The best thing about cooking with a Dutch oven is the pan’s versatility, especially if made from cast iron. Ceramic and aluminium versions are available, yet ceramic Dutch ovens can only be used ...

The cloam oven at the Old Post Office Tintagel is a good example and is now being fired up again. Cloam or earthenware ovens were made at Bideford in Devon and Lake's Pottery, Truro, until the 1930s.