PORCELAIN: A HISTORY FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE AUDUBON each bead is painstakingly hand-applied

each bead is painstakingly hand-applied

In the only photo-essay book about the quilts of Gee’s Bend for children

and his inner life

first-time green thumbs

Shira Blustein and Brian Luptak—The Acorn’s owner and chef—share their truly unique recipes

PORCELAIN: A HISTORY FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE AUDUBON each bead is painstakingly hand-applied"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes. Porcelain was invented in medieval Chinabut its secret recipe was first reproduced in Europe by an alchemist in the employ of the Saxon king Augustus the Strong. Saxonys revered Meissen factory could not keep porcelains ingredients secret for long, however, and scores of Holy Roman princes quickly founded their