This is not a dumb question. There's a couple kinds of non-stick pans -- anodized aluminnum, Teflon, etc. It's trendy to hate Teflon (and there are some good health reasons for it, burning Teflon = bad for you), but I don't care -- you can never take my Teflon pan away from me!!!!
If you think you'll ever want to put the pan in the oven (like, for a frittata), you should definitely look for something that is oven safe -- that is, it should have a metal handle, not a plastic one. Teflon isn't good for this, mostly.
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Date: 2009-04-09 05:37 pm (UTC)If you think you'll ever want to put the pan in the oven (like, for a frittata), you should definitely look for something that is oven safe -- that is, it should have a metal handle, not a plastic one. Teflon isn't good for this, mostly.
Fancy anodized aluminum pans : http://www.calphalon.com/calphalon/consumer/jhtml/productLine.jhtml?catId=CLCat100197
Less fancy anodized aluminum: http://www.target.com/Rachael-Ray-Hard-Anodized-12-Skillet/dp/B000HTU6MQ/qid=1239298361/ref=br_1_6/188-4358656-3731637?ie=UTF8&node=13002781&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=13002781&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=2
Teflon pan: http://www.amazon.com/Next-Day-Gourmet-Platinum-diameter/dp/B0001MS9MI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1239298501&sr=8-1