Ponggal, the traditional Tamil harvest festival symbolising gratitude to nature and the sun for a bountiful yield, is closely ...

As the mercury starts to drop, it’s common in Hong Kong to see kitchen staff outside restaurants ferociously fanning the flames of multiple small coal burners – each cooking a clay pot full of ...

For more on the history and science of cooking in clay (and plenty of amazing recipes), check out The Food & Wine Guide to Clay Pot Cooking. Clay pots are beloved around the world for their ability to ...

Editor's Note: Traditional and fusion cooking styles, regional and international ingredients and a new awareness of healthy eating are all factors contributing to an exciting time for Chinese cuisine.

Food is essential for life. If food is served in a good and natural style, it enhances its value even more. When we look at the history of the human lifestyle and food trends, we see that food serving ...

Mary-Frances Heck is a chef and food editor, formerly a senior food editor at Food & Wine. In addition to her recipes and articles appearing in many well-known publications, she has her own cookbook, ...

Pongal cooked in earthen pots over open flames isn’t just tradition—it’s flavour, symbolism, and slow cooking at work.

On this year's culinary scene, various dishes surfaced as noteworthy trends on Vietnamese social media, from the Korean-inspired coin-shaped cake to fruit-based noodles and salad. A cake shaped like a ...

The tradition of cooking in earthenware is making a comeback from near oblivion. The tradition of cooking in earthenware is making a comeback from near oblivion. One of the biggest advantages of clay ...

KS Pottery, a family business, has been working to make about 60,000 clay pots for Pongal this year. (Moganraj Villavan @ FMT Lifestyle) During Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated by the Tamil ...

Have you ever tried handi chicken? If you have, you would know the difference of the taste of the chicken as compared to what is cooked in normal utensils. In the olden times, people in rural India ...

Drinking water from clay pots has been a tradition in various cultures and offers numerous benefits. The porous walls of clay pots naturally cool the water through evaporative cooling, making it ...