We have been replacing our Calphalon with...
Emeril's series of pans and pots and stuff. I don't know if Emeril's stuff is any better, but as for now, the non-stick is not a coating, but a surface treatment. It works really well and darkens the more you use it (evidently it is anodized). Make sure your wife uses ONLY wood or equivalent plastic utensils on them, metal is forbidden! His stainless stuff seems to be pretty good, though we only have one stainless pan, it seems almost to heavy.
The Calphalon stuff once replaced is then relegated to the "not nice to pans" cooking. We are in the process of getting carbon build-up on the Calphalon pans.
Just today, one older daycare kid fell on our 8qt(maybe larger) Calphalon pot on its side near the top, bending it, then cracked the top edge. Crap!
We still use Calphalon baking pans, mainly because they REALLY work nicely, generously built and proportioned. We haven't found any better for a similar price.
[link|http://www.emerilware.com/|http://www.emerilware.com/]
