Long story short, after several years of typical London flats without gas, the wife and I are moving further outwards for more space thanks to my job becoming permanently work from home. A little added bonus of this is that we are no longer shackled to those glass cook tops - the new place actually has a proper gas stove!
Now, for our cousins across the pond who will suggest "go to your local thrift store", as someone who has lived on a couple of continents, and living in a central district in continental Europe was able to outfit my flat almost entirely with the home comfort cast offs of departing expats from the local thrift shop - you just can't do that here. The thrift shops and "car boot sales" around me when they were on, are not great for finding much which hasn't been beaten to hades if it resembles something you're looking for.
I asked about La Cruset on this forum about a year ago and part of not going ahead in that instance was the glass cook top. I've spoken to US afficiandos of cast iron in general, who believe that the "Cadillac" of cast iron is Stargazer. If you were buying new and you could buy any brand you wanted, what would you select?
Now, for our cousins across the pond who will suggest "go to your local thrift store", as someone who has lived on a couple of continents, and living in a central district in continental Europe was able to outfit my flat almost entirely with the home comfort cast offs of departing expats from the local thrift shop - you just can't do that here. The thrift shops and "car boot sales" around me when they were on, are not great for finding much which hasn't been beaten to hades if it resembles something you're looking for.
I asked about La Cruset on this forum about a year ago and part of not going ahead in that instance was the glass cook top. I've spoken to US afficiandos of cast iron in general, who believe that the "Cadillac" of cast iron is Stargazer. If you were buying new and you could buy any brand you wanted, what would you select?