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Kettle

Display: Appetizers and Amuse-Bouches
Culinary Technique: heat transfer

Location: Hong Kong

The simple shape of functional brass kettle graced a kitchen. Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, is often used in kitchenware because the malleable material is easy to form, its copper content conducts heat well, and because its gold color resists tarnish.

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