homemade tastes better on handmade.: it's been a Rosetta kind of weekend!

Sunday, June 7, 2009

it's been a Rosetta kind of weekend!

And a delightful weekend it is! I just finished uploading some photos from weekend fun, and realized one of the nice threads running through it...

Friday after hitting some of the First Friday openings, friends and I ended up at Rosetta's Kitchen for dinner...and it was good.

another for the one-armed gallery o' photos...

Saturday, after streaming through Lexington Bazaar and Howard Street Handmade's Craft Sale & Swap, I managed to get some work done at the studio before attending MANNA FoodBank's annual Blue Jean Ball ... where much to my delight I find THE Rosetta, with Jack dishing out generous helpings of the Family Favorite...and it was good.

And this morning, before opening the studio and getting back into the clay, I streamed through the inaugural People's Market, hosted by the afore-mentioned Rosetta herself, surrounded by an army of young helpers dishing out lemonade and other yummy goodness from the Rosetta's Kitchen, conveniently located right across the street.

Rosetta & little man, just after he doused them both with lemonade

A beautiful day for a Market, and the people were just arriving as I was there early, but it already looks like it's going to be a favorite Asheville Sunday tradition!

see more pictures from the Market at the Asheville Street Markets blog

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Homemade: "made or prepared at home, or by the maker's own efforts." This includes wild concoctions inspired by random ingredients as well as divine multi-course sensory feasts. The maker could be a chef or just someone who loves food, from the look of a seasonally ripe vegetable to the aroma of freshly pinched herbs to the sound of a just right sizzle, and of course the taste. It's mostly small batch, done in a personal kitchen, but it could also be a small business that manages to keep the love inside each bite of what they serve in restaurants or pack into containers. It doesn't travel very far, if at all possible, and it involves seasonal ingredients. Every grain, leaf, teaspoon, pinch, and drip of goodness is touched by the maker, and the whole is a reflection of that heart and soul.

Handmade: "made by hand, rather than by machine." Pretty simple, and yet not simple at all. A wheel thrown bowl involves the combination and coordination of materials, physics, and aesthetics. It must survive the making, the trimming, the drying, the firing, the glazing, and then the firing again. Again the maker has touched every grain of clay, a thousand times over. And just as the heart and soul of the cook is evident in every bite, so the heart and soul of the potter is evident in the look, the touch, and the feel of every piece of pottery made.

When you put your heart and soul into making a meal, you want the dishes you use to be worthy of that meal. And when you make or use beautifully crafted, handmade pottery, you want the food to be worthy of its creation.

Life slows down when you sit at a table, in good company, and find it set with handmade lovelies that are laden with homemade love.

Homemade just tastes better on handmade.

homemade tastes better on handmade.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

it's been a Rosetta kind of weekend!

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