicious product that's worth trying. But, with some specialty gear, you can also cold-smoke your own fish at home, whether haddock or another white-fleshed fish like cod or halibut. Aside from that, the soup is almost too easy to make—just poach the fish, sauté some onions, and cook potatoes into it, mashing them at the end for a thick, rustic texture. The Kitchen Essential Smoking Gun |