Absolutely stunning…

Here for the Polar Express on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroads and got pizza afterwards. Picked it up here. They decorated for Christmas, of course!

The French splayed saute/windsor is a dual-purpose pan: (1) sauteing, where the angled sidewalls both make for easier stirring and, with copper's remarkably even heat distribution, allow chunks of food resting on the sides to cook at the same rate as the ones on the bottom. (2) reducing sauces, stocks and other liquids, where the conical shape provides a relatively constant ratio of surface area to liquid volume. This yields a more constant/predictable rate of reduction than a straight or curved walled pot, and the narrow base prevents the issue of a small volume of liquid getting away from a distracted cook and scorching or overreducing too quickly.

Picture above: a young Carlos Paez reunites with his father in 1972. Picture below: Carlos Paez plays the role of his father in the movie Society of the Snow in 2023.