Comments on: Packing Up Cups http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/ a good girl's notebook of her culinary world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lelo http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/comment-page-1/#comment-106561 Lelo Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:40:23 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/#comment-106561 I love connecting local food to local pottery! I believe there's a name in that list I recognize! I love connecting local food to local pottery! I believe there’s a name in that list I recognize!

]]> By: Brownie Points » Portland pottery weekend http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/comment-page-1/#comment-106558 Brownie Points » Portland pottery weekend Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:51:15 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/#comment-106558 [...] Do you know the potters in your kitchen? [...] [...] Do you know the potters in your kitchen? [...]

]]> By: Jason Truesdell http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/comment-page-1/#comment-39165 Jason Truesdell Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:36:55 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2007/07/02/packing-up-cups/#comment-39165 I've been surprising myself at how little use my more industrial dinnerware gets at dinner these days. My Japanese and Korean ceramics see much more everyday use, because they help decorate the food. Although I love my casual Mikasa dinnerware, those plates are rather uninteresting in the face of an ever-expanding artisanal collection. Some people avoid using their one-of-a-kind or distinctive dinnerware items because they want to reserve them for special occasions... I want to use them regularly because they are distinctive. They are crafts: they're meant to be part of our daily lives, not locked up in the cabinet, hidden away. <blockquote> Yes- you bring up a good point: making special pieces un-precious. I admit to needing the occasional shake up in that regard. --McAuliflower</blockquote> I’ve been surprising myself at how little use my more industrial dinnerware gets at dinner these days. My Japanese and Korean ceramics see much more everyday use, because they help decorate the food.

Although I love my casual Mikasa dinnerware, those plates are rather uninteresting in the face of an ever-expanding artisanal collection. Some people avoid using their one-of-a-kind or distinctive dinnerware items because they want to reserve them for special occasions… I want to use them regularly because they are distinctive. They are crafts: they’re meant to be part of our daily lives, not locked up in the cabinet, hidden away.

Yes- you bring up a good point: making special pieces un-precious. I admit to needing the occasional shake up in that regard.

–McAuliflower

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