Perfect Pots for Holiday Home Cooking

The soups and stews of autumn taste a lot better when prepared with these tools of the trade.

By styled by Jimmie Henslee
D Home NOV-DEC 2009

(clockwise from top right) hammered copper stock pot ($500/Williams-Sonoma); Astier de Villatte bowls ($120 small; $160 medium/Grange Hall); Le Creuset 9.5-quart oval ($280/Williams-Sonoma); rectangular cheese board ($65/Uncommon Market); and linen cloth ($65/Uncommon Market).