Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: bowls, food

Looks like Molly has made the perfect pasta to fill one of my sgraffito carved bowls.
Little sauce. Little cheese. Lots of love. Thanks for sharing Molly!

Categories: food

THE SEARCH IS ON!!! Looks like the next new flavor of OREO’s has been announced. We all know I have the palate of a four-year old… so I’m ready for these!!! Now we just need to find them!!!

Categories: classes, food

Last week in my classes we may have had a few “yellow towels situations”… and there “may” have been some of the new Blackout Cake OREO’s being enjoyed! Allegedly…

Categories: food, friends

When your friend Tiffany celebrates her birthday with FREE ice cream at Jeni’s… it would just be “rude” if I didn’t go with for the birthday festivities & yummy ice cream! And I wouldn’t want to be “rude”… right?!

Categories: food, friends, platters

Looks like Julie celebrated Easter today by baking this beautiful pineapple-upside-down-cake… and served it on a handmade platter by you know who! I’m sure it must have been a hit at their family celebration! Thanks Julie for sharing your festivities with the rest of us!

Categories: food, holiday

Another handmade Easter Basket fulfilling its holiday duties! Thanks Keith for sharing your basket. Hope you have plenty of leftover jelly beans for the week to come… except for those black ones…. yuck!!!

Categories: food, holiday

HAPPY EASTER… or whatever holiday you might be celebrating this weekend! Take some time today relax, reflect & enjoy the day. The weather looks pretty perfect… now I just wish I have more of these peanut butter cup eggs!!!

Categories: food

You knew they would get around to these eventually! After taste-testing so many wacky flavors… some good, some bad… and people frequently comment that they like the wafer cookie part the best. Not me… I’m all filling, all the time! But for those who like the cookies best… here you go! Finally.

Categories: food, platters, pottery, stamped, surface decoration

A little post-shuffle sweet treat… warm & gooey yumminess from Ann Sather’s. I mean… I’ve already “run” all morning… and it was on my walk home from the “L” train… burp.

Categories: food, mugs

From Melissa…
“I know you’ve been waiting for this! My kind of an Irish breakfast, missing grilled tomato (ate it last night) and black and white pudding (not allowed in my house). Have a little tea spoon my Mother stole from somewhere in Ireland in my lovely Shamrock mug! Got to have the Heinz beans made in the UK!”