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Vintage French Copper
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Cooking with copper
Kitchens with copper: Frýdlant Castle, Czech RepublicThis historic kitchen is a valuable find for copper detectives.
Dear VFC
Dear VFC: Episode 4Is this an 18th century chocolate pot?; a black-painted interior; a truly enormous stockpot; a glyph stamp that needs investigation.
Cooking with copper
Community: What’s your “desert island” batterie?Readers, let’s try a useful thought experiment.
Cooking with copper
Kitchens with copper: Buckingham PalaceThis working kitchen provides a different sort of inspiration.
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Guest showcase: 50cm dovetailed turbotière
These kite-shaped fish poachers are perhaps the most eye-catching piece in the classic French batterie de cuisine.
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Advice
Stuff I use
Stuff I use: Wright’s copper cleaner
For serious tarnish, Wright’s is more effective — but also more abrasive — than Bistro.
Retinning & restoration
Guest post: Removing the layers
I’d been watching this pan on eBay for over a month and what attracted me to it was the stamp — “Specialité Hotelière Journel”.
