Raw stoneware and earthenware, porous by design and never sealed against you. Fired once, finished by nothing but the kiln and the years after it.
Short Answer: If the crack is thin, hairline, and the pot is still one solid piece, there’s a real, traditional way to fix a cracked clay pot using starch. It’s not permanent, though, so think of it as buying time rather than a true repair. If the pot has loose fragments or has genuinely come…
Short answer: it usually comes down to one question. Are you searing the meat first? If yes, grab the Dutch oven, you can brown right in the same pot and keep going from there. If you’re working with something already prepped, a stew base, a whole chicken, vegetables that just need slow, gentle heat, a…
Short answer: search for lead free clay pots and plenty of listings use that exact phrase. A label like that is a claim someone made, though, not a certification. The FDA has actually warned that traditional pottery marked lead free has tested positive for extractable lead, sometimes above its own limits. Most sellers aren’t lying….