Reply #2: I've bought my cookware a piece at a time and it doesn't match

[Warpy]

which is fine with me because I approach things from a utilitarian not a decorative viewpoint.

I have Calphalon saute pans (I use their "everyday pan" every day, so it's well named) and two of their sauce pans. My soup pots are Le Creuset Dutch ovens, heavy enamelled cast iron pots suitable for long, slow cooking. I also have the Le Creuset grill pan for winter grilling. I have two old cast iron fry pans. I have 4 small Teflon coated aluminum sauce pans. I have a stainless steel stock pot. Then there are the rolled steel items: one omelet pan, one 5" frypan, and one large wok.

The only cookware I've had that I've actively disliked was stainless steel. Yes, it looked pretty hanging up on the wall, but everything stuck to it and that mirrorlike finish just didn't last. My ex got that stuff when I left. Other people love stainless, so you'll get different opinions on that.

The beauty of cooking on a gas stove is that any cookware will work. It all comes down to budget and decorative taste. You'll get different opinions on different cookware according to what people have.