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One of my recent blog posts for ZDNet looked at unusual designs and the inspiration of nature — Slug Slime to Hexagonal Frying Pans- and I had more to say about hexagonal frying pans than my editor felt the ZDNet audience would be interested in. So pop over and read the blog post — I'll wait — then come back and read about the pans!

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For the last few weeks I've been cooking with a hexagonal pan with the catchy name of Stingray, made from aircraft grade aluminium with a high-tech non-stick polymer surface (made by ILAG, who makes UV coatings for planes as well as polymer and ceramic). The aluminium makes it a lot lighter than cast iron but it's sturdy and has the same even heat distribution you get from cast iron pans, with no hotspots. The non-stick coating is phenomenally non-stick; I've fried sliced potatoes without oil, I've put too much cheese in my omelettes and had it melt all over the pan without burning and I've made pancakes with huge chocolate chunks in and even they didn't stick. The non-stick surface also makes it the easiest pan I've ever cleaned.