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For casual home cooks I'd recommend hard anodized aluminum. It's an excellent non-stick surface, easily hand washable, non-toxic, fairly durable, and low cost.

For casual home cooks I'd recommend hard anodized aluminum. It's an excellent non-stick surface, easily hand washable, non-toxic, fairly durable, and low cost. Really as long as you aren't constantly gouging it with metal things then it'll hold up for years and years. Cast iron is great too though, don't get me wrong.

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aembleton 11y ago
I bought this set: http://www.costco.com/Circulon%C2%AE-Premier-Professional-Hard-Anodized-Nonstick-13-Piece-Cookware-Set.product.100104723.html http://www.costco.com/Circulon%C2%AE-Premier-Professional-Ha... Not only does the hard anodized surface work well, the lids have small holes where the spout of the pan is so that you don't need to use a colander.
- outdooricon 11y ago
  http://www.yourcookwarehelper.com/cookware-college/healthy-cookware-safe-cookware/is-anodized-aluminum-cookware-considered-safe-cookware/ http://www.yourcookwarehelper.com/cookware-college/healthy-c...
mtgx 11y ago
What about ceramic pans?
- lingben 11y ago
  ceramic is a great option, as long as you take care of it (don't scrub with abrasive, etc.) I switched recently to ceramic pans and I love the look and feel, silky smooth and glossy white surface!
imglorp 11y ago
Is that wise? Al cookware has questionable safety. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Health_concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Health_concerns These guys recommend stainless or cast Fe. http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=92 http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=92
- DanBC 11y ago
  From your wikipedia link: Although the use of aluminium cookware has not been shown to lead to aluminium toxicity in general
- ars 11y ago
  > Al cookware has questionable safety. Aluminum yes, but hard anodized is alumina which is a different compound, also called ruby and emerald. It's very very hard (as you can tell since it makes gemstones) and completely inert to cooking materials. Confusing aluminum and hard anodized is like confusing chlorine and table salt.
- InclinedPlane 11y ago
  Using Aluminum cookware does not result in a significant ingestion of Aluminum, hard anodized Aluminum even less so.

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aembleton 11y ago

I bought this set: http://www.costco.com/Circulon%C2%AE-Premier-Professional-Hard-Anodized-Nonstick-13-Piece-Cookware-Set.product.100104723.html http://www.costco.com/Circulon%C2%AE-Premier-Professional-Ha... Not only does the hard anodized surface work well, the lids have small holes where the spout of the pan is so that you don't need to use a colander.

outdooricon 11y ago
http://www.yourcookwarehelper.com/cookware-college/healthy-cookware-safe-cookware/is-anodized-aluminum-cookware-considered-safe-cookware/ http://www.yourcookwarehelper.com/cookware-college/healthy-c...

mtgx 11y ago

What about ceramic pans?

lingben 11y ago
ceramic is a great option, as long as you take care of it (don't scrub with abrasive, etc.) I switched recently to ceramic pans and I love the look and feel, silky smooth and glossy white surface!

imglorp 11y ago

Is that wise? Al cookware has questionable safety. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Health_concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Health_concerns These guys recommend stainless or cast Fe. http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=92 http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=dailytip&dbid=92

DanBC 11y ago
From your wikipedia link: Although the use of aluminium cookware has not been shown to lead to aluminium toxicity in general
ars 11y ago
> Al cookware has questionable safety. Aluminum yes, but hard anodized is alumina which is a different compound, also called ruby and emerald. It's very very hard (as you can tell since it makes gemstones) and completely inert to cooking materials. Confusing aluminum and hard anodized is like confusing chlorine and table salt.
InclinedPlane 11y ago
Using Aluminum cookware does not result in a significant ingestion of Aluminum, hard anodized Aluminum even less so.