homemade tastes better on handmade.: Eat Local Challenge, day 13

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Eat Local Challenge, day 13

It was a little foggy and cooler this morning - perfect weather to hit the market! I didn't have too many things on my list since I'd been to the co-op and markets earlier in the week, but you never really know what you need until you see what's coming out of the trucks, so I decided to plan my lunch by what I found among the stalls.

I picked up the elements for a nice 'market lunch' to take to work with me today:

My favorite baguette from Simple Bread makes a great sandwich with some Hickory Nut Gap Meats proscuitto and a lovely young goat cheese from Spinning Spider. I was able to scrape the last, spicy bits of goodness from a jar of Lusty Monk mustard - packing this for later without taking a bite was not easy! A couple of crunchy, garlicky dills from Cultured Foods are the perfect compliment. Man, all the kids on the playground are gonna be lusting after my lunch!

I'm also packing a little of the slaw using earlier co-op & farm purchases - savoy cabbage with carrots & apple in an aged balsamic vinaigrette.

Is it lunchtime yet?

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What's this About?

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.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Eat Local Challenge, day 13

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