India, Dec. 27 -- The new year is all about starting afresh, discarding old habits that may be holding you back and upgrading to better practices. Likewise, in the kitchen, cookware too can become outdated or no longer serve its purpose. After all, the idea of an expiry date is not solely limited to food or medicines alone; your everyday cooking tools can wear out too. This, in turn, can affect how your food tastes, besides obvious safety concerns.

HT Lifestyle reached out to Himanshi Tandon, co-founder and CMO of Ember Cookware, who shared key insights on the signs that indicate your cookware may be due for an upgrade.

Here are the signs he shared:

The biggest red flag is peeling or flaking. Himanshi Tandon noted, "Traditional non-sti...