homemade tastes better on handmade.: Eat Local Challenge, day 18

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Eat Local Challenge, day 18

The fig tree in the front yard had taken a bit of a break while we had less rain. I started watering it, and it's started raining more frequently again and the figs are starting to pop again! I only found one ready to eat on the tree this morning, but it was the perfect addition to my local breakfast! It's raining this morning, and if I get to them before the birds, I should have some fig-inspired meals coming up!

Home Free Bagels, topped with a Honeyed Chevre from OakMoon Creamery, some peaches from this week's tailgate, and my just picked fig.

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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.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Eat Local Challenge, day 18

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