Kitchen Counter, Drawer and More

Bonnie: I’ve been told I’m nuts for liking nonstick pans. Well, not that I’m actually crazy but that real cooks prefer other cookware. I beg to differ. To me, it’s all about time. I prefer to spend little of that precious time cleaning up, and using nonstick pans expedites this process.

I fell in love with my very first Circulon Toss & Turn pan for that reason and more. One side is taller than the other, providing any level cook the ability to look professional by tossing the ingredients with a flip of the wrist.

I reached out to the publicist to find out all the details about this pan so we could share them with you. But, sadly, I was told that Circulon was no longer making it. Fast-forward to a fabulous media luncheon at Adour Alain Ducasse in the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan this past spring. I arrived late as I was trying to squeeze in two luncheons that day. Yup, some say I’m a glutton, but I say I’m practical in getting to two press events for one trip to the Big Apple. I missed most of the presentation, but heard a buzz about a divided pan.

Divided pan, I pondered: How cool is that? I can cook two things at once. I wished I had had it while the boys were...

Bryan: How does one prepare fajitas properly when the audience doesn’t like different foods to touch? What is the best way to cook sausage and eggs at the same time without breaking out and sullying all the pans in the kitchen? Can I warm two side dishes (baked beans and potatoes) simultaneously with only one free burner? These questions may not be so deeply profound that you’ll turn to Dianetics for the life-changing answers, but they can be a real puzzler when you don’t want to wash an army of pots and pans while cooking a simple meal (btw – I’ve heard if you read L. Ron Hubbard’s classic backwards, there’s a really ripping recipe for lentil soup hidden in there).

All of these questions, and more, are answered with one of the newest products to leave the Circulon test labs: the Divided...

Eric: Who likes to wash dishes? Honestly, I can’t think of a single person who’s ever said to me, “Hey, that meal was delicious, but what I’m really looking forward to now is standing over the sink for the next 30 minutes while I get elbow deep in soap, and scrub the pots and pans.”

Unfortunately, in my apartment, I don’t have a dishwasher. Instead I have my girlfriend. She might clean the dishes, but usually only after a discussion with me about who’s washed which dishes, and how many, throughout the day. We both try to pawn off the dirty deed onto each other, but in the end, cleaning dishes still takes up a chunk of someone’s time – and any time we can salvage is more than appreciated.

The Circulon divided pan, as my mother and brother have explained, is an invaluable...