In the late 2000s I kept a personal mom blog called Nest Bliss. I reviewed books, wrote about the house and the girls, and was even in the Wall Street Journal. These posts are from then: light, young, a mom in her late twenties. I have edited them to stand on their own.
I purchased some new pots and pans - the skillets are non-stick but the rest is all copper bottom stainless. The reason was two-fold.
First, I have had terrible luck with my non-stick cookware! I had an eclectic original set that included Pampered Chef, Calphalon, Martha Stewart, and Analon - on all eventually the surface started to fail.
I know I cook a lot but I think I take really good care of these pans! Second, in 2006 the Environmental Protection Agency asked all makers of Tephlon coated cookware to eliminate a particular chemical they use in the process of adhering the surface to the pan by 2015 - most haven't budged from what I can tell.
The little bit of information available makes me nervous - and really I am not a nervous person about these things. I also didn't want to need new cookware in three years or so.
There are all kinds of benefits to copper cooking as well. Oh and did I mention how good looking copper bottom stainless pots are!
What are you cooking on?