If you live on or near a lake in the northern latitudes, 'ice out' day is a big deal! Second only to when the clouds switch from winter clouds to summer clouds. And today was the big day! This shot was taken about 9 am looking Northeast from the
Glass Paperweights
The Final Result! Paperweight by Alysa Tom Stopped by Foci Glass today (Thursday) to see what might be happening. Michael had been sick for a week so the paperweights needed grinding and Michael showed Tom how this works. Anyway...here are the final
“No Knead” Bread
There is a recipe going around about "No Knead" Bread. A very simple recipe that just takes minutes to prepare. It apparently originally ran in the New York Times, and around here ran in the Minneapolis Tribune on Feb. 15. In the recipe the bread is
POTTERS TRY TO BURN THEIR HANDS
The Cool Clay Coyotes Take a Shot At HOT GLASS! Where We Take a Field Trip To FOCI GLASS in Minneapolis Merry Christmas! Betsy went really creative and gave the whole gang a trip to FOCI GLASS to try our hand at hot glass
Educating About Pottery
Betsy and Tom recently hosted about 50 art students from the Dassel-Cokato School. Betsy showed them around our gallery where she could use the work of 160+ North American artists to emphasize the many genres that artists are working in today. We carry a
Tom’s Triumph Lives
Despite the freezing cold weather Tom and Betsy took the Triumph for a spin. Tom purchased the 1960 Triumph TR3 a year ago and it finally lives and breathes and drives (with much thanks to Darrell Dressen of Darrells's Auto Repair). Spring is just around
To butter or not to butter…that is the question
This month’s edition of Cooking Light talks about the last 20 years worth of butter evolution. Yes butter, no butter, yes margarine, no margarine, "I can’t believe it’s not butter", etc. Well now they are back to real butter.And in the magazine they tote
More from cassole lovers…
It is amazing what you can find on the internet! eGForums is the "eGullet Society for Culinary Arts and letters" here is one that I found interesting... (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the photos and letters) As for the question posed by
Cranberry-Apple Crisp
A recipe from my daughter Morgan. She is always coming up with something fun to try in the kitchen. Growing up, she would say she had the best dishes for a college student and now for a 26 year old…The green bowl is her “popcorn bowl” from when she went
