This time of year, cooking feels like a competition on The Food Network — whoever hosts the holiday party is trying to flex on their guests with fancy appliances, and everyone participating in the ...

With a variety of theories in our back pocket, we figured the best place to start answering the question was by asking the people who make such lids. In early 2024, Snopes reached out to five cookware ...

Let's set up a hypothetical situation here: It's cold out, and you break out the slow cooker to make a delectable stew. But once you start the cook and put the lid on top, you notice a little hole in ...

It’s a small cookware design feature that’s puzzled us all — okay, maybe not all of us, but some. What’s up with those little holes in glass pot lids? Why are they there? What do they do? On Dec. 25, ...

With three pots, two frying pans, and one 5-quart sautée pan, this 10-piece nonstick cookware set from Calphalon is one of those rare sets of pots and pans that’s suitable for home cooks of all skill ...

Calphalon cookware performs all the important functions you’ll encounter in higher-end cookware, and has a “good value for the price,” according to our testing. The heavy du ...

Nothing is worse in the kitchen than creating a culinary masterpiece but not being able to get it out of the pan. Delicate omelets and hearty cuts of meat can both fall prey to pans that won’t release ...

Whether it be a lid for a rice cooker, slow cooker or traditional pot, one design feature stands out: a small hole. And the purported reason for the hole varies depending on where you look online. In ...