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Article: FOOD & DRINK : KITCHENALIA

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November 12, 1995
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IN A GLASS case in the V & A, two pig-shaped terracotta pots sit at eye level, poised as if ready for take-off. These rust-red chicken bricks - clearly unused, since there's not a trace of grease in sight - are on display in the Habitat gallery, representing the Sixties. Kitchen shops are selling chicken bricks again, along with the thick country pots and dishes first popularised in Britain by Elizabeth David. From her celestial kitchen, she must look down with a wry smile. What goes around comes around.

Earthenware pots are the oldest kind of cooking vessel. Those made with red clay that fires to a warm ruddy-brown are known collectively as terracotta. Pottery made with buff-white clay, ...

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