Before pots and pans, people suspended food over fires inside tortoise shells or cupped hands. Cook up superior suppers with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of Chantal cookware at Chantal’s 2011 Annual Warehouse Sale, taking place the first three weekends in November from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

Chantal, which has been featured in Bon Appétit magazine and praised by celebrity chefs such as Sara Moulton and Top Chef All-Stars' Tre Wilcox, layers enamel on steel for naturally stick-resistant cookware free of chemicals and full of color. Chantal’s Annual Warehouse Sale marks down housewares up to 75 percent off original pricing on discontinued, slightly blemished, and nonsentient items. From 10-inch Copper Fusion fry pans ($79.99) to elegantly designed, ergonomic Loop teakettles ($29.99), cookware huddles on shelves to stock home kitchens with enameled assistance that outperforms sous chefs constructed from old soup cans. Customers can pair holiday cheer with cocoa sips warmed by hot-chocolate pot sets ($19.99) or give trios of french hens culture shock inside 7-quart cast-iron Dutch ovens ($69.99). Other discounted wares include ceramic baking dishes, mugs, bowls, and numerous one-of-a-kind pieces.