Le Creuset Stoneware Heart Ramekin with Cover, Red

This is a charming item worth the investment!
A perfect deep, well-shaped 8 BIG ozs. in a great shade of almost crimson red. Consider this an investment for lots of fun meals from Valentines'

Day to Christmas and even harvest dinners. I was impressed at how large the container is for it's shape, easily holding enough of any treat for two or a main dish for one. Right off, we used it for a nut dish and got many compliments on its' charm. So I went back and ordered 7 more!!

Cute as anything!!
I bought these for Valentine's Day for my husband, but we only took them out to use yesterday. They are cute as a button! The red is esp. cute b/c it has the dark shading on it, just like the big pots. Plan to use them for French Onion Soup :-) The quality is high, and they are versatile--freezer, oven, microwave. Can't beat that!!

The mini Le Creuset items may become an addiction for me!

I wish I had ordered more than one!
It's a beautiful serving dish - I only wish I had ordered more~ they are perfect for individual servings. Great starter piece for Le Creuset collectors. I love mine.

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Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron 14-1/4-Inch Wok with Glass Lid, Cherry

Not Well Thought Out At All
I know this review is going to get trashed, with people howling about what Amazon reviews are 'supposed' to be. But with this review I may very well save some people a big chunk of change, so onward.

See, this product is a good example of the problem with Amazon reviews - anyone who really knows how to use a wok wouldn't even consider this product, much less buy it and post a review. So this product gets very high reviews from happy but misled customers, and much better woks costing 1/5th as much get slightly more mixed reviews from people who know what they're doing but compare one decent wok to another.

Reasons this is a poorly thought out product:

- Heavy weight hinders you when tossing food. Tossing food is not just for show - it's an essential part of the main school of wok-based cookery. It exposes food to extremely high heat in brief bursts but at the same time moderates the heat and keeps food from overcooking or burning. This is crucial for...

Fantastic Wok
I was not sure this wok would measure up to my standards of Chinese cooking. I have two other traditional Chinese steel woks that I use a lot. But, what I found with this wok is that, even though the heat source doesn't have to be on high, the mass of iron in this wok generated much more heat and my Chinese dishes came out fantastically. I have been totally shocked at how this wok performed.

The surface needs to be gently seasoned, as do the surfaces of Le Creuset's grill pans, but, once that is done, food rarely sticks to it (or, the grill pans). I usually let some water soak in the pan after I've taken the food out, and after that, stuck-on food easily come off. I highly recommend this pan.

STAUB Wok - versus - LE CREUSET Wok
Product Dimensions:

Le Creuset Wok measures: 14 x 14 x 4 inches ; 14.1 pounds -
Limited lifetime warranty

Staub 7-quart Wok measures 14 inches in diameter; 15 pounds -
Lifetime limited warranty
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Le Creuset claims their wok is "Dishwasher safe" However, one should not place seasoned woks in a dishwasher as the detergent will break down the pan's seasoning and "wok hay". That is after all, one of the desired characteristics of a wok.

Le Creuset is oven safe to 400 degrees.

Staub 7-quart Wok: Hand washing recommended by Staub. Although their new cooking surface is less tenuous than the Le Creuset's matte surface due to Staub's superior enameled interior, in addition to their exterior surfaces being enamel-coated.

Staub is oven safe to 500 degrees.
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The Staub wok is ready to use immediately.

My Le Creuset, while also enameled, it performed best...

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Le Creuset L7473-0030 Moroccan Tagine (Cobalt Blue)

Love My Tagine
I ordered this following a vacation trip to Morocco. WHY DIDN"T I BUY ONE IN MOROCCO ? I was impressed with the Moroccan style of Tagine cooking but wasn't sure I could count on a lead-free glazes on the Tagines at the markets or shops. I was told the cooking Tagines were plain terra cotta and the decorative ones were for serving only. Before I ordered my Le Creuset Tagine, I put up several jars of salted preserved lemons. When the Tagine arrived I was surprised to find a lighter weight bottom than the normal Le Creuset enamel over cast iron cookware and a heavy pottery chimey top. I read reviews, suggestions and recipes on line and decided to try a chicken, lemon and olive tagine as my first dish. I combined the cooking instructions that came from Le Creuset with a recipe I got in Morocco. When I watched tagine cooking in Morocco, at various stages of cooking, they set the chimey top of the tagines on the edge of the base and ocassionally removed it from the base. I observed the...

Great Stews
Although I have no background to vouch for any ethnic authenticity of this product (I was almost thrown out of Williams Sonoma when I asked the lady if I could prepare a beef stew in a tagine), I will say that the Le Creuset version is a very attractive piece of decor and it makes for some awesome stews.

So far I have not been able to get food to stick to the base (unlike my other Le Creuset pots) and the steaming at low heat does seem to concentrate & intensity the flavor. I bought some new (to me) spices (cumin, tumeric, coriander seeds, etc) to follow some simple recipes and everything has come out wonderfully well.

The only down side is that it will not make a lot of food at once (dinner for four is a stretch) and it is not quick. But it does things for stews that no other preparation method can do.



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