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Cookware: top picks in pans.(Best gifts)(Buyers Guide)

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| December 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Will a $300 set of cookware, possibly bearing the name of a well-known chef, make your meals twice as tasty as a $150 set? Not according to our tests of nonstick and uncoated cookware.

We found that many of the lower-priced sets we tested were among the best at basic cooking. The Bialetti Fusion set, for example, is a mere $50 for nine pieces, counting the lids. It performed better in some of our tests than many cookware sets costing substantially more.

The best pots and pans we tested heated food evenly. Pots were able to maintain a low simmer that kept tomato sauce from spattering or a delicate batch of bechamel from scorching. Pancakes that were made ...

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