Food and Pottery

Thanksgiving is the ultimate food and pottery connection.  Choosing the best food to serve on your favorite pottery is one of the many joys of eating well and buying handmade.  Setting the table for a gathering can initiate talk about the upcoming feast and discussions like... "Where did you get this beautiful patter?' - tell me the story....

Here are some of the food and pottery connections I'm thinking about for my Thanksgiving table...

a perfect little plate for gathering an appetizer ... leaving another hand free for your holiday "spirit"

bowls for all the sides you'll be serving!

A platter for the turkey

a big bowl for stuffing...and my favorite!

choosing the best vase for a centerpiece bouquet of flowers

When the meal concludes and there are a mound of dishes still to be done: stop... sit.  Fix a warm cup of tea in your favorite handmade mug and take stock of all that you are thankful for this year.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Potters Place Holiday Show & Sale THIS weekend: November 18-20

Potters Place Holiday Show & Sale opens this weekend: November 18-20. The artist reception is Friday evening from 5:30-9:00PM and is open to the public.  This is the best time to visit the studio because all the members are in attendance.  We'll be celebrating our "Festive Feast" Holiday Show work.  

The sale will continue on Saturday from 9:00AM til 8:00PM (New Extended Hours) and Sunday from 10:00AM til 4:00PM.   

Last week, I previewed half of the Potters Place member work, here is a preview of the second half of the alphabet:

 

Food and pottery? Scroll down to the bottom...

Jeannette McGuillicudy

Jeanne Capachin

Jennifer Rose

Kathy Allard Whelan

Linda Gilbert

Lisa W B Walker (me!)

Lizanne Donegan

Ronda Moody

Susan LeBlanc Brum

Susan Sheilds McFarland

Here is a "Festive Feast" recipe that I would choose my own platter to serve it on. The shape and size cwill work together perfectly.

Cream Cheese and Pepper Jelly Spread 

- perfect for Potters Place Artists Reception

1 8oz package of cream cheese 

1 Jar of pepper jelly

Crackers

1. Unwrap cream cheese and place in the center of your platter.

2. Open the jar of pepper jelly and spread over the cream cheese. (You may use only half the jar.)

3. Encircle with crackers and spread a few to complete your display.

4. Have extra ingredients on hand as this is very addictive!

See you at the show!  Need directions?  Click here: www.pottersplace.info

Happy New Year

Thank you Sandy for this delicious recipe... Mascarpone cheese mixed with some local honey, pomegranate seeds, sliced clementines and stone wheat thin crackers.

painting flowers...