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The table

In these kitchens

The pieces that leave the kitchen. A dinner, told through the things that arrive at the table still hot.

Mauviel copper and hammered stainless at the table

One day, hour by hour

  1. 18:30

    Before anyone sits down

    The bucket, filled, an hour ahead. Copper pulls heat out of the bottle faster than anything else on the table and it is the one object guests always touch.

    M’30 Copper Champagne Bucket 20 cmThe panM’30 Copper Champagne Bucket 20 cmR10 430.00 Inc VAT

  2. 19:15

    The first thing that arrives

    A cocotte, straight from the oven onto a board. It stays hot for twenty minutes, which is exactly as long as a first course lasts, and it stops the food dying the moment it hits a cold dish.

    M’Cook Cocotte with LidThe panM’Cook Cocotte with LidR5 740.00 – R11 120.00Price range: R5 740.00 through R11 120.00 Inc VAT

  3. 20:00

    The dish nobody decants

    Bronze handles rather than steel — cooler to touch after a long braise, and warmer against the mirror of the pan under candlelight. M’Cook B exists for precisely this journey.

    Art Déco Copper Round PanThe panArt Déco Copper Round PanR4 760.00 – R8 110.00Price range: R4 760.00 through R8 110.00 Inc VAT

  4. 21:10

    Something small, and molten

    Fondue, late, when the conversation has gone on longer than the meal. The heater underneath is the whole point: a pan that holds temperature without a hob.

    Copper Fondue Pot 18 cmThe panCopper Fondue Pot 18 cmR12 120.00 Inc VAT

  5. 23:00

    The last thing cleared

    Copper and tinned pieces get a wash and a dry cloth, never a dishwasher. It takes a minute and it is the reason these are still on the table in thirty years.

    M’30 Copper Wine Bucket 16 cmThe panM’30 Copper Wine Bucket 16 cmR10 430.00 Inc VAT

There is a practical case for serving from the pan — food stays hot and stops cooling the instant you decant it. There is also the obvious one, which is that a copper cocotte on a table looks like something a serving dish never will.

Made by Mauviel1830 in Villedieu-les-Poêles, Normandy.