Please pass the ...

When summer transitions into fall, there are so many more opportunities to reconnect with friends. Art openings, book club gatherings, put lucks of all kinds that have little dishes of this and that to sample from.  The way I think...the friends, the events, they all circle back to pottery and what those tasty tidbits will be served on.

Please pass the.... food: tiny tomato tarts on the pottery: see below 

Dish with Leaf Motif

Please pass the.... 
food: chewy caramel apple cookies on the pottery: see below

"Stripes and Dots" oval plate

 
Please pass the....
food: eggplant, pesto and goat cheese pizza on the pottery: see below 

Square Plate with all over floral design

My Plates (for passing) are one of a kind, dishwasher and microwave safe, and for sale at my guild's gallery: the Dedham Square Artist Guild in Dedham, MA. One could be the perfect piece to serve your favorite food on at your next gathering. (And no one else will have the same one...)

Handmade Community

The Potters Place potters will gather this weekend at a member's home to celebrate the holiday season.  In the cooperative nature that we are so accustom to, we will each bring something to share.  I imagine the food will all be served on favorite pieces of member pottery.  We will toast in handmade vessels to the year past and the one ahead.  There will be a Gift Swap where we each hope for the best pottery-like gift (stamps, tools, molds...).  There will be ideas swapped, stories shared, and a merry time had by all.  

Ingredients needed:

1. group of potters

no not those kind of potters

these kinds of potters

2. pot luck food

3. served in pottery made by hand

4. gift to swap

5. good cheer!

Learn more about the community of Potters Place by checking out our website: www.pottersplace.info

Holiday Cheers

If you bake and bring these tasty treats, you will be asked for the recipe.

Here it is...

Pecan or Angel Slices - 12-24 bars
Joy of Cooking

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9" x 9" baking pan lined with foil.

2. Beat together: 1/4 cup butter, 2 T sugar, 1 large egg yolk, 1/4 tsp vanilla. Stir in 3/4 cup flour. Press dough evenly into baking pan and bake for 10 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, in a new bowl, combine 2 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 1/2 T flour, 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1/8 tsp salt, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla.

4. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chopped toasted pecans and 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut, lightly toasted.

5. Spread mixture evenly on hot baked crust. Return to oven and continue to bake 20-25 minutes.

6. Meanwhile, make a lemon glaze by whisking together 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1 tsp vanilla.

7. When the bars are warm from the oven, pour this glaze over them and brush to cover. Let cool completely before removing from the pan.

8. The best way to cut the bars is to invert the foil onto a cutting board, flip and cut completely cooled bars with a long knife you would use for chopping.

Now...watch them disappear

Gobblet for T!