Riess, a 400-year-old family-owned Austrian company, has specialized in porcelain enameled cookware for more than 80 years. The company's new stackable Aromapots line, designed by Vienna-based design company Dottings, is oven and stovetop-safe and feature a lid that doubles as a serving trivet (it was included in Monocle magazine's recent 50 Things to Improve Your Life issue). The pots are available in several different sizes (a steamer is also available) in pure white, silent blue, light gray, dark aubergine, and slow green; go to True Homeware for more information.

Above: The Aromapot lid can be used as a trivet.

Above: The interiors are white enamel.

Above: The Aromapots in pure white, slow green, and dark aubergine.

Above: A pure white casserole with a light gray steamer insert.