The stainless-steel table found in many a restaurant kitchen resembles the appliances you and I might find in our dinky rental apartment kitchens: streamlined verging on sterile, harsh and metallic.

Stainless steel is great for cookware construction. It's nonreactive, durable, and easy to clean. However, stainless steel conducts heat poorly. Metals like aluminum and copper deliver much better ...

If you’re designing a kitchen, you’ve probably considered stainless steel for your appliances, but you do have other options. But is stainless steel always the best choice? Depending on your design ...