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2016 Saveur Blog Awards Recap

October 10, 2016 by Carole Tran Leave a Comment

2016 Saveur Blog Awards Sponsored by Falk USA

A view from the Westlight Bar at the William Vale Hotel.

Falk USA had the honor of sponsoring the 7th Annual Saveur Blog Awards. The awards ceremony took place on September 27th at the William Vale Hotel in Brooklyn, NY. A picture perfect sunset complimented the stunning skyline view of Manhattan. Wine glasses over flowing, bellies full of hors devours by Chef Andrew Carmellini. The room of world class bloggers couldn’t have been any happier! Saveur’s Editor-in-Chief, Adam Sachs had the lovely job of announcing the night’s winners:

2016 Saveur Blog Award Winners!

– Eat The World
Editor’s Choice – Eating Asia
Reader’s Choice – Parla Food
– Best Baking & Sweets
Editor and Reader’s Choice – Butter & Brioche
– Best Food Instagram
Editor’s Choice – Bread Face Blog
Dad Beets
– Best New Voice
Editor’s Choice – North Wild Kitchen
Reader’s Choice – Lime & Cilantro
– Most Inspired Weeknight Dinners
Editor’s Choice – Love and Lemons
Reader’s Choice – Half Baked Harvest
– Best How-To Food Blog
Editor’s Choice – Budget Bytes
Reader’s Choice – Breadtopia
– Best Style & Design Blog
Editor’s Choice – Dine x Design
Reader’s Choice – EyeSwoon
– Best Food Video
Editor’s Choice – Fung Bros. Comedy
Reader’s Choice – Food, People, Places
– Best Food Blog Photography
Editor’s Choice – Hortus Cuisine
Reader’s Choice – Hello My Dumpling
– Best Drinks Blog
Editor’s Choice – Good Beer Hunting
Reader’s Choice – Holly & Flora
– Best Humor Blog
Editor’s Choice – The Pizzle
Reader’s Choice – You’re Still Fat
– The Food Obsessive Award
Editor’s and Reader’s Choice – The Perfect Loaf
– Food & Culture Award
Editor’s and Reader’s Choice – Afroculinaria
– Blog of the Year – North Wild Kitchen
Each of the winners took home a Falk Copper “Trophy”!

Congratulations to the winners and nominees of the 2016 Saveur Blog Awards!

Sunset, skyline view at the Saveur Blog Awards, sponsored by Falk USA.

Each winner took home a Falk Fry Pan Trophy!

Table full of Falk Fry Pan Trophies

Michelle Jacoby and Mark Lipczynski from Bite Magazine

Simon Lockett and Irene Knauseder supporting butterandbrioche.com

Alexandra Stanford of alexandracooks.com and Whitney Adams of whitneya.com

Proudly showing off their awards!

Carole Tran from Falk USA and Soe Thein from limeandcilantro.com

Carole Tran and Soe Thein, reader’s choice winner Best New Voice: limeandcilantro.com

Michael Twitty, winner of editor’s choice & reader’s choice Food & Culture Essay Award: afroculinaria.com

Jenny Huang Reader’s Choice winner for Best Food Blog Photography: hellomydumpling.com

Nevada Berg Winner Editor’s Choice for Best New Voice and Blog of the Year: northwildkitchen.com

Dennis Lee, Editor’s Choice winner Best Humor Blog, The Pizzle

7 Reasons Why Our Customers Love Falk Copper Cookware!

March 8, 2016 by Carole Tran 1 Comment

Falk 14cm Copper Saucepan with Classical Iron Handle

Copper cookware is often regarded as the king of the kitchen, the ultimate kitchen tool for professionals and home chefs alike. Once you cook with a piece of copper, it’s hard to ever turn back but don’t just take our word for it! Here are 7 reasons why our customers love cooking with their Falk copper cookware and what they have to say about the brand:

1. Falk makes handcrafted, high quality cookware.

One of the best purchases I’ve made!! The quality is unmatched. I take my time to invest in the best kitchen tools and this lives up to my standards. Heavy bottom even fast heating. I will soon have the whole set from Falk!”

-Derek J. 32cm Falk Classical Line Copper Cover

2. Copper is the ideal conductor of heat, your pans will heat up faster and evenly.

I purchased this Stew Pot as one of my Christmas presents for my girlfriend. I chose this one because of the previous review and it seemed like it would be the most flexible in terms of what you could do with it. She absolutely LOVED it. Turns out, she could tell right away that it heated up much faster and evenly than anything else she had used before. And she said that when the heat was turned down, it cooled right away. I am very pleased and so is she. I am thinking a frying pan is in order next. Once you start cooking with premium cookware… there is no going back”.

– Benjamin K. Falk 28cm Classical Line Copper Stew Pot

3. Better Temperature Control, no more scorched or burnt sauces.

I made Alfredo sauce in my new saucier pan and I want to say, I didn’t have to rush to get the cream in after the butter and garlic cooked (no fear of burning the garlic 🙂 Falk pans are wonderfully insulated! The rounded sides allowed my whisk to fully mix the sauce with ease. I can’t believe I waited so long to buy these pans!”

– Lori 20cm Falk Classical Line Copper Saucier

4. Falk’s brushed finish is easier to maintain.

This is the third saucepan I buy from Falk, and the quality is as always outstanding. This 18cm copper saucier is the perfect size and shape for custards, sauces and even risotto. The copper retains heat evenly. As a plus, Falk pots are super easy to clean, and don’t worry about the aging of the outside, it’s normal and part of the charm!”

– Maddalena V. 18cm Falk Classical Line Copper Saucier

“Best copper cookware I have ever used. The real advantage over other top line copper is the finish; easy to clean and no worry about finger prints or smudges.”

– Roy F. 5-Piece Falk Copper Classical Line Starter Set

5. Durability, Falk pans are true heirloom pieces and can be passed down from generation to generation.

I cannot imagine a finer pan for cooking. The stainless steel removes any concern of using the wrong tool when removing or stirring food. This enables you to concentrate on cooking and not protecting the pan’s surface. The thick copper provides a controllable heat transfer to a full range of specific degrees. These pans will last forever.”

– Peter S. Falk 24cm Classical Line Copper Frying Pan

6. Falk’s stainless steel lining is safe and will never need maintenance, unlike tin lined copper.

This is a remarkably well crafted massive copper pan lined with virtually indestructible stainless steel. Heat distribution is superb- no sticking or burning at any reasonable heat setting. The handle stays cool even at high heat levels so a hot pad is not required to lift the pan from the stove. Craftsmanship is superb- a work of art. The curved lip enables pouring without the contents running down the side of the pan. The lid seats perfectly and forms a vapor seal to retain steam. All in all, an ideal piece. I am completely satisfied with my purchase and Falk America delivered the piece on time as advertised. Expensive but worth it- it will never need to be replaced, unlike the tin-lined copper saucepan it replaces”.

– Tim T. Falk 20cm Classical Line Copper Saucepan

7. So, why wait any longer?

Wish I had bought this 30 years ago”.

– Marge T. 28cm Falk Classical Line Copper Wok

What makes Falk the Best Copper Cookware?

August 17, 2015 by Falk USA Leave a Comment

What’s the best copper cookware? Well, we guess that’s a subjective question. However, we feel entitled to at least be a part of that discussion. Here’s our argument for why we believe our copper cookware is the best.

1. Falk Copper Cookware is made from some of the best materials available.

Almost all of our copper cookware pieces are made from 2.5mm bimetal. This bimetal consists of 2.3mm of copper bonded to 200 microns of austenitic stainless steel. While some of our smaller pieces are composed of 2.0mm bimetal. This, is mainly due to the size of those pieces, as there would be no benefit of

What makes Falk the best copper cookware?

thicker copper and would increase their cost unnecessarily. However, a quick look at our product line will show you our commitment to providing the best professional-grade, handcrafted copper cookware available.

All of our handles are attached with 3mm stainless steel rivets that provide a low-profile for easier cleaning and are sturdy enough to handle any cooking task. The handles are each carefully designed for both functionality and aesthetics. We won’t get into the differences between the Classical Line and the Signature line in this post, but you can read that discussion here.

2. Perfect Balance and Perfect Design.

Each of our copper cookware pieces are designed for perfect balance and functionality. Each piece comes with the signature Falk lip for easy pouring and a brushed copper outer-surface and satin steel cooking surface for easy cleaning and scratch resistance. We believe one of the main advantages of Falk copper cookware is the low maintenance finish which helps keep our cookware looking new longer than our competitors’ pans.

Each piece of Falk copper cookware is handcrafted and hand-finished in Falk Culinair’s Wespelaar Belgium factory by artisan craftsmen who give Falk cookware its signature look and finish.

3. Cost

It’s no secret that we believe a high-quality copper cookware set is a great investment. A set of Falk pans will last a lifetime and are often passed down from generation to generation. Why keep replacing inferior pans every few years when you can invest in a professional-grade set that will save you significant money over the lifetime of the cookware? Compare our prices to other professional-grade copper brands. We believe we’re priced extremely well against our competitors.

4. Our Customer Service

There are a few reasons why you can only purchase Falk Culinair copper cookware online. However, one of the main reasons is because our one-on-one customer relationships provides us a competitive advantage and an additional benefit to our customers. As the exclusive US distributor of Falk Culinair, it is important that our customers receive the best possible service and support. We wouldn’t be in business without the support of our loyal customer base and we go out of our way to make sure our customers have the best possible experience with our cookware. We don’t outsource our customer service to retail chains so if you have a question about our cookware you can be sure that you’re getting an answer from someone knowledgeable of our products.

So, based on quality handcrafting, cost, functionality, ease of maintenance, exclusivity and customer service, yeah, we believe Falk copper cookware is the best copper cookware on the market. And based on years of feedback, our customers do too.

Falk Culinair on Discovery Science Channel Thurs. 8/27 at 10:30pm

August 14, 2015 by Falk USA Leave a Comment

We are proud to announce that Falk Culinair will be featured on the Discovery Science Channel’s show “How Do They Do It?“. The premier episode will first air on Thursday, 8/20 at 10:00pm with the first repeats on on Friday August 21st at 1:00am, Thursday August 27th at 10.30pm and Friday 28th August at 1.30am. All times are EDT. Please check your local listings and set your DVRs accordingly.

Rebroadcasts of this episode featuring Falk Culinair can be found online here and here.

Falk Culinair copper cookware is handcrafted in Wespelaar, Belgium and is designed to last a lifetime. Our high-quality copper cookware is made of 2.5mm bimetal consisting of 2.3mm of copper bonded to 200 microns of stainless steel. Falk’s attention to quality and detail is unrivaled. Each piece is that comes out of the Falk workshop is truly heirloom quality.

In the meantime, if your curious about how Falk cookware is manufactured, please enjoy this video.

Benefits and Advantages of Copper Cookware

August 14, 2015 by Falk USA Leave a Comment

What are the benefits and advantages of copper cookware?

Copper cookware has many benefits and advantages: beauty, longevity and value retention to name a few. Copper pans looks pretty and their durability makes them an incredible value.

However, there’s one advantage of copper cookware (some would say the most important advantage) that surprises people who have never cooked with copper – high thermal conductivity.

We’ll get to the importance of thermal conductivity in cooking in a moment, but let’s take a look a demonstration that will give you and idea of the extent of copper’s superior conductive properties over stainless steel. If you don’t have 5 minutes of your life to spend watching strips of metal get hot, we’ll walk you through it.

In the demonstration, a strip of Falk 2.5mm bimetal (consisting of 2.3mm copper bonded to .2mm of stainless steel) and an equivalent-sized strip of steel were each separately heated on one end. The thermal conductivity of each strip was measured by attaching a temperature sensor to the opposite (non-heated) end of the strip.

After 2:00 minutes, the temperature of the bimetal’s non-heated end rose from 23C (73F) to 93C (199F) and was still rising (2:22 in the video). After 2:00, the temperature of the steel’s non-heated end rose to 32C (90F) (5:05 in the video)*. You can see a chart of the temperature changes at the 5:10 mark.

The obvious conclusion from this demonstration is that Falk bimetal is a superior thermal conductor to steel alone. In real world cooking conditions, this means that a Falk pan will heat up and cool down quicker than a stainless steel pan. It also means that Falk copper pans will not have “hot spots” like you find in stainless steel. Furthermore, your Falk copper pans will get much hotter, when needed, than a stainless steel pan. These are true benefits that any cook should appreciate.

Think about frying an egg in a pan that’s too hot or too cold. A copper frying pan’s surface will react much quicker to your attempt to adjust the pan’s temperature than a stainless steel pan would.

Will any of this make you a better cook? Not necessarily. But the proper tools will always help you to achieve your full potential.

Do you have any thoughts or questions about the benefits and advantages of copper cookware? If so, please leave your thoughts below.

*Note: the temperature sensor was still slightly hot when attached to the steel strip, so the thermal readings of the steel seem to have started off artificially inflated. This doesn’t have any affect on the conclusion that copper has higher thermal conductivity than steel.

Cleaning Copper Cookware

August 13, 2015 by Falk USA Leave a Comment

One of the biggest concerns about copper cookware is the level of maintenance and cleaning required to keep the cookware looking clean. However, the low maintenance, brushed copper finish on Falk pots and pans eliminates a lot of these hassles.

Keep it clean!

Our cookware tends to age better than other brands because it is resistant to much of the superficial scratching that occurs with day to day use.

In addition, Falk cookware has a satin stainless steel cooking surface that resists many of the everyday scratches that are common on high-shine finishes. Does this mean that our cookware never needs cleaning or is impervious to scratches? Absolutely not. However, we believe you can go much longer between serious cleanings and when you do clean your cookware, Falk pots and pans will return much closer to their original condition.

For everyday cleaning, we recommend using a plastic scouring pad and normal dishwashing liquid. Never put your copper cookware in the dishwasher. Ever! For stains and stuck-on food we highly recommend Bon Ami Powder Cleanser for the stainless steel. Simply wash the cooking surface with a plastic scouring pad and the Bon Ami and your stainless steel will come out looking like new.

When it comes to the copper itself, we prefer letting our cookware earn a fine patina like This Guy!! However, if you’re the type who needs to keep your copper shiny and new, we recommend an occasional polishing with Flitz Polish.

Have some tips for cleaning your own copper pots and pans? Leave us a message below. We’d love to hear your ideas.

Signature Line or Classical Line?

August 13, 2015 by Falk USA Leave a Comment

What’s the difference between the Classical Line and the Signature Line?

Believe it or not, that’s the most common question we receive from customers and the short answer is “not much”. Both of lines have the exact same vessels. Both lines primarily are made from 2.5mm bimetal and both have the signature Falk brushed-copper finish. However, our Classical Line has the traditional cast-iron handles while the Signature Line’s handles are made of stainless steel.

OK, so which one is “better”?

Signature Line

Yes, this is the second most common question. Unfortunately it’s a question for which there is no good answer. Cast iron does conduct heat better than stainless steel, so you may find that the Signature Line handles stay cooler to the touch for a slightly longer period of time. However, we feel the difference in heat conductivity in the handles is negligible. The real difference between the two lines is in the styling. The Signature Line pans tend to have a lower profile and a more modern look. So, at the end of the day it really comes down to personal preference.

Is one line more balanced than the other?

This is a great question because it goes to the functionality of our cookware. We believe Falk Culinair makes the most beautiful copper cookware in the world, but the performance is what keeps our customers coming back again and again. Because so much care has gone into the design of Falk cookware, both lines are designed to be extremely well-balanced. In this respect, neither line is better than the other.

What about the cast iron in the Classical Line, won’t it rust?

Classical Line

Not if you take proper care of them. Our Classical Line cookware comes with a temporary protective coating from the factory to protect the cookware from oxidation at the warehouse. However, this coating

will dissipate over time. To protect your handles from oxidation, we recommend occasionally curing them with vegetable oil. Some people never cure there handles and never experience oxidation. So your results may vary. Either way, much like a cast iron skillet, the Classical Line handles will provide a lifetime of rust-free service if cared for properly.

If you have any other questions about the differences between the Classical Line and the Signature Line, please leave us a comment below.