■ Deep flavor created by earthenware. Choi Sun-ae, who knows how to bring out the deep flavor of food stored in earthenware, still cherishes and treasures the jangdok that has grown old with her and the jangdokdae that contains her history. To her, earthenware is more than just a vessel. One of the foods that is always on her table is tohajeot made from toha stored in earthenware! Toha, which is said to fill your mouth with the fragrance of the earth when you eat it, is a precious product that has been served on the king’s table since ancient times. Byeolrak tohajeot made by grinding this toha in an earthenware jar and earthenware chicken, which is made by putting a whole chicken in an earthenware jar and cooking it in a cauldron, are nutritious foods that are eaten like medicine on days when you are feeling weak. Even the gangdal-eo, which her husband, who is picky about food, likes and always puts in an earthenware jar and roasts~ These are all foods that have a deeper flavor in an earthenware jar. We go in search of the deep flavor contained in her mother’s earthenware jar. ■ In the days when pottery was sold by sea, the best way to transport fragile pottery was to load it onto a ship and use the sea route. Shin Yeon-ho, the last pottery boatman in Gangjin, sold pottery by boat from nearby Wando to Ganghwado, Incheon. In the days when he had to carry pottery for over three months once he went out, he cooked various dishes with ingredients in pottery on the boat. Food in pottery did not spoil for over three months, and actually had a deeper flavor. If you put soybean paste and raw pork in the pottery, it could be cooked quickly. You could boil it, make jangjorim, and make various dishes. In the days when bartering was more common than money, people would barter pottery for special local products and cook food on the boat with those fresh ingredients... I wonder what kind of food was served. I wonder about those dishes. ■ The table of pottery craftsmen who have passed down through generations In Chilryang-myeon, Gangjin, where most of the villagers have worked in pottery-related fields since ancient times, there is a place where you can still hear the sound of “tang, tang, tang” coming from outside the house. It is the sound coming from the workshop where Jeong Yun-seok and his son, who have been making pottery for generations, make pottery. At a time when everyone quit making pottery because it was not profitable, Jeong Yun-seok’s youngest son decided to become a potter. Although he heard a lot of harsh words asking what a young person would do in the countryside, he followed in his father’s footsteps and became a potter. His parents could not break his son’s stubbornness. From his father, to his husband, to his son… Mother Lee Bok-bi, who has helped make pottery all her life and prepared food for them, knows well what kind of food is good for pottery craftsmen. What kind of food does she always prepare in a pottery for her husband and son who are always thirsty because they are close to fire and clay? We meet the table of mother Lee Bok-bi, who silently supports her family who make pottery with food. ■ Mr. Lee Hyeon-bae, a pottery craftsman who started out as a hotel chef In Jinan, Jeollabuk-do, there is a traditional earthenware kiln that catches the eye just by looking at it. Mr. Lee Hyeon-bae and his wife are busy taking out the pottery that is fully packed inside the kiln! In fact, Mr. Lee Hyeon-bae used to work in a hotel kitchen when he was young. It has already been over 20 years since he fell in love with pottery and became a potter... Mr. Lee Hyeon-bae and his wife make various household items such as kimchi jars, earthenware espresso cups, and earthenware stew pots out of earthenware and cook food with them themselves! They emphasize that earthenware is by no means an old-fashioned tableware. We meet the delicious foods that Mr. Lee Hyeon-bae and his wife make in earthenware and the couple's philosophy on earthenware contained in the food. ■ Love of pottery by Hanbok designer Lee Hyo-jae and his wife's wife Kim Jong-hee The wife of the Ryu family, Kim Jong-hee, and Hanbok designer Lee Hyo-jae, have a special affection for earthenware. This is because earthenware is a dish that holds the memories of a mother, her mother’s mother, and her mother-in-law. Before making kimchi, Ms. Kim Jong-hee, who sterilizes the inside of the jar by lighting straw fire, has not forgotten her mother-in-law’s teaching that “since ancient times, jars have been truly sacred and sacred spaces,” and still cherishes the jars, continuing the family’s cuisine with the ingredients contained in the jars. Hanbok designer Lee Hyo-jae also cherishes earthenware. When you enter her house, the earthenware lined up is the first thing that greets guests, rather than the words “welcome.” Ms. Lee Hyo-jae says that the cheerful sound heard every time she opens and closes the jars is the music of her life! We meet the love of e