"The experience of cooking" - this can be applied to most of the technologies we develop. (i.e. does the Kindle take away from the experience of reading?) But i

"The experience of cooking" - this can be applied to most of the technologies we develop. (i.e. does the Kindle take away from the experience of reading?) But it's not just as simple as "better is better", either. If you want total convenience, you use a microwave, but it's not the do-all kitchen appliance that people originally thought it would be (see: microwave recipe books). If you want total experience and the joy of making something for your family with your own hands, you use traditional tools. Perhaps this pan meets some middle need, or provides a gateway for people who wouldn't cook otherwise, or perhaps it's an expensive novelty. But it's interesting to think about what we're losing when we replace old ways of doing things, and whether any of it's worth keeping around even if it isn't the most efficient way of doing things. The Betty Crocker add-egg trick tells us that there's a big emotional component wrapped up in this that isn't present in most product categories. (I make http://supermechanical.com/range http://supermechanical.com/range and enjoy Soylent, so the balance of new cooking interactions vs integration into an existing kitchen flow is something I think about.)