Kitchenware & Storage

All-Clad, Lodge & Calphalon 🇺🇸 non-EU

Pans outlive most kitchens. Buy accordingly.

• Le Creuset Fresnoy-le-Grand since 1925. Still cast in the same foundry. 🇫🇷
• Staub Alsace. Enamelled cast iron, now part of Zwilling of Solingen. 🇫🇷
• Demeyere Herentals. Belgian stainless, also under Zwilling. 🇧🇪
• Riess Ybbsitz since 1550, enamel over steel, powered by its own hydro plant. 🇦🇹

Cutco, Global & Shun 🇺🇸🇯🇵 non-EU

One knife, used every day, kept for thirty years.

• Wüsthof Solingen since 1814, still family-owned and still forged there. 🇩🇪
• Zwilling Solingen since 1731. One of the oldest trademarks in the world. 🇩🇪
• Victorinox Ibach. The Swiss Army knife company also makes the kitchen knife most professional kitchens actually own. 🇨🇭
• Opinel Savoie since 1890. Beechwood handle, absurdly good value. 🇫🇷

Hydro Flask & Stanley 🇺🇸 non-EU

American insulated bottles, sold as lifestyle.

• alfi Wertheim since 1914. It made the first vacuum jug. 🇩🇪
• EMSA German flasks and travel mugs, Groupe SEB. 🇩🇪
• 24Bottles Bologna, carbon-neutral, very light. 🇮🇹
• Chilly's London. 🇬🇧

Instant Pot & Crock-Pot 🇺🇸 non-EU

American countertop cooking.

• Krups Solingen, now part of Groupe SEB. 🇩🇪
• Tefal French, the inventor of the non-stick pan, and part of Groupe SEB. 🇫🇷
• WMF Geislingen since 1853, now Groupe SEB. Pressure cookers that outlive their owners. 🇩🇪
• Moulinex French, part of Groupe SEB; the Cookeo is the direct Instant Pot rival. 🇫🇷

Tupperware & Ziploc 🇺🇸 non-EU

American food storage.

• Brabantia Dutch since 1919, 10-year guarantees. 🇳🇱
• Mepal Lochem, Netherlands. Lunchboxes that survive schoolbags. 🇳🇱
• EMSA German, part of Groupe SEB. 🇩🇪
• Rosti Danish, the Margrethe bowl is a design classic. 🇩🇰