Editor's Note: Traditional and fusion cooking styles, regional and international ingredients and a new awareness of healthy eating are all factors contributing to an exciting time for Chinese cuisine.

Louis Lau’s mother has been using the same clay pot for years. “Everything she cooks in it tastes better than in a brand-new clay pot,” says Lau, sous-chef at the Buffet at the River Rock Casino ...

Seeing earthen pots, also known as clay pots, around evokes a sense of nostalgia, connecting me to childhood memories and the times we used to visit my maternal grandmother in our hometown. She cooked ...