“I started thinking differently about my frying pan when a recipe I was following said to heat the oven for toasting nuts," says Franco. "It just wasn’t worth the bother, so I dry fried them ...

But can you get all this without paying a fortune? Le Creuset, Ninja and Tefal frying pans – and more – have all been put through their paces, and we've dry-fried dozens of eggs and analysed thermal ...

Sichuan cuisine has also developed several distinct standalone cooking techniques; chief among them might be a type of food ...

Foods will sometimes get stuck to a heated surface, even if oil or a nonstick frying pan is used ... may be to blame. Left: Dry spot on nonstick GRANITEC pan; right: dry spot on TEFLON-coated ...