Posts Tagged ‘ pottery ’

Cooking in Clay: Gratin dishes

January 10, 2013
Cooking in Clay: Gratin dishes

“There are as many ‘authentic’ versions of gratin dauphinois as there are of bouillabaisse.” — Julia Child I have four gratin dishes, two different sets and I find them useful because of their size. Shallow and elongated, they allow food to cook and brown evenly. Usually, cheese or bread crumbs and butter are part of…

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Stonehenge, Winter Solstice and the pottery of its neolithic peoples

December 21, 2012
Stonehenge, Winter Solstice and the pottery of its neolithic peoples

Happy Winter Solstice! By now, no area of the world is left untouched by this change of season in the northern hemisphere. Happy Summer Solstice to friends south of the equator! Today, we’re going to concentrate on the North, specifically Salisbury plain in Great Britain and that great monument which is forever tied to primitive…

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Video: The story of Medalta Potteries in Alberta, Canada

December 16, 2012

After you’ve watched this wonderful video, you can read about Medalta here, in one of our previous posts: “Medalta Potteries National Historic Site, Medicine Hat, Alberta.”

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Paul Klee’s “The Vase”

December 3, 2012
Paul Klee’s “The Vase”

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