Every week, Express-News Taste writer Paul Stephen cooks several recipes for his job — often creating his own in the process. Cooking with Paul chronicles what he learned each week from that process.

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 ...

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 every size in my kitchen to prove it: Moroccan tagines, Provencal daubieres, ...

Whether you're after a caffeinated alpine start or a lazy brunch, we’ve found the best cookware for your wild culinary ...

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 ...