Sunday 31 March 2013

Staub

We made a trip back to North Wales over the Easter weekend and took our Portuguese friend Isabel to show her the sights. On route we called in Chester and whilst seeing a small scrap of the city, we stopped by at the lovely Steamer Trading Cookshop on Bridge Street.

Stylishly spun over three floors, they stock gorgeous products from Mauviel, Alessi, I.O.Shen Tai Tang, KitchenAid, Wesco and more. I don't need to say that the prices make your jaw drop.

It was a chance to see the new blue Marseille range of cookware from Le Creuset up close but I have to say that I was rather disappointed. It's nowhere near as vibrant as I'd hoped. The offerings from Staub on the other hand dazzled.

I'd heard Staub mentioned by a chef on Twitter some months ago and marvelled at their Mussel pot with an ingenious internal rack to hold the discarded shells. Like Le Creuset, Staub specialises in enamelled cast iron cookware and the quality is outstanding. At the top of my list is the beautifully made bouillabaise pot crowned with a lovely fish handle. Up close it really is a thing of beauty, and although madly expensive, it's versatile and will last a lifetime.  One day.






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