Paula Wolfert of Sonoma has been collecting clay pots for more than 50 years. Known for coaxing recipes out of grandmothers all over the Mediterranean, the cookbook author has a story to tell about ...

I don’t think I’ve ever met a clay cooking pot I didn’t like . . . or want to own. I like to say that every pot in my collection tells a story. Here, in no particular order, are a few of them: I ...

You're sitting at a table, either in someone's home or in a restaurant, and a very hot earthenware pot appears. The lid is removed, a geyser of steam rushes out, and the room fills with mouthwatering ...

Unglazed clay vessels are among the oldest items used for food preparation. Computerized electronic rice cookers and programmable slow cookers are among the newest. A new product designed by a ...

Wolfert is the author of the newly published "Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking." I don’t think I’ve ever met a clay cooking pot I didn’t like . . . or want to own. And I have more than 100 clay pots of ...

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 ...

When you lose someone you love, it sometimes helps to have a special keepsake as a reminder. Such is the case with my recently acquired clay pot. After my friend and longtime Chronicle colleague ...

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 ...