Your Le Creuset, Good as New

When I first started to help my Mom in the kitchen, she made several things very clear: recipes shall be read in their entirety before cooking, clean as you go, and stay away from her Le Creuset. The only time I did use it, I made a disaster of a baba ganoush that had me scrubbing burnt eggplant off the bottom of the pot for hours.

Fitting that I come across this compilation of advice from Chow on gentle, effective cleaning methods just for a Le Creuset. I'll take all the help I can get. What are your go-to techniques?

Fixing Your "Scratched" Le Creuset from Chow