Revered by both professional chefs and home cooks since its 1925 debut, Le Creuset's classic French cookware is prized for its utilitarian good looks and unsurpassed heat retention. In a fresh cream color you'll find only at Crate and Barrel, our cast iron cookware is clad in smooth enamel, rendering each piece impervious to acid, alkali, odors and stains. Non-reactive cooking surface does not require seasoning. Compatible with all types of heat sources, from gas and electric stoves, to ceramic and glass cooktops, to induction and halogeneven solid fuel and open fire. Le Creuset cookware is also available in cerise, flame, palm, soleil, caribbean and our exclusive shade of ink.