This Wirecutter-Favorite Cookware Set Is the Perfect Metaphor for My Marriage. Let Me Explain.
The All-Clad set is a treasure not only for newlyweds and Thanksgiving hosts but also for postpartum parents. I used the stockpot religiously to sanitize bottles for all of our kids, including for our post-COVID third.
With our first, I went absolutely crazy, boiling our no-gas, slow-flow, anything-to-soothe-the-baby Dr. Brown’s bottles every night of parental leave. Then I went back to work, and our Grenadan nanny schooled us in all things child-rearing, including feeding.
Tap water was just fine to clean the bottles — oh, and also the baby needed more milk than my low-production breasts produced, so please order formula to supplement, rush shipping if possible. We hung up the stockpot, I bulk-ordered food, our little guy became a chunker — and we all became much happier.
Our kitchen editors describe the All-Clad set as a “buy-it-for-life set,” and I couldn’t agree more. Though I’ve flubbed overworked meatballs, under-seasoned stuffing, and over-cleaned bottles during the course of my marriage, it’s never been because of the cookware. It’s simply human error — as worth reflecting on in cooking as it is in marriage.
This article was edited by Megan Beauchamp and Catherine Kast.
