history – Vintage French Copper

History | December 30, 2023

This spectacular stove deserves its own post.

History | December 8, 2023

“This is far thicker than the 2.5 mm at which modern stainless lined copper maxes out.”

History | October 13, 2023

Claude Monet’s house has a kitchen filled with antique French copper. Let’s take a look.

Identification | August 15, 2023

“What a magnificent piece!”

History | June 16, 2023

“It is the first I purchased, and the oldest.”

History | April 28, 2023

For quite some time I thought this was a prehistoric spatula.

History | February 10, 2023

“Never underestimate the metamorphoses that the culinary arts can cause the taste of the potato to undergo.”

Gallery | July 1, 2022

Why do certain pans capture the imagination?

History | April 8, 2022

The poêlon à sucre is a pan of transformation.

History | October 7, 2021

What’s with the little tail?

Gallery | June 26, 2021

Readers Martin and Nick figured out the provenance of the monogram on this little pot.

History | March 19, 2021

As John Fuller Sr. says, “The cover is a difficult piece of work.”

Gallery | November 27, 2020

It’s the nose, right?

Cooking with copper | November 5, 2020

Congratulations! You’re the proud owner of one of the oddest pans in the French batterie de cuisine.

Gallery | August 16, 2020

There is quite a lot of story to this one little pot.

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