What a beauty. I do a lot of cooking and I find this clay pot extremely useful. My mum used clay pots for cooking when I was Growing up in India ,I am 72. The food used to taste so much better. Now I use this pot and mix the meat (Lamb,Pork or chicken) with all the ingredients, put the lid on on very low heat  to get a very tasty meal.I have given it as presents to lot of my friends and they adore it. What is more it is such a beautiful looking pot that you can serve the food in it at parties. I more than recommend it - DR Kumar