Onggi is earthenware extensively used as tableware and storage containers in Korea. The term includes both unglazed earthenware, fired near 600 to 700°C, and pottery with a dark brown glaze fired at More...
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2024. Making Firelighters
Rainy day today. So gathered all the candle stumps, melted them down on the woodstove and made firelighters with Kjell Thomas from Norway, using newspaper, straw, hazelnut shells and candlewax. More...
Christmas 2024 at the Moulin
A family affair, autumn 2024
My friend Marie Claude invited me to watch how they make and preserve home made terrine with truffles. Everyone played their part and it was such a lot of fun to do it together. French country ways at More...
Visit to new restaurant in Perigueux – Chez Fred, August 2024
"Chez Fred" next to the cathedral. Fab day menu and best chocolate mouse on the block. More...
Harvest is starting, August 2024
Annual ceramic exhibition at Saint Jean d’ Estissac, May/June 2024
Homage de Pol Chambost (1906 - 1983). An amazing collection of french studio ceramics, spanning 70 years including contemporary work. A delight for my students when they arrived on the More...
Tasting liqueurs at the Clovis Reymond Distillery in Villamblard – May 2024
My visiting English friends enjoyed tasting aperitifs and liqueurs at the Clovis Reymond Distillery in Villamblard. We all loved the chestnut aperitif. https://www.clovisreymond.com/ More...