More comfort food: Clay pot cooking

After a glorious-weather day on Saturday that made us all think summer was coming early (my sister and her kids even spent the day at the beach), the temperature gods turned on us today, bringing a chill back to the air.
Which makes this a perfect time to post this
article about donabe (clay pot) cooking, which my friend Hector found online recently.

The article is so articulate, thorough and friendly (complete with recipes), that I don't have much more to add ... just the photo, above, of my own personal donabe, which my parents used for years while I was growing up, and then passed on to me when I set out on my own.

Hope this warms everyone up!