(Most other clay cookware is stoneware, and made for indirect, low-and-slow cooking.) Wirt and Price went to work, seeking counsel from other potters and perfecting their recipe for a proprietary mix ...

The way a dish tastes often has as much to do with the vessel as it does with the recipe. In Indian kitchens, clay pots have shaped the flavours of everyday meals for centuries, long before stainless ...

Clay pots have been used for cooking across ancient civilisations for centuries, especially in cultures that value earthy, slow-cooked meals. In modern kitchens, however, they’re often replaced by ...

Ancient clay pots, once a kitchen staple across continents, are making a comeback. These earthenware vessels offer a unique ...

The Japanese clay vessel is perfect for hot pots like this chicken-meatball nabe. By Tejal Rao A donabe is a Japanese cooking vessel made of clay — do means “clay,” nabe means “pot.” But if you talk ...

RIGHT NOW, IT ALL STARTS WITH CLAY. THAT’S MADE RIGHT HERE IN MASS. THIS IS MOTHER EARTH RIGHT HERE. THAT IS IT. INSIDE HER ROSLINDALE HOME WORKSHOP, MIRIAM KATE AMARA AND HER TEAM ARE HARD AT WORK.

Archaeologists are fascinated by many different aspects of cultures in the distant past, but determining what ancient people cooked and ate can be particularly challenging. A team of researchers spent ...

An experiment with unglazed clay pots hinted at how much archaeologists can learn about ancient cultures from cooking vessels. By Katherine Kornei Sure, astrophysicists have big telescopes, and ...