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The Guardian - UK
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Hilary Osborne

Is it worth spending money on expensive cookware?

Man cooking meal in a frying pan
Decent pan, decent dinner? Photograph: Corbis

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it's up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in Saturday's paper.

This week's question

Our big family goes through a cheap non-stick frying pan every year, and each time I buy another I wonder if it's worth spending £80 on a decent one. If I do will it really last the 20 years they claim? I am told cast iron is better, as non-stick is bad for you, but do they work?

What are your thoughts?

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