Nice pix! I have the pot, and cook once a week with it. It's beautiful, and the beans are good. The distinction that I most notice in the clay-cookery is that you won't mistakenly cook the beans until busted, they'll stay whole longer than in a metal pot. [Some of us grew up on beans cooked until they're busted, possibly because that's how you make an old bean creamy . . . but that's another thread].
Anyway. I will say, Steve is recommending that the pot be washed with soap; I bought it from another vendor, and had gotten the sense that I should not use soap or dishwasher detergent. I did not for several months, and the pot developed a musty odor that I can't seem to get rid of. It's not a terrible odor, and doesn't reek of rot or anything like that; but it's not exactly pleasant. I now wash it in regular dish soap, and wish I'd done so from the beginning.
