Color Theory: Bittersweet & Nocturne
Time traveling with Nicole Lissenden. East Fork’s Creative Director shares the inspirations behind this season’s bold color explorations and reflects on East Fork’s 15th Anniversary.
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Community-supported Healthcare
Meet our first employee-recommended community partner, Big Ivy Health, and learn how they support the needs of the Barnardsville Community with free access to healthcare.
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Why Is It Called East Fork?
Alex Matisse, East Fork’s founder, on how the company got its name and why it represents a “little private victory” for him.
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Color Stories
A look back at the evolution of East Fork’s core colors and how they came to be.
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How We Make The Mug
Want to know everything there is to know about how we make The Mug? It’s your lucky day. Get the behind-the-scenes on how we make our iconic ceramic mug.
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Moses Sumney Dinner: Black in Appalachia
Senior Brand Manager, Jefferson Ellison, talks community and Sunday Dinners amidst the celebration of Moses Sumney's recent film, Blackalachia.
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Timeless Trugs
A tribute to the enduring design of this garden basket and to Barber’s Baskets, the family-run company that makes our favorites.
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Thoughts on Wildness
Inspired by family roots, East Fork's CEO builds an intentional container to deepen and sustain her connection to the wild.
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A Feast for the Forager
From fiddleheads to wild mushrooms, we have some travel ideas for your next trip with a feast and dinnerware to match!
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The Crispy-Chewy Potato Pancake of Your Dreams
This four-ingredient wonder has the power to make every day better.
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‘We’re Building More Than Houses’
Ponkho Bermejo and Amy Cantrell from BeLoved Asheville, our 2022 Q2 Community Partner, talk about the power of community and systemic change in Asheville.
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Clay Buddies: Jefferson Ellison
Jefferson Ellison is a senior brand marketing manager at East Fork. An Asheville native, he takes us on a tour of places that have shaped him, ending with dinner at his house. Lucky us!
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B Corp Spotlight on Fireclay Tile
March is B Corp Month, and we talked with our friends at Fireclay Tile about what it takes to become a Benefit Corporation.
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News from Free99Fridge
Our Community Partner for Q1 of 2022 shares news about a weekly grocery pop-up and some new wheels.
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A Glaze, A Place, A Vessel
We found three rising photographers who call Utah home and asked them to take our Utah-glazed pots on a journey.
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Opinel Stays Sharp In Its Brand Legacy
Today, we're spotlighting the makers at Opinel and celebrating our shared connections of family and heritage brands, manufacturing and intention.
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Every Shelf Tells a Story
Don’t you love looking in strangers’ dinnerware cabinets? We sure do. We asked East Fork fans to tell us about their favorite pots.
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We’re Raising Our Minimum Wage
Our starting wage will be $22 on April 1, 2022. Our employees are important to us. Here’s why East Fork is investing in our employees.
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The Most Perfect Rice
How to cook rice perfectly — with our favorite Japanese donabe, or simply on your stovetop.
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All Things Donabe
Donabe is traditional Japanese earthen cookware that's also a hallmark of omotenashi, an approach to hospitality that is sincere, loving, authentic.
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Clay Buddies: Eva Snyder and James Snyder
Meet the Snyders, who share travel, adventure, exploration—and an employer: East Fork! James is our mechanical engineer and Eva is our senior sales operations manager. Photo by The Adams Co.
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Kristen’s Fried Chick’n Sandwich with Chili Crunch
A fried chicken sandwich and fries is a fine lunch. Chef Kristen Kish’s two quick tricks and maybe 30 seconds of your time take it somewhere else entirely.
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A Perfect Pot of Beans
The waiting is the hardest part, as the song goes, but cooking your own beans is the way to go. Learn how to cook the perfect pot of beans for your next dinner.
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Three Excellent Soup Recipes
Cherry Iocovozzi, our food systems manager, presents three soup recipes that will have you happily hauling out your stockpot.
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My Chemical Romance: Glazing 101 with Kyle Crowder
What exactly is glaze made of? What is a flux? These are among the pressing questions we asked our resident self-taught glaze chemist, Kyle Crowder.