Then, with a tool I had never seen before—whisk-like but flat-bottomed—she dislodged all of the browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pan ... bottomed whisk had no place.

Making good crepes simply requires a flat pan that you can swirl ... smooth metal crepe pans that are usually 8 inches across, with a long handle and an edge that curves up from the base.

You can grab the handle barehanded no matter how hot the cooking surface gets. How it cooks: Of the three pans I tested for this article, the Made In Blue carbon steel got the hottest the fastest.