Coming late to this thread, I find that many of my favourite words - ramekin, ladle, spatula - have already been mentioned:

But I also love the warm promise of hob
and the excitement of casserole

and the mystery (to me) of skillet

It is not a word in use over here, and I didn't even find out exactly what it meant until fairly recently, but it always held a promise of good, satifying FOOD!!!