We were very proud of our friend Paula Wolfert for her accomplishment. She has been a source of inspiration (and challenge) to us in developing pots that work with the exactness of the recipes she researches and writes about. If you haven’t read any of her wonderful books, try ”Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco’ or ‘The Cooking of SW France’. They are as much histories and travelogues as cookbooks.

Chef Jacques Pepin, left, congratulates Paula Wolfert, author of ‘Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco,’ for being entered into the Cookbook Hall of Fame at the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards, Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. The awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their field.(AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

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