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Useful information to help you make the most of your copper.
All about martelage
Martelage is the term I use for the all-over hammering on copper pans.
Kitchens with copper: The Breakers
The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, with a kitchen full of copper.
Copper at Giverny
Claude Monet’s house has a kitchen filled with antique French copper. Let’s take a look.
Get to know: The Pommes Anna pan
“Never underestimate the metamorphoses that the culinary arts can cause the taste of the potato to undergo.”
Kitchens with copper: Frýdlant Castle, Czech Republic
This historic kitchen is a valuable find for copper detectives.
All about lids
Here’s some guidance on the type of lid you have — or what type you need.
Kitchens with copper: Buckingham Palace
This working kitchen provides a different sort of inspiration.
Kitchens with copper: Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York
This three-starred micro-restaurant serves intimate tasting meals cooked in copper.
Kitchens with copper: Windsor Castle
For the first post of this series, let’s start with “one of the oldest working kitchens in the world.”
Jacquotot, Gaillard, and déjà vu
There’s something curious going on with Jacquotot’s 1925 product catalog.
How it was made: High-top daubière
As John Fuller Sr. says, “The cover is a difficult piece of work.”
How it was made: English stockpot
Let’s look at how a 19th century stockpot was assembled by hand.
Is this counterfeit Mauviel? (Solved: False alarm.)
I suspect so, but I’m not sure. Update: I think it’s genuine.
