Farberware Classic 8-Piece Cookware Set Beautiful as well as functional, the pots and pans in this eight-piece set are made of heavy 18/10 stainless steel polished to a mirror finish and have aluminum disks in their bottoms to conduct heat quickly and uniformly. The set provides a cook with all the pots and pans essential to most cooking tasks.
On Food and Cooking : The Science and... What makes white meat white? Does searing really seal in flavor? Why is it that fruits ripen but vegetables don't? These and other food mysteries are conclusively solved in Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen.