I live on my own and as anybody else would tell you, , , , , it sometimes gets hard to just cook for "yourself". I have a large collection of very good stainless cookware (not non-stick) but, , , , , I only have Venice Pro skillets (8, 10, 12) and looked for a medium sized GreenPan chef's/sauce pan to cook meals and rice and such in. This IS IT!! It works perfectly.