When I bought my first set of pots and pans, I made sure they were coated with Teflon. At the time, that was the gold standard in nonstick cookware. I wanted to make sure I could cook with abandon ...

Cooks have been stirred up lately about nonstick cookware—worried that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon might harm those who prepare or eat food prepared in these pans. Evidence suggests ...

Not all pans can handle intense direct heat. Using the wrong cookware under your oven's broiler can cause damage to your pans ...

Home cooks across America are suddenly questioning the safety of their most trusted kitchen companions. The cookware sitting in cabinets nationwide may harbor invisible chemical risks that experts ...

You don’t want to be stuck with this. Last year, US poison centers reported 267 suspected cases of polymer fume fever, a rare, flu-like illness from inhaling fumes from an overheated nonstick pan.

Your kitchen's non-stick cookware seems harmless enough, right? You use it daily for eggs, pancakes, or searing chicken. The convenience is undeniable. Yet there's a darker story lurking beneath that ...

Spending each morning at the kitchen sink scraping at the charred remains of breakfast gets tedious after a while. Non-stick cookware may seem like an appealing alternative — but is it safe? Usually ...

When you need a frying pan to cook fluffy omelets, a skillet to brown mushrooms, or a sheet pan for baking an afternoon treat of chocolate chip cookies, it’s tempting to reach for something nonstick.

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