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I just started using the La Camba black clay cookware handmade in Colombia (you can see it in my Guinness Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe post) I’m in love with the color, the smoothness, the chubby shape.

From La Toque’s website : Black clay Chamba cookware is well-known throughout Colombia and is used in restaurants and homes for preparing and serving traditional dishes (such as a Ajiaco ). Its origins can be traced back at least 700 years to vases and pitchers found in pre-Columbian archaeological sites. It is still made in the traditional manner, by families in the village of La Chamba, on the banks of the Magdalena River in Central Colombia. Each piece is hand-crafted using local clays, burnished by hand and fired on-site. The painstaking process and natural materials give the dishes an authentic, distinctive and elegant look, yet Chamba is strong enough to use on the stovetop, oven or microwave. Chamba cookware heats evenly and is renowned for retaining heat.

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Calphalon to give away entire line of Kitchen Electrics at Eat, Write, Retreat

22.03.11

PRLog (Press Release) - Mar 22, 2011 - Calphalon, the leader in gourmet kitchen housewares since 1963, has partnered with Eat, Write, Retreat, the fabulous food blogging conference, to create an over-the-top experience during the Food Styling and Photography workshops. The entire line of Calphalon Kitchen Electrics will be on hand to aid participants as they create, style, and photograph their dishes.

To make things really exciting, the Calphalon Kitchen Electrics products on display and in use during the sessions will be randomly given away to lucky Eat, Write, Retreat attendees throughout the event. To spread the cookware love, Calphalon is also stuffing the swag bags with their incredible Calphalon Unison Nonstick 12” Griddle Pan as well as coupon offers for attendees to use and share with their readers.

“To have Calphalon involved in the Food Styling and Photography workshops turns this already valuable hands-on session into a don’t-miss event,”

Source: PRLog.Org (press release)

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Glass lids allow you to monitor the cooking progress without having to lift the lid which allows moisture and nutrients to escape.
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