a cookware lid assembly having a whistling handle and a removable flexible sealing band that extends around a flange on the lid . the sealing band secures the lid to the cookware to prevent the lid from being dislodged from the cookware as pressure inside the cookware increases or as water in the cookware comes to a boil . the handle has a hole in it that generates as whistling noise when the pressure in the cookware increases . a movable slide in the handle allows the hole in the lid to be closed or remain fully or partly open . the slide also allows the volume and pitch of the whistle to be adjusted .