"You’ve never seen a hotpot like this—straight from the dirt to the dinner table."
* She starts by picking long green beans right off the trellis and gathering a basket full of baby pumpkins, eggplants, and peppers.
* Everything gets a cold rinse in a running mountain stream before the prep begins.
* The green beans go into a clay pot first, followed by baby pumpkins that she crushes by hand to get the juices flowing.
* The pot is covered and left to simmer over a traditional outdoor wood stove