Cooking & Baking

and heavy old aluminum with Bakelite handles that were old when my MIL passed them to me 50 years ago. Le Creuset Dutch oven, Christmas extravagance from my husband; beat to death now but I won't let it go.

My collection over the years is pretty eclectic (love thrift store finds!), but later on when I wanted "nice," I got several pieces of AllClad over time. It was horribly expensive but almost alone in its class in our retail area (other brands for much less didn't start appearing for several years). As others say, they're as good now as 30 years ago.

This reminds me of discussion that addressing climate change will urge a return to prolonged use and more purchasing of used, instead of discarding good older stuff to buy new, new, new. Guessing the good to excellent quality that new technology makes normal should help that along.