it's the veggies that brought us together

Every time Jeff and I make Asian style stir fry it brings me back to a night in 2009...

Shortly after Jz died, Jeff said he would come over to my place and make me dinner. We decided on his recipe for Asian stir fry. Together we chopped all the vegetables, placing each of them in a different handmade bowl from my cupboards. We had lots of fun arranging the bowls on the counter and taking photos of all the pretty veggies and pots. I think it was the first time in many weeks that I laughed and enjoyed myself. That meal was the first of many that we cooked together. Other times in the following months he came over and did all the cooking... it was such a treat since at the time my commute to work was nearly an hour in each direction and cooking was the last thing I wanted to do at the end of the day. I was in heaven!

... and I think you know the rest of the story.

a potters day off...

Last week we made a plan to take a day off and head to the city (and I am not talking about Asheboro) for an outing. Yesterday was the day...first off, we headed to the Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery in Winston-Salem. It was our first visit there, nice gallery with lots of ceramics from well known artists. There are craftsmen represented that work in other media as well but of course I always tend to focus on the pottery!
After the gallery we called to check on some stove parts (see yesterday's post) that we ordered from a shop in Greensboro. They thought they might be in by afternoon... no luck there, we will have to go back another day.
After a trip to Costco to stock up on some things, we went to one of our favorite places in Greensboro...
The Super G Mart!
A fun Asian/International market. Their prices on some produce are amazing... limes 7 for a dollar, cilantro 3 bunches for 99 cents... and the BEST deal... a block tofu for 99 cents!
After a trip to the Super G it's time for Jeff's famous Asian inspired tofu stir fry with noodles...

That's mine up there on my favorite stir fry bowl/plate - a 2002 Watershed Salad Day plate by Kim Davy

... and Jeff's on his Hayne Bayless dish. The stir fry was delicious and the handmade pottery makes it taste even better. I usually abandon the chop sticks midway but last night I persevered!

Its back to work for us today. I have plates that need trimming and decorating. It will be a little warmer today so it won't be a struggle to keep warm in the studio.
Happy Thursday!

random pizza photo that was on my camera when I downloaded the stir fry shots

no wonder we wanted tofu last night... look at the sausage on that baby!

asian cookin'... southern style

after our big grocery shopping excursion to greensboro on wednesday, we have been enjoying cooking up a storm.  jeff made a fabulous tofu stir fry with ingredients bought at Super G's, the giant asian market.

we usually have rice with stir fry but we opted for fresh udon noodles this time... we cracked open a good bottle of sake that we brought back with us from NH.

we are not usually big on prepared/packaged foods, but we couldn't resist buying some pork & veggie dumplings...

the beautiful table runner is from the Etsy shop of HowlingBaxter in Hawaii, a christmas present to me from jeff.
the Iris Minc platter was a perfect serving choice for the dumplings.  i wish you could see the detail in the picture... it has flower and dragon flies impressed into the surface.

don't you have a craving for asian food now?  hmmmm... i wonder if there are leftovers in the fridge...