1.   About one in five Americans owns a fondue pot.

2.   Brown also recommends pouring some in a fondue pot with cheese, or using it with poultry.

3.   Bring the fondue pot to the table and place over its heat source.

4.   Cassel says waffle irons, packaged with a box of waffle mix and some special syrups are currently trendy, as are fondue pots and cocktail sets.

5.   Cheese fondues should be prepared on the stovetop, in a saucepan or heatproof fondue pot.

6.   Cooks will find that it is a good fuel for the small burner under a fondue pot or chafing-dish.

7.   Dip the pieces into the batter, then in the hot oil in the fondue pot to deep-fry until the batter is golden.

8.   For Fondue, melt enough vegetable shortening in a metal fondue pot to come halfway up sides.

9.   Grab that old fondue pot off the shelf in your closet or purchase a new, stylish one and get cooking.

10.   He ate whatever fell into the fondue pot.