Cooking Like the Stars? Experts Try Celebrity-Chef Cookware;
Rachael's Handle Catches Fire, Emeril's Pan Tips By JULIET CHUNG
June 20, 2008; Page W8
In a kitchen at Manhattan's International Culinary Center, chef André Soltner and two cookware junkies seem bent on destroying a collection of brand-new pots and pans.
"This is very thin," says John Doherty, executive chef of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, as he taps the side of a stainless-steel frying pan. He holds the pan against his stomach, and then pushes in the sides like an accordion. "Oh my God," he says. "I just bent it."
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