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Celebrity Cookware Tested

Want to master recipes like Rachel Ray or Emeril Lagasse? Chefs have become celebrities these days. People watch them cooking on tv and want to be able to get the same results at home. Now, there are a lot of products on the market with the chefs' names on them. Good Housekeeping tested them to see if using the products can make you a master in the kitchen.

Rachel Ray's Pasta Pot created quite a stir in the Good Housekeeping tests. "The fact that it's oval means when you're cooking spaghetti, you can put the noodles in easily," says Sharon Franke, Kitchen Appliances Director, Good Housekeeping.

Emeril Lagasse's five-in-one Smoker was pretty hot, too. "What we liked about Emeril's cast iron smoker was that it performed five different functions in a single piece. You can use the base on your stove-top as a deep fat fryer," says Paul Hope, product tester, Good Housekeeping Institute. You can also use it to smoke, roast, grill or broil.

And Good Housekeeping says you may want to serve up Nigella Lawson's Living Kitchen Oven to Tableware. "We found these dishes performed well. You can put them in the oven, bake in them, and then bring them to the table where they look beautiful. And when it's time to clean up, it's also very easy because everything releases from the sides," says Franke.

But Good Housekeeping wasn't bowled over by Rachel Ray's Hipster Bowls or Nigella's Mixing Bowls. If you're not careful, you may wind up with batter on your blouse. You can find more Good Housekeeping ratings of celebrity cookware in the magazine's October issue. In that article, they also tested cookware from chefs Mario Batali and Rick Bayless and from health guru Dr. Andrew Weil. To learn more, visit www.goodhousekeeping.com.

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