Demeyere Resto 4.8-qt Stainless Steel Asparagus/Pasta Cooker Set

I Love this for making pasta and steaming veggies.

Good pot with even heating, I like that it doesn’t take much space to store and I can be really creative makes pasta, steamed vegetables

For pasta, the included strainer is worse than useless for anything stringlike. Its extremely coarse texture will capture your capellini, spaghetti, linguine, and whatever, and make you spend a ridonculous amount of time freeing it before serving. I only use the thing with the strainer when I'm cooking big, fat pasta of some sort. Even then, because of its cheese-grater texture, the strainer's an absolute PIG to to clean. The pot and lid, though, are top-drawer. I use them to make pasta every week. Without the accursed strainer. I've yet to use it for asparagus, but I anticipate similar cleaning problems. Getting all the fragments out of that strainer will likely destroy my scrubbers and brushes.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Very well made and beautiful. It is smaller than I thought but it’s the perfect size for cooking asparagus and pasta noodles. Only giving 4 stars for now because I haven’t used it yet.

I liked that it is a good size for making spaghetti or pasta

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a great way to steam the stand up veggies. Very well designed packaged and made

If you, like me, often have noodles, dumplings, or sweet dumplings for meals, this pot would make your life so much easier! You don’t need to ever worry about noodles touching the bottom of the pots and becomes quite sticky, or that the water starts to boil and you have too many noodles in the pot that the water starts to spit out.

Quality, thick 3 ply construction base means it heats up quickly and evenly. My primary use is pasta, which it's great at, but I'm finding many more uses. I love making a soup in it that requires my immersion blender; they seem to go hand in hand. Looking forward to using it during the holidays; with it's tall, slender design, it's perfect for the 5th pot on my cramped stovetop.

This cooker is one of my favorite specialty pieces of cookware. I can finally cook tall ingredients without needing to whip out an incredibly large pan to fit food such as asparagus and a perfect tall saucepan. It's also great for boiling potatoes and cooking pasta! You could even use it to boil eggs. The basket makes draining and rinsing pasta incredibly easy. This cooker can also used deep-frying french fries and sweet potato fried and chips. Super convenient!

Don't let the size deter you from buying. Use it to cook a bunch of asparagus for sure, but try baby potoatoes other vegetables. Made of stainless steel so it very durable and easy to clean.

Resto is a great line of cookware from Demeyere. Most of these pans are made for unique cooking needs. This pan has been designed to cook asparagus in an upright position with a basket for holding the stalks upright and also for easy drainage. It can also be used to cook other vegetables and pastas.

While ideal for cooking asparagus, this tall pot and insert are multitaskers. The 3-ply base provides quick heat for blanching vegetables, boiling eggs, or pasta. Removable straining basket prevents the need for a colander. Stainless steel is 18/10 for corrosion resistance and dishwasher safe.

Unique piece. Durable, performs well. Heats up quickly. The removeable basket is handy. Love that it takes up little storage space.

Well designed asparagus pot for your favorite spring green or pasta. it is also a good size and shape for boiling hard boiled eggs. You will think of more uses for this pot! Use with or without the straining basket.

A very unique cookware piece for blanching veggies or cooking pasta. It’s tall by small in width so great for asparagus, and pasta noodles. With the slender profile of the cooker, it doesn’t take up as much space in your cabinets as a stock pot with a pasta insert would. Cool piece!

Quickly steam and cook asparagus or pasta with this tall cooker set. This piece makes cooking efficient and eliminates dishes.

The uses of this pot will surprise you. It did me. I got it to blanch leafy vegetables, but found myself using it to cook asparagus (like it was intended), potatoes, small batches of broth, soups that need to be pureed with an immersion blender. AND when I'm using all my large pots, like during the holidays, I use this one so I can squeeze one more pot on my stove. This is a 3-ply stainless steel pan with an aluminum core for even heating and distribution. It comes with a reinforced heavy bottom. It is worth it.

I did not know I needed this until I got it, and now that I have it, I love it. I like kitchen tools that make your job easier, and this is one of them? It is also a multitasker, which I also like in a kitchen tool, as you can cook/steam a variety of vegetables and even pasta. I personally would not use it for pasta, but you can use it for pasta.

I originally bought this to cook asparagus but it does it all. We make soup in it all the time as well as using it for a steamer. Favorite thing about it, stores beautifully cause its so narrow. Its heavy duty stainless steel so heats up instantly.

Quality stainless steel throughout, beautiful finish, handles securely welded and finished; sieve basket well made. Yes, it is a steamer for asparagus and so on...but I also use mine with an immersion blender for processing soups and sauces with less spatter.