Q. What is “stoneware” and why is it so popular? Is it a better conductor than metal or ceramic bakeware? A. Pottery, that is vessels made of fired clay, can roughly be divided into three categories: ...

The magic of the wood-fired kilns turning earth into a beautiful ceramic form or redware pottery, still amaze people today. George Buehler and Willoughby Smith (1839-1905) of Berks County were among ...

Ceramic is a general term we use to describe objects that are made of clay and hardened by fire and finished with a glaze. However, there are different types of ceramics, each with their pros and cons ...

Martin Stangl created extremely popular earthenware pottery under several brand names from the 1920s until his death in 1972. The items included lamp bases, artware vases, figurines and solid-color ...

Almost at the same time I joined Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker, collecting PA Dutch folklore for the Pennsylvania Folklife Society, Lester Breininger, a science teacher from Conrad Weiser High School, also ...

The cookware industry has a transparency problem, and your kitchen might be paying the price without you knowing.

An ancient craft, pottery encompasses earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. But with forgeries of all types being continually cranked out, finding an authentic item involves an arduous search. It is ...

Across East Asia and elsewhere in the world, most families' main staple is rice, and in Korea it's joined with the triumvirate of the Korean kitchen: soy sauce, hot pepper paste and brown bean paste.