The best baking dish is the one you never have to decant. Two and a half quarts of gratin, baked pasta, cobbler or casserole goes into the Wildlife Fox Square Baker and comes straight out to the table, with the hand painted fox visible around the edges of whatever is bubbling in it. Italian artisans in Tuscany, working in a ceramic tradition the region is known for, paint the design onto Terra Bianca, a white earthenware clay used for hand painted ceramics because it lets color come truly to life. Dishwasher safe when the meal is over, so a baked-on edge becomes the machine's problem. Few baking dishes earn a place at the table; this one carries a Sunday roast, a holiday sideboard and a Tuesday casserole equally well, set down in the middle for everyone to serve themselves.