XXL BENNINGTON POTTERS DIONE LUCAS plaque

RARE BENNINGTON POTTERS POTTERY WALL PLAQUE TRIVET OMELETTE RECIPE DIONE LUCAS
 
Very good quality. One small chip on the plate (as seen on picture)

Weight: 5.5 lbs
 
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Dione Lucas 
Dione Lucas (1909–1971) was an English chef, and the first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu. Lucas was fundamental in establishing an unprecedented extension of the famous Paris Culinary School in London in the 1930s. She later opened a Cordon Bleu restaurant and a cooking school in New York. She also ran the Egg Basket restaurant by Bloomingdale's in New York. In one of her New York restaurants, The Gingerman, Lucas helped to introduce the omelette to the American palate. Her cooking show To The Queen's Taste was broadcast on CBS in 1948-1949 from the restaurant. She had another show in the 1950s. Dione Lucas was the first woman featured in a cooking show on television. She can be seen as a predecessor and influence to Julia Child. Onscreen, she concocted delicious dishes for her celebrity guests; offscreen, she gave private lessons to luminaries including Salvador Dali and actress Helen Hayes. Dione Lucas authored several cookbooks on French cuisine. "The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living." - Dione Lucas
 
Bennington Potters
The history behind Bennington pottery is unique. Pottery, one of the oldest crafts known to mankind is also what has helped put Bennington, Vermont and Potters Yard on the map. Redware glazed pottery-making has been part of the area's economy since the Revolutionary War. Bennington was a convenient location for producing redware pottery because of the close proximity to local clay deposits. Bennington also had an abundant supply of waterpower from local streams, which was necessary to power the machinery used at the time. Around 1804 stoneware pottery was introduced, which was more sturdy than redware pottery, and therefore more suitable for everyday use.