With today's economy, fewer and fewer of us will be eating out, at least not in the most healthful ways. (No! Step away from the fast food! It may be cheap, but you'll pay for it in the end!) While I love someone-else-cooks, from my convenience food all the way up to the more high-dining experiences, both budget and waistline mean that it is a better deal to cook at home.

Perhaps you don't have all the tools to cook -- or, if you're like me -- perhaps you'll be so tired after making dinner that the "cleaning up dinner" part takes a little longer than it should, so the next day the pans aren't available. And then there are the kid-reasons that pans might not be clean, sparkling, and ready for kitchen duty - they are spaceships, soccer goals, and barf-baskets.

Essentially, everyone needs new pans. With that in mind, I am promoting this dandy giveaway -- Foodservice Warehouse is giving away a Lincoln Wear-Ever® cookware set worth $1000. If you win, be sure to tell them you found out about the contest from moi, since then I'd get a smaller set of pans (hopefully not dollhouse-small.)