To be honest, I'm not much of a cook; my husband does most of the cooking around here..I'm the dish cleaner.  But I did immediately fall in love with the look of the pan..the white cooking area is so fancy looking. Because of that, I made a point of cooking with that pan and it heated evenly, browned the meat well, yada, yada, yada.  Know what was even better?? How easy it was to clean..it was a breeze. Could have wiped it out.  I really like this pan!