Garden Lunch
A French Summer Garden Party – A Celebration of hand made and hand decorated Ceramic Kitchen and Tableware!
We arrived at this lovely country house in the middle of the Drome Valley in the Provence to be greeted with a glass of water from the most gorgeous, hand crafted and hand decorated ceramic water jug. This ceramic water jug alone made us smile, it was so pretty and delicate and the water quenched our thirst on the 38 Celsius degree Summers day.
After a good look around the organic farm, we sat down at the long garden table with three different parties, a family from Paris, a couple from Normandy, my friends from New York and us from England.
First we were served hors d’oeuvres on colourful hand-made pottery dishes, plates and bowls alike. We all started chatting in French and English and felt immediately relaxed and comfortable and forgot about our rushed, non-stop city lives.
The main courses arrived in wonderful ceramic oven-to-table ware, handmade ceramic casseroles and other wonderful pottery items. All the ceramic serving dishes, wonderful deep red ceramic salad bowls, hand-made and hand-painted ceramic plates and bowls added to the enjoyment of the fabulous meal.
What a wonderful idea to use your own country house for special lunches for a bunch of strangers thrown together at a country table overlooking the lavender fields of the Provence. A peaceful, organic and friendly environment at its best.
The ceramic water jugs kept going around the table, the blues, creams, yellows and reds adding to the greens and other natural colours of these terrific pottery items. French kitchen and tableware at its best!
The food was just delicious and the family ‘hosting’ the lunch seemed to have as much fun as their guests did. Apparently they do this once or twice a week during Spring and Summer and there can be no better way to earn a little extra money, delighting their ‘city’ guests without charging them a fortune.
It was such a memorable last lunch on our trip to the Provence that it still sticks in our minds. The company was first class, in spite the fact that conversation was limited through language barriers but everybody tried their best and the four of us had the best ‘go away’ lunch before departing back to the airport and to our busy lives.
After two years, we still remember the incredible surrounding, the peace of the place, the hospitality – and, of course, the hand-made, hand painted French kitchen and tableware. The lovely ceramic water jugs, ceramic bowls and plates, oven-to-table ware, dessert dishes, ceramic mocha cups or latte mugs.
A wonderful display of French country living.
About the Author
ERDÉ CERAMICA is a newly launched website, selling exciting and exclusive ranges of French and Spanish household ceramics, many of which are available in the UK for the first time.
Most of the products are hand-made, hand-painted, table and cookware from a selection of longstanding family owned potteries in Provence and Aubagne in France and Manises near Valencia in Spain.
As well as their beauty, our products can be used every day and many of the items are dishwasher, microwave and freezer friendly. The bake-ware, casserole dishes and tagines, are also oven-proof.
www.erdeceramica.com
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