If you want to get a squeal out of your favorite foodie this holiday season, cruise over to your favorite kitchenware store and pick them up a Le Creuset pot or accessory. They’re not cheap, but they are truly heirloom quality.

Le Creuset is most famous for their flagship line of enamelized cast-iron pots. Ranging from the wee 2 quart potlet up to a ginormous 9-1/2 quart French oven, these pots absorb, retain and redistribute heat more evenly than standard stainless or aluminum pans. They’re especially good for long, low-heat applications, like long-cooked sauces, stews and braises.

But over the years Le Creuset has branched out and introduced some interesting and appealing other products. Their skillets and grills have a different porcelain enamelized coating, which mimic a well-seasoned cast iron pot straight out of the box. They offer enough grab to create good grill marks and develop a nice fond, but release (and therefore clean up) easily. They also have some lovely stoneware, such as their baking dishes.

They even make pots you didn’t think you needed (until now). Check out the très cool looking tagine to make the eponymous Moroccan dish. Or go all ’70s with a groovy fondue pot. That heavy construction will help prevent the cheese from sticking and burning to the bottom of the pan. Of course, everything is available in their rainbow of kitchen-cheering colors, from the classic red or blue to this year’s hot color, kiwi.

Might as well accessorize those pots with some matching spatulas and spoonulas, right? True to form, Le Creuset’s silicone utensils are both attractive and practical. And for the gift recipient who already has every Le Creuset pot, pan and utensil, think outside the box and inside the bottle. Their ultra-modern screwpull is both useful and doubles as sculpture.

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