Another major part of the pot’s self-watering magic is its special porous clay material that allows moisture to pass through ...

Earthenware pottery-making skills are practised among the Bakgatla ba Kgafela community in south-eastern Botswana. The women potters use clay soil, weathered sandstone, iron oxide, cow dung, water, ...

Minh said earthenware pots are loved in Vietnamese kitchens because they are resistant to the acidic and alkaline components found in food when cooked at high temperatures, and they do not release ...

In Japan, nabe, or hotpot, is a comforting, filling soupy-stew cooked in a donabe (earthenware pot). Chanko nabe – sumo wrestler nabe – is a healthy, hearty, calorific version that gets its ...

A 15th-century manuscript reveals how women hoping to get pregnant were told to burn the mixture in an earthenware pot to make a pill ...

Among the equipment Flay consistently uses is the cazuela: a Spanish earthenware pot that doubles as a serving dish. Flay loves these shallow pots, largely because of how well they gently and ...

In Italy they sometimes use an earthenware pot for making ragu, but I find that a heavy enamelled cast-iron casserole with high sides works very well. Heat the butter with the oil and sauté the ...