Yeah I'm not making a point about cookware, I'm making a point about the length and detail of the article! You could replace my comment with any number of other reasonable recommendations.
I guess I'm a bit frustrated by the internet-hobbyisation that I see of cooking. People are talking about "when it's time to upgrade" your cookware as if cooking is a sport that you need to excel at and where your score can be limited by your pots and pans.
I've been cooking enthusiastically my entire adult life and I've never "upgraded" my cookware, nor my knives for that matter (also "a set of knives" are not necessary, unless perhaps if you are butchering meat you only need one knife).
I'm not saying people shouldn't enjoy nerding out over kit if it makes them happy (I do have a very expensive coffee grinder after all) but I object to Experts providing Advice that it's necessary or that there are any important decisions to be made here.
I think it's also a bit of a reaction to British class signalling where some people of my parents generation will loudly proclaim that you Absolutely Must Have at least one good Le Creuset pot. At least to tide you over until you get married and you can have a full set.
I guess I'm a bit frustrated by the internet-hobbyisation that I see of cooking. People are talking about "when it's time to upgrade" your cookware as if cooking is a sport that you need to excel at and where your score can be limited by your pots and pans.
I've been cooking enthusiastically my entire adult life and I've never "upgraded" my cookware, nor my knives for that matter (also "a set of knives" are not necessary, unless perhaps if you are butchering meat you only need one knife).
I'm not saying people shouldn't enjoy nerding out over kit if it makes them happy (I do have a very expensive coffee grinder after all) but I object to Experts providing Advice that it's necessary or that there are any important decisions to be made here.
I think it's also a bit of a reaction to British class signalling where some people of my parents generation will loudly proclaim that you Absolutely Must Have at least one good Le Creuset pot. At least to tide you over until you get married and you can have a full set.