Fat, ferny plants in huge crockery pots grew up around two magimen who huddled against one wall, talking in furtive undertones.

While he hurried to the corner to lift a brown crockery pot down from a high shelf, Jennsen unfastened the wire hold-down and removed the glass lid from the jar.

Strawberries followed by raspberries, cherries, apricots, plums, blueberries, grapes, pears and apples are gathered in turn as they ripen, then placed sliced or whole in thick glass containers or crockery pots under layers of sugar and rum.

The squat little crockery pot now sat on the back of the stove, emitting the fragrance of tender beans and bay leaf.

With a clatter and clang, the pots hung themselves back on their hooks, the trenchers stacked themselves on the shelves and the spoons dipped, handles down, to stand in a crockery pot.

For Rissa, dinner was simple-the big dish of soup in the brown crockery pot and another loaf of bread in the basket.

"For months I have cooked in a crockery pot!"

P Map Smarts meet savoriness in an unsavory neighborhood at the Mekong, where cheerful crockery pots brim with hearty, tangy flavors, but no GMOs - and anything on the menu can be made vegan without losing one iota of taste.

A real meal starts with the charcuterie plate, a generous assortment of dried sausages, Bayonne ham, country paté and cornichons served in a crockery pot, or with a dish labeled "the duck stops here."