jake wrote:
> >
> Those pans look *beautiful*. I have recently bought 2 new pans,
> replacing the ones my parents had given to me when I moved out other
> were very thin.f my parents' house were very thin.. BTW, they were a
> wedding gift. No one deserves bad weddings gifts like that though -
> everything burns in them. My parents got divorced a year after i moved
> out. I don't think it had anything to do with them missing the pans.
>
> Now, 15 years later, I finally felt I am rich enough to buy proper
> pans. I think what I have now will last me a life time. They have thick
> bottoms and are made of steel (I think - I got them on sale because
> the packaging was missing. I don't know if there's various layers of
> metal inside).
>
> They do work a lot better than the old ones!
>
> So don't tempt me - those Calphalons do look like a very good buy and
> bargain.

Well, I bought my first set when I couldn't afford them back in 1984 -
they are pretty expensive, and were even back then. They have a
lifetime warranty. I have since sent in 2 pans to be replaced, about a
year ago. That's how great they are! They replace them for free. I
love the stuff, and in terms of gifts, you really can't go wrong. The
only downside is that they cannot be washed in a dishwasher, but most
pans can't so no big deal, really.
-L.