The Fornetto bread cloche is designed for
baking bread in the oven. It is an appealing alternative to the
traditional way of baking bread on a tray uncovered, but it is not a new
method - people have been using cloches in cooking and baking for
centuries.
The Romans, for example, buried cloches full of meat and fish in their
campfires to roast their food, and cloches have been used in Northern
Africa for things like the tagine.
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