BOSTON —

Ever since the early days of humankind, clay pots have been an integral part of cooking. Now, a Massachusetts woman is on a mission to bring back the ancient cookware into modern times.

“I had a fascination for clay. Just because of the environmentally friendly nature of it,” said Miriam Kattumuri Kargbo, owner of Miriam's Earthen Cookware .

Inside her Roslindale home workshop, Kattumuri Kargbo and her team are hard at work making one-of-a-kind, natural clay pots by hand.

"This is pure earth. Very pure earth full of nutrients that sustain life," she said.

The pure clay is first harvested from 30 feet underground at a property owned by Kattumuri Kargbo in Bridgewater. It then goes through a process of gravity sifting and filtering. Once in a pliable state, the material is sk

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