Ode to a Cooking Pot

Our tools can become our friends, and we often develop an almost human-like loyalty to them. So it is with my little steel pot.

She is a three-quart, stainless steel sauce pot with a lid; good-sized, but so not terribly large. Her handle is shapely, making her a joy to pick up and hold. Her lid fits tight, but there’s a little sing-song purr she makes w…